Terence Smith (soccer)

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Terence Smith
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-09-23) September 23, 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Stallion Laguna
Number 42
Youth career
2007–2010 Toronto Lynx
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2014 Northeastern State RiverHawks 72 (7)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2014 Toronto Lynx 38 (0)
2016 Tulsa Athletic 17 (1)
2018 Tulsa Roughnecks
2020–2022 Michigan Stars
2022–2023 FC Brandenburg
2023–2024 SV Zehdenick
2024– Stallion Laguna
International career
2023– Barbados 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Terence Smith (born September 23, 1991) is a Canadian-Barbadian professional soccer player who plays as a defender.

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Early life

He was born in Windsor, Ontario and grew up in Brampton. He attended St. John Bosco Elementary school where he played basketball, soccer, and track and field. He attended St. Marguerite d'Youville Catholic Secondary School, where he played football, basketball and soccer. He attended George Brown College in Toronto, for one year earning a diploma in general arts and sciences. He earned a soccer scholarship and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma.

Career

College and amateur

Smith played four years of college soccer at Northeastern State University in between 2011 and 2014. [1] During Smith's well decorated career at NSU he was a; 3 x All MIAA, 3 x All Region and 2 x All Daktronic player. From 2012 to 2014 Smith led NSU to its lowest goals against total for 3 straight season's, every year breaking a school record which still stands today. Smith also helped lead NSU to its first MIAA Regular Season Championship and the schools first and only MIAA Conference Tournament Title.

Before and during college, Smith also played for USL Premier Development League side Toronto Lynx between 2010 and 2014. [2] [3] Smith signed for National Premier Soccer League side Tulsa Athletic in 2016 which he was voted into the National Premier Soccer League Supporters’ XI which is an all-league team voted on by the NPSL's fans and supporters. [4]

Professional

On January 19, 2018, Smith signed with the United Soccer League club Tulsa Roughnecks. [5] He made his professional debut on October 10, 2018, starting in a 1–0 loss to Saint Louis FC. [6]

In 2020, Smith was signed by Michigan Stars FC ahead of their first professional season in the National Independent Soccer Association. [7]

Smith joined Stallion Laguna of the Philippines Football League in 2024. [8]

International career

Smith earned his first call up for Barbados national football team for their 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying round game on November 18 (2018) vs U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer Federation which they won 3–0. He was then called up a year later for the concacaf nations league qualifiers in October 2019, the team won 1–0 in Barbados.

Acting and modelling

As a preteen, Terence was represented by Minor Details Model and Talent. His print modelling  work includes Sears back to school flyer, and a Nelson Educational textbook. He earned acting roles, including that of a student in an AIDS awareness short film which was shown at the XVI International AIDS Conference, 2006 held in Toronto, and a zombie in a 2008 YTV Halloween Promo.

As a teenager and currently he is represented by Applause Bickerton Model and Talent Agency. He has done various print and acting work.  During 2019 he appeared in media ads for Backwoods Cigars, TD Music, and Humira. His acting roles include playing a cameraman in the Paranormal Witness series, 2012 episode, The Tenants [9]   and a backup dancer in the 2016, Michael Buble music video, Nobody but Me. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Terence Smith - Men's Soccer". Northeastern State University Athletics.
  2. ↑ "Terence Smith | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us.
  3. ↑ "Sport engine". SportsEngine. 22 April 2019.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "NPSL Supporters' XI Announced". August 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ Tulsa Roughnecks FC News [ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Saint Louis FC vs Tulsa Roughnecks FC". www.uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-11.
  7. ↑ "Michigan Stars FC Roster - Terence Smith". michiganstarsfc.com. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Smith, Terence (23 September 2024). "I am happy to announce the professional journey continues in Asia‼️". Instagram. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  9. ↑ Pugh, Will (March 16, 2013). "Paranormal Witness - The Tenants" – via Vimeo.
  10. ↑ Michael Bublé – Nobody But Me [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO] , retrieved 2019-12-13
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