Judah Cooks

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Judah Cooks
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-11-29) November 29, 1976 (age 46)
Place of birth Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1997 Maryland Terrapins
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2001 D.C. United 26 (2)
1998–2000 → MLS Pro-40 (loan) 28 (1)
2001 Charleston Battery 5 (0)
2001 → Miami Fusion (loan) 1 (0)
2001 Milwaukee Rampage
2002 Atlanta Silverbacks
2003 Syracuse Salty Dogs 16 (0)
International career
United States U17 4 (4)
United States U23
Managerial career
2008–2017 D.C. United U-18
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Judah Cooks is a retired American soccer midfielder and former coach of the D.C. United Academy U-18 team. He played professionally in Major League Soccer and the USL A-League and was a member of the United States men's national under-17 soccer team at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

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Youth

Cooks graduated from Walt Whitman High School where he was a two-time high school All-American soccer player. [1] [2] In addition to his outstanding high school career, Cooks also played all four games for the United States men's national under-17 soccer team at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship, scoring four goals. Cooks signed a letter of intent to attend and play soccer at Rutgers University. In the fall of 1995, Cooks entered the University of Maryland. Cooks played two seasons with the Terps (1996–1997) before leaving school early to turn professional. [3] His younger brother Micah Cooks also played professionally at D.C. United, both of them playing on the same team from 2000 through 2001.

Professional

In January 1998, Cooks signed a Project-40 contract with Major League Soccer. The league then placed him with D.C. United. [4] In 1998 and 1999, Cooks played for both Project 40 in the USISL A-League and D.C. United in MLS. On May 4, 2001, United waived Cooks. [5] He signed with the Charleston Battery of the USL A-League. In June 2001, the Battery sent him on loan to the Miami Fusion for one game. [6] Cooks played five games for the Battery, then moved to the Milwaukee Rampage at the end of the season. In 2002, he played for the Atlanta Silverbacks and in 2003 for the Syracuse Salty Dogs.

Coaching

In February 2017, Cooks joined Washington Capital United as the technical director of coaching after serving as coaching at Weston FC in Florida. [7] [8]

Honours

Club

D.C. United

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References

  1. ↑ "1993 High School All Americans". Archived from the original on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  2. ↑ "1994 High School All Americans". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  3. ↑ Maryland Terrapins All Time Roster Archived 2011-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Maryland’s Cooks assigned to D.C. United by Project 40
  5. ↑ 2001 Transactions
  6. ↑ Orange Bowl Aura Thrills Coach, Team
  7. ↑ Unger, Evan (2020-11-19). "Player to Coach: Judah Cooks". EDP Soccer. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  8. ↑ http://capitalfc.org/news/2017/1/9/capitalfc-welcomes-judah-cooks-as-new-technical-director-of-coaching [ dead link ]
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