Kevin Forrest

Personal information
Full name	Kevin Forrest
Date of birth	November 3, 1984 (1984-11-03) (age 25)
Place of birth	Seattle, Washington, United States
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
2003–2007	Washington Huskies
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005	Hibernian & Caledonian
2008	Seattle Sounders	9	(0)
2009	Seattle Sounders FC	0	(0)
2009	Portland Timbers	10	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December, 2009. † Appearances (Goals).

Kevin Forrest (born November 3, 1984 in Seattle, Washington) is an American soccer player, currently without a club.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Youth and College 1.2 Professional 2 Personal 3 Honors 3.1 Portland Timbers 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Youth and College

Forrest grew up in Edmonds, Washington, and began his career with various youth soccer teams in the Seattle area, including the Emerald Soccer Club, and the Crossfire Sounders, where he was coached by former Seattle Sounders coach Alan Hinton. Forrest attended Edmonds-Woodway High School, and played college soccer at the University of Washington, scoring 34 goals and earning Pac-10 honors including Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2006. He medical redshirted the 2005 season with the onset of plantar fasciitis ^[1]. His final season was cut short in 2007 when he suffered a season ending stress fracture.

During his college years Forrest also played for Hibernian & Caledonian in the Pacific Coast Soccer League winning a USASA national championship in 2005.^{[2] [3]}

[edit] Professional

Forrest was drafted by Colorado Rapids with the third pick of the 2008 MLS Supplemental Draft, but was suffering from another stress fracture in pre-season training, and was eventually released by the Rapids on March 3, 2008.^[4] On July 31, 2008, Forrest signed with the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division for the remainder of the season, and subsequently played in nine games for the team.^[5]

On 24 March 2009, Forrest signed a contract with MLS expansion team Seattle Sounders FC for the 2009 season after the Sounders acquired his rights from the Rapids.^[6] However, he was waived by Seattle on June 27, 2009. On July 2, 2009, Forrest started a game for the Portland Timbers against Bayern Munich II. He scored the game's first goal in the 8th minute. The Timbers signed him to a contract for the remainder of the 2009 season on July 22, 2009.^[7], and he subsequently played 10 games for the team before being released on December 7, 2009.^[8]

[edit] Personal

Kevin is the son of former Seattle Sounders player Ward Forrest.

[edit] Honors

[edit] Portland Timbers

• USL First Division Commissioner's Cup (1): 2009

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Portland Timbers bio
• Seattle Sounders bio
• Washington Huskies bio