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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joey Worthen | ||
Date of birth | December 3, 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Florida Atlantic Owls (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2001 | University of South Carolina | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000 | Cape Cod Crusaders | 14 | (5) |
2002–2003 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 51 | (1) |
2004–2005 | Richmond Kickers | 37 | (7) |
2006 | Real Salt Lake | 3 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Carolina RailHawks | 27 | (3) |
2009 | Richmond Kickers | 17 | (3) |
2010 | Austin Aztex | 15 | (0) |
International career | |||
1999 | United States U-20 | ||
Managerial career | |||
2012–2016 | South Carolina Gamecocks (assistant) | ||
2017– | Florida Atlantic Owls | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 3, 2010 |
Joey Worthen (born December 3, 1979, in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a former American soccer player and the current head coach of the Florida Atlantic Owls men's soccer program.
Worthen attended Cottonwood High School where he was named to the Parade High School All-America soccer team in 1998. He played college soccer at the University of South Carolina in 1998, but after his freshman season he withdrew from school to play for the United States U-20 men's national soccer team. He returned to South Carolina in 1999 and continued until his senior season in 2001, finishing his career with 24 goals and 15 assists.
Worthen also played with the Cape Cod Crusaders in the USL Premier Development League in 2000.
Worthern turned professional and was drafted in the second round of the A-League College Draft by the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. In his first season in Pittsburgh he appeared in all 28 games and was named the Riverhounds' Rookie of the Year after leading the team in assists, minutes played, games played, and games started. He transferred to the Richmond Kickers in 2004, and spent the next two seasons there, before being offered a contract with Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer in March 2006.
On April 11, 2007, Worthen signed with the expansion Carolina RailHawks of USL First Division.
On February 17, 2009, Worthen announced his return to the Kickers., [1] and was part of the Kickers team which won the 2009 USL Second Division championship.
He transferred to the Austin Aztex just days before the start of the 2010 USSF Division 2 Professional League season. [2]
Worthen played for the United States U-20 men's national soccer team in 1999, but has never been called into the senior team.
From 2012 to 2016, Worthen was an assistant coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer program. On February 14, 2017, Worthen was named the head coach of the Florida Atlantic Owls men's soccer team ahead of the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. [3]
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