Sebastian Harris

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Personal information
Full name Sebastian James Harris
Date of birth (1987-08-05) August 5, 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Rochester, Michigan, United States
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Defender
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2009 Oakland Golden Grizzlies 45 (12)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009 Michigan Bucks 14 (1)
2009–2011 Northampton Town 13 (1)
2010–2011 → Stafford Rangers (loan) 5 (0)
2011 → Nuneaton Town (loan) 11 (1)
2011–2013 Michigan Bucks 29 (2)
2014–2019 Detroit City 130 (13)
Total202(18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sebastian James Harris (born August 5, 1987) is a retired American soccer player who most recently played for Detroit City FC in the National Premier Soccer League.

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Career

College and amateur

Born in Rochester, Michigan, Harris attended Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, Michigan, and played college soccer at Oakland University, and impressed scoring 12 goals, including 9 assists in 45 games over a three-year period. He also played with the Michigan Bucks in the USL Premier Development League in 2009, making 14 appearances for the team. [1]

Professional

Following the conclusion of the 2009 PDL season, Harris travelled to England, and was offered a trial with English League Two side Northampton Town. After scoring two goals in friendlies against Long Buckby and Stamford, Harris joined Northampton on August 3, 2009, on a six-month contract. [2] Harris made his professional debut on November 21, against Crewe Alexandra, coming on as a substitute in the 2–2 draw. [3] Harris was retained at the end of January until the end of the season, and repaid Ian Sampson's faith in him with a late winner against Cheltenham Town on February 27. [4] Harris signed a new contract at the end of the season and was converted by Sampson from a midfielder into a defender for the 2010–11 season. Harris was an unused substitute when Northampton Town defeated Liverpool at Anfield in one of the biggest wins in Cobblers history. [5]

On October 29, 2010, he joined Stafford Rangers on loan until January 2011. After his loan at Stafford expired, he moved to Nuneaton Town on a one-month loan., [6] before being released by Northampton at the end of the season.

Returning to the United States, Harris joined his old club Michigan Bucks in the USL Premier Development League for the 2011 season. He played his first game back with the Bucks on June 10, a 2–1 win over Forest City London. [7]

In 2014, Harris joined Detroit City FC, making 17 appearances in 2014/15 as a defender. [8] After the 2015 season, a supporter podcast for the club named him Detroit City FC's "Breakout Player of the Year." [9]

He went onto become a regular for Detroit for the next five seasons, before he retired in 2019 at the age of 33, after playing over 200 professional games in his career.

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References

  1. ↑ 2009 Michigan Bucks stats Archived August 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine USL Soccer. Retrieved January 13, 2010.
  2. ↑ Cobblers to keep Harris Archived February 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine ntfc.co.uk. August 3, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  3. ↑ Northampton 2–2 Crewe BBC Sport. November 21, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  4. ↑ Late Harris header earns home win Archived March 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine ntfc.co.uk. February 27, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  5. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/9010076.stm
  6. ↑ "Northampton Town | News | Latest from Sixfields | News | HARRIS MAKES NUNEATON SWITCH". Archived from the original on February 14, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  7. ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
  8. ↑ "DETROIT CITY FC ALL-TIME NPSL STATISTICS". www.detcityfc.com. Detroit City FC. Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  9. ↑ @DCFCFC (August 12, 2015). "DCFCFC Breakout Player Award: Seb Harris. 2 huge game-winning goals, 1 phantom red card, more air than Delta, uncountable rushes smothered" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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