Jeremy Shepherd

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Jeremy Shepherd
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Shepherd in 2005
Personal information
Full name Jeremy Shepherd
Date of birth (1985-04-08) April 8, 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1997–2000 Mississagua Dixie S.C.
2000–2004 Toronto Lynx Jrs.
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005 Oakville Blue Devils 6 (4)
2006 Toronto Lynx 13 (0)
2008–2011 Brampton Lions 68 (12)
2012 Brantford Galaxy 9 (4)
International career
2001 U-17 Canada 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2010

Jeremy Shepherd (born April 8, 1985) is a Canadian former soccer player who played as a forward.

Contents

Club career

Youth career

Shepherd began playing at the youth level with the Toronto Lynx Jrs in their inaugural season in the Super Y-League in 2000. [1] [2] He also played his youth soccer with Dixie Soccer Club and spent some time in the Hertha Berlin youth system. [3]

Oakville

After graduating from the Lynx Academy, he signed with the Oakville Blue Devils of the Canadian Professional Soccer League playing under former Director of Lynx Academy Duncan Wilde. [4] On September 11, 2005, he made his debut against St. Catharines Wolves. A week after he recorded his first professional goal on September 15, 2005, against North York Astros. [5] He helped Oakville clinch a postseason by finishing second in the Western Conference. [6] He featured in the CPSL Championship finals match against Vaughan Shooters, and won the championship by a score of 2-1. [7]

Toronto Lynx

In 2006, when Wilde returned to the Toronto Lynx he signed Shepherd to a contract with the senior team in the USL First Division. [3] [8] [9] He made his debut on April 22, 2006, against the Virginia Beach Mariners. [10] On July 16, 2006, against the Atlanta Silverbacks, he broke his leg in a collision with a Silverback player forcing him to miss the rest of the season. [11] He made 13 appearances with the club in his debut season. [12]

CSL

After recovering from his injury Shepherd signed with the Brampton Lions for the 2008 CSL season. [13] Shepherd ended his two-year goal drought on September 20 against North York Astros, where he scored two goals in a 3-1 victory. [14] [15] He continued his fine form in a cruising 6-0 victory over London City where he recorded two goals and clinched a playoff spot for the Lions. [16] On May 14, 2009, the Brampton Lions re-signed Shepherd for the 2009 season. [17] [18] Where he helped the club secure a postseason berth by finishing third in the National Division. [19]

He re-signed with Brampton for the 2011 season. [20] In his fourth season with Brampton, he assisted in securing a postseason berth by finishing fourth in the First Division. [21] After a four-year tenure in Brampton, he was recruited by Ron Davidson to sign with Brantford Galaxy for the 2012 season. [22] He made his debut for the club on May 6, 2012, against the York Region Shooters. [23] He recorded his first goal and a hat-trick on June 17, 2012, against SC Waterloo Region. [24]

After the dismissal of head coach Ron Davidson, he along with the other five players left the club in support of Davidson. [25] [26] Though he later returned to Brantford to finish off the remainder of the season. [27] [28]

International career

He made his debut for the Canada men's national under-17 soccer team on April 20, 2001, against the United States in the 2001 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament. [29]

Honors

Oakville Blue Devils

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