Travis Roy (soccer)

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Travis Roy
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-05-10) May 10, 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Detroit, Michigan, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1995 Wisconsin Badgers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1997 Milwaukee Rampage (13)
1997–1999 Detroit Rockers (indoor) 67 (33)
1998 MetroStars 0 (0)
1998Staten Island Vipers (loan) 1 (1)
1998 Milwaukee Rampage 14 (3)
1999 St. Louis Ambush (indoor) 5 (6)
2000–2001 Buffalo Blizzard (indoor) 20 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Travis Roy (born May 10, 1974) is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the USISL and National Professional Soccer League. He was the 1998 NPSL Rookie of the Year.

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Youth

Born in Detroit, Roy grew up in Livonia, Michigan. He graduated from Stevenson High School where he played on the Michigan State High School soccer championship team. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, playing on the men's soccer team from 1992 to 1995. [1] The Badgers won the 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship. [2] Roy graduated with a double degree in history and political science.

Professional

The Milwaukee Wave selected Roy in the Territorial Round of the 1995 National Professional Soccer League Amateur Draft, but Roy did not sign with the team. On April 15, 1996, he signed with the Milwaukee Rampage of the USISL. [3] In 1997, Roy and his teammates won the USISL A-League championship. In the fall of 1997, Roy moved indoors with the Detroit Rockers of the NPSL where he was named the 1997–1998 Rookie of the Year. [4] On February 1, 1998, the MetroStars selected Roy in the second round (fourteenth overall) of the 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft. The MetroStars sent him on loan to the Staten Island Vipers at the end of May before waiving him the first week of June. [5] He rejoined the Rampage on July 11, 1998, for the 1998 outdoor season before moving indoors with the Rockers for the 1998–1999 NPSL season. On March 20, 1999, the Rockers traded Roy and Mariano Bollella to the St. Louis Ambush for Lee Tschantret. In September 2000, Roy signed with the Buffalo Blizzard. The Blizzard folded at the end of the season and on August 20, 2001, the Cleveland Crunch selected Roy in the sixth round (thirty-second) overall of the MISL Dispersal Draft. He did not sign with the Crunch.

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References

  1. Maryland Terrapins All Time Roster Archived 2011-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "SOCCER;Impenetrable Defense Guides Badgers to Title (Published 1995)". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2016-04-24.
  3. April 15, 1996 Transactions
  4. The Year in American Soccer – 1998
  5. Fusion To Start Second Half Vs. D.C.