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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Steele | ||
| Date of birth | February 7, 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Larne, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Puerto Rico Islanders | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 2004 | Syracuse Salty Dogs | 9 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Kansas City Comets (indoor) | 13 | (8) |
| 2005–2006 | Rochester Raging Rhinos | 18 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Baltimore Blast (indoor) | 39 | (13) |
| 2006 | Ballymena United | ||
| 2007 | Carolina RailHawks | 19 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Philadelphia KiXX (indoor) | 17 | (7) |
| 2008– | Puerto Rico Islanders | 49 | (6) |
| National team | |||
| Northern Ireland U-19 | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Jonathan "Jonny" Steele (born February 7, 1986 in Larne) is a Northern Irish soccer player who currently plays for Puerto Rico Islanders in the USL First Division.
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Career
Club
Steele started his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers in England, but never played a senior game for the side, and came to the United States in 2003, for an (ultimately uncessful) trial with the Dallas Burn of Major League Soccer. Instead, he signed with the Syracuse Salty Dogs of the USL First Division in 2004[1] and that fall, he joined the Kansas City Comets of Major Indoor Soccer League.[2] He played thirteen games before the Comets placed him on the inactive roster to allow him to compete with the Northern Ireland U-19 national team.[3]
He returned to the United States in 2005 and spent the summer with the Rochester Rhinos[4]. As the Comets had folded at the end of the 2004-2005 season, the Baltimore Blast selected Steele with the 26th pick in the Dispersal Draft.
He returned home to Northern Ireland in August 2005 and had a short spell with Irish League side Ballymena United, before returning to America when his short-term contract expired. He won the 2006 MISL Championship with the Blast, and played for the Rhinos again in the summer of 2006.[5] In the spring of 2007, he signed with the expansion Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division. He was also the first pick of the expansion Orlando Sharks in the 2007 MISL Expansion Draft,[6] but was traded to the Philadelphia KiXX in exchange for Gaston Pernia.[7] Steele played seventeen games with the KiXX during the 2007-2008 MISL season, missing part of the season with a foot injury.[8]
In the spring of 2008, he moved to the Puerto Rico Islanders of USL-1. He was a key part of a team which took the USL-1 championship and was named the 2008 USL-1 MVP.[9]
International
Steele was a member of the Northern Ireland U-19 national team, but has never made an appearance for the senior side.
Honors
Puerto Rico Islanders
- USL First Division Commissioner's Cup (1): 2008
Individual
- USL First Division MVP: 2008
References
- ^ 2004 Syracuse Salty Dogs
- ^ 2004-2005 MISL Stats
- ^ MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL REPORT - 2004-2005
- ^ 2005 Rochester Rhinos
- ^ 2006 Rochester Rhinos
- ^ Orlando Sharks Draft League Standouts
- ^ SHARKS TRADE FOR ALL-STAR DEFENDER GASTON PERNIA
- ^ MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE DAILY REPORT
- ^ Top USL-1 honors announced
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