Paul Young
Personal information
Date of birth	April 11, 1968 (1968-04-11) (age 41)
Place of birth	Saint Catherine, Jamaica
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1990-1992	Syracuse University
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993 1994-1995 1996 1996 1996 1998 1998 1999	Hazard United Charleston Battery Columbus Crew Rochester Rhinos South Carolina Shamrocks Charleston Battery Tampa Bay Mutiny Rochester Rhinos	46 (48) 04 0(0) 0? 0(4) 07 0(3) 14 0(0) 0? 0(3)
National team
	Jamaica	86 (28)
Teams managed
2005-2007 2008 2009	Portmore United Jamaica(asst. coach) Waterhouse
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Paul Young (born April 11, 1968 in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica) is a retired Jamaican soccer forward who played two seasons in Major League Soccer and several in the USISL and USL A-League. He also coached Portmore United in the Jamaican National Premier League.

[edit] Player

[edit] Youth

Young attended Syracuse University where he played soccer from 1990 to 1992. During his three seasons with the Orange Men, he scored 32 goals and was named as a 1992 second team All American.^[1][2]

[edit] Professional

In 1993, Young began his professional career with Hazard United which won the Jamaican National Premier League title. In 1994, he signed with the Charleston Battery of USISL. He scored 23 goals in 22 games and was named to the USISL All League team. In 1995, he exceeded his previous year’s goals total with 25 goals in 24 games, again being named to the All League team. In February 1996, the Columbus Crew selected Young in the 13th round (121st overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He played only four games for Columbus, spending much of the season with the Rochester Rhinos of the A-League and the South Carolina Shamrocks in the USISL. He was named to the USISL All League team.^[3] The Battery released him at the end of the season. In 1998, he began the season with the Charleston Battery. After scoring three goals in seven games, he was called up by the Tampa Bay Mutiny On June 19, 1998.^[4] He played fourteen games for the Mutiny, but failed to score a goal. On November 2, 1998, the Mutiny waived Young.^[5] In 1999, he played for the Rochester Rhinos in the USL A-League.

[edit] National team

Young was a regular member of the Jamaica national football team during the 1990s. In 1997, he devoted himself to the national team as it qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. However, he was not selected to the team which participated in the finals. With 28 goals in his 86 appearances, he is also Jamaica's record goalscorer.

[edit] Coaching

At some point, Young became the head coach of Portmore United in Jamaican National Premier League. On February 27, 2007, Linval Dixon replaced Young as head coach.^[6] In 2007, Young was a coach of a GSA U-13 soccer team in Lilburn, Georgia. In January 2008, Young joined the Jamaica national team technical staff of Rene Simoes but left the staff in late 2008. He returned to coach Waterhouse F.C. from January until May 2009.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Charleston Battery stats