Ray Goodlett

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Ray Goodlett
Personal information
Full name Raymond Goodlett
Date of birth (1976-11-20) November 20, 1976 (age 46)
Place of birth Olney, Maryland, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1994–1997 Howard Bison
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2000 Hershey Wildcats 27 (0)
1999 → D.C. United (loan) 0 (0)
2000–2001 D.C. United 4 (0)
2001–2003 Richmond Kickers 52 (2)
2006 Richmond Kickers 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ray Goodlett is a retired American soccer defender who spent one season in Major League Soccer with D.C. United.

Goodlett graduated from Sherwood High School. He attended Howard University, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1994 to 1997. On April 12, 1999, Goodlett signed with the Hershey Wildcats of the USL A-League. On July 25, 1999, he went on loan to D.C. United of Major League Soccer, but was an unused substitute. In 2000, Goodlett began the season with the Wildcats, but D.C. United signed him on July 12, 2000. [1] He played four games that season. United waived Goodlett on May 4, 2001. On May 18, 2001, the Richmond Kickers signed Goodlett. [2] Following the 2003 season, Goodlett retired in order to attend Fuller Theological Seminary. He graduated in June 2004 and became the Director of Every Nation Campus Ministries at the University of Richmond. This led to his return to the Kickers, now playing in the USL Second Division, on March 21, 2006 for a single season. [3] He is now a pastor at Redemption Hill Church. [4] His wife, Heather, is the executive director of the Darrell Green Youth Life Foundation of Richmond. [5]

He is a cousin of Gregory Simmonds.

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References

  1. ↑ DC United Signs Howard University Soccer Player
  2. ↑ Kickers Sign Ray Goodlett
  3. ↑ FORMER KICKER RAY GOODLETT RETURNS TO RICHMOND
  4. ↑ "Meet Raymond Goodlett".
  5. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-goodlett-a67b983/ [ self-published source ]
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