Jose Gomez (American soccer)

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Jose Gomez
Personal information
Full name Jose Raul Gomez
Date of birth (1979-03-12) March 12, 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Valrico, Florida, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2000 Liberty Flames
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2003 Charlotte Eagles 77 (13)
2004–2005 Virginia Beach Mariners 30 (0)
Managerial career
2005–2014 Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish (men)
2014–2019 Liberty Flames (associate men's coach)
2020–present Charleston Southern University (women)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jose Gomez is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in the USL A-League. He was the Associate Head Coach of the Liberty University men's soccer team. Gomez is currently the DI Head Coach at Charleston Southern University.

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Player

Gomez graduated from Lakeland Christian School, where he was a part of four high school state championship teams. His team won two titles and finished runner-up twice. He attended Liberty University, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1997 to 2000. He was the 2000 Big South Conference Player of the Year [1] A starter for all 67 games of his collegiate career, Gomez finished his days in a Liberty uniform with 77 points, 32 goals and 13 assists. At the time of his induction into the Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame, Gomez’s 32 career goals ranked fifth-best in program history. Gomez graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management and later went back to complete his Masters in Business Administration. He is currently a PhD candidate earning a Doctorate in Business Administration from Liberty University. In February 2001, the Charlotte Eagles selected Gomez in the first round (twenty-third overall) of the USL A-League draft. [2] He was 2002 Second Team All League. He was the first men's soccer player to ever be drafted from Liberty University. Gomez spent three seasons in Charlotte then moved to the Virginia Beach Mariners in 2004. He played two seasons with the Mariners, then retired from professional soccer on June 2, 2005. [3]

Coach

In 2005, Gomez moved to Palm Beach, Florida where he became the head coach of the Palm Beach Atlantic University soccer team. He was named the Men's Associate Head Coach at his alma mater Liberty University in January 2014. Most recently, Gomez is the Division I Head Coach at Charleston Southern University since 2020.

Family

In 2005, Jose married Carrie Cruciano in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The two met through mutual friends at Liberty University. They have three children and reside in Charleston, South Carolina.

Honors

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References

  1. ↑ Liberty University Flames men’s soccer records
  2. ↑ 2001 A-League draft
  3. ↑ Mariners make roster changes
  4. ↑ "Coach Jose Gomez Named to the Big South Conference All-Decade Team". Palm Beach Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  5. ↑ "6 Members Added to Hall of Fame Class for 2022". Liberty Flames. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
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