Joey Worthen
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| Full name | Joey Worthen | ||
| Date of birth | December 3, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
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Current team
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Austin Aztex | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2001 | University of South Carolina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000 | Cape Cod Crusaders | 14 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 51 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Richmond Kickers | 37 | (7) |
| 2006 | Real Salt Lake | 3 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Carolina RailHawks | 27 | (3) |
| 2009 | Richmond Kickers | 17 | (3) |
| 2010– | Austin Aztex | 15 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1999 | United States U-20 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 3, 2010 | |||
Joey Worthen (born December 3, 1979 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American soccer player currently playing for Austin Aztex in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.
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Career
College and amateur
Worthen attended Cottonwood High School where he was named to the Parade High School All-America soccer team in 1998. He played college soccer at the University of South Carolina in 1998, but after his freshman season he withdrew from school to play for the United States U-20 men's national soccer team. He returned to South Carolina in 1999 and continued until his senior season in 2001, finishing his career with 24 goals and 15 assists.
Worthen also played with the Cape Cod Crusaders in the USL Premier Development League in 2000.
Professional
Worthern turned professional and was drafted in the second round of the A-League College Draft by the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. In his first season in Pittsburgh he appeared in all 28 games and was named the Riverhounds' Rookie of the Year. He transferred to the Richmond Kickers in 2004, and spent the next two seasons there, before being offered a contract with Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer in March 2006.
On April 11, 2007 Worthen signed with the expansion Carolina RailHawks of USL First Division.
On February 17, 2009, Worthen announced his return to the Kickers.,[1] and was part of the Kickers team which won the 2009 USL Second Division championship.
He transferred to the Austin Aztex just days before the start of the 2010 USSF Division 2 Professional League season.[2]
International
Worthen played for the United States U-20 men's national soccer team in 1999, but has never been called into the senior team.
Honors
Richmond Kickers
- USL Second Division Champions (1): 2009
References
External links
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- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- 1979 births
- Living people
- American soccer players
- Cape Cod Crusaders players
- Major League Soccer players
- Real Salt Lake players
- USL First Division players
- USL Second Division players
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds players
- Richmond Kickers players
- Carolina RailHawks players
- Austin Aztex FC players
- South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer players
- USSF Division 2 Professional League players
- Premier Development League players
- USL A-League players
- United States men's under-20 international soccer players
- Soccer players from Utah
