Jacob Coggins (born November 28, 1978, in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American soccer player who currently plays for USASA amateur team Sporting Charlotte, run by Matt Lichty.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jacob Coggins | ||
| Date of birth | November 28, 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting Charlotte | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Wilmington Hammerheads | ||
| 2000–2007 | Charlotte Eagles | 103 | (50) |
| 2008 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | (1) |
| 2009-2010 | Charlotte Eagles | 18 | (2) |
| 2010– | CASL Elite | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 16, 2010 | |||
Career
editYouth
editCoggins attended Independence High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, but was not recruited by any major colleges and passed on offers from small schools.
Professional
editWhile attending a community college in Charlotte in 1998, he attended to a tryout with the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USISL D-3 Pro League who offered him a contract. In 2000, he moved to the Charlotte Eagles. In 2001, the Eagles moved up to the second division USL A-League, dropping back to the USL Second Division for the 2004 season. That year, he was the USL-2 scoring leader and league MVP, repeating both titles in 2005, as the Eagles won the league championship. He suffered from injuries during the 2006 season, which limited him to fourteen games. However, he returned strong in 2007, again leading the USL-2 in scoring.
On December 5, 2007, Coggins signed with the Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division.[1] He made his league debut in a 1–1 tie with the Atlanta Silverbacks on April 19, 2008.
At the end of the season, he returned to Charlotte where he became a coach in the Eagles youth system.[2] On March 31, 2009, he signed with the Eagles,[3] and played 18 games for the team over the course of the season before being released at the end of the year.
Coggins played the amateur team CASL Elite in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2010; his team won their regional qualification group (which also featured NPSL teams FC Tulsa and Atlanta FC) before falling 4–2 to USL Second Division pro side Charleston Battery in the first round of tournament proper.[4]
International
editIn February 2005, Coggins was called into the United States national team training camp when a contract dispute led the first team players to refuse to enter camp. He was going to start against Trinidad with teammate Dustin Swinehart. However, Coggins never played a game with the national team.
References
edit- ^ "RailHawks Acquire USL-2 Star Forward from Charlotte Eagles". Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "2009 Elite Program Directors Announced". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ Eagles duo return from RailHawks: Lemons and USL-2 MVP Coggins back with Charlotte for 2009 Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Charleston Battery". Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2010.