Joey Worthen

Personal information
Full name	Joey Worthen
Date of birth	December 3, 1979 (1979-12-03) (age 29)
Place of birth	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender/Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Richmond Kickers
Number	8
Youth career
1998–2001	University of South Carolina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
2000	Cape Cod Crusaders	14 0(0)
2002–2003	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	51 0(1)
2004–2005	Richmond Kickers	37 0(7)
2006	Real Salt Lake	03 0(0)
2007–2008	Carolina RailHawks	27 0(3)
2009–	Richmond Kickers	17 0(3)
National team
1999	United States U-20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals).

Joey Worthen (born December 3, 1979 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American soccer player currently playing for Richmond Kickers in the USL Second Division.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 College and Amateur 1.2 Professional 1.3 International 2 External links 3 References

[edit] Career

[edit] 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.

[edit] Professional

Worthern turned professional when 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 in there, before being offered a contract with Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer in March 2006.

Worthen played only twenty-nine minutes in three games for Salt Lake before being waived on April 11 2007; he subsequently 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

• Richmond Kickers bio
• MLS player profile

[edit] References

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