Jonny Steele
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jonathan Steele | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Larne, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Real Salt Lake | ||
| 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) |
| 2008–2009 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 49 | (6) |
| 2010 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 13 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | FC Tampa Bay | 10 | (1) |
| 2011 | → Carolina RailHawks (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2011 | Syracuse Silver Knights (indoor) | 1 | (0) |
| 2012– | Real Salt Lake | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| Northern Ireland U19 | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2012. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Jonathan "Jonny" Steele (born 7 February 1986 in Larne) is a Northern Irish footballer currently playing for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.
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[edit] Career
[edit] 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 unsuccessful) 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]
On 23 December 2009, Steele signed a one year contract with Vancouver Whitecaps.[10] Steele, along with Whitecaps teammate Ricardo Sánchez, was transferred to league rivals FC Tampa Bay on 21 July 2010.[11]
Carolina RailHawks, now in the second division North American Soccer League, re-acquired Steele on a season-long loan from FC Tampa Bay on 24 February 2011.[12]
Steele signed with Syracuse Silver Knights of Major Indoor Soccer League for the 2011-12 indoor season on 23 September 2011.[13] He was released from the team mid-season[14]
On 23 February 2012 Steele tweeted that he had joined Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.[15]
[edit] International
Steele was a member of the Northern Ireland U-19 national team, but has never made an appearance for the senior side.
[edit] Honors
[edit] Puerto Rico Islanders
- Commissioner's Cup Winners (1): 2008
[edit] Individual
- USL First Division MVP (1): 2008
[edit] 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
- ^ Whitecaps Sign Jonny Steele And Greg Janicki
- ^ http://www.fctampabay.com/article/rowdies-acquire-whitecaps-fc-midfielders
- ^ http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4158324
- ^ http://misl.uslsoccer.com/home/566235.html
- ^ http://misl.stats.pointstreak.com/teamtransactions.html?teamid=343571&seasonid=8052
- ^ http://twitter.com/#!/jonnysteele22[not in citation given]
[edit] External links
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- 1986 births
- Baltimore Blast (2001–2008 MISL) players
- Carolina RailHawks players
- Expatriate footballers in Puerto Rico
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- FC Tampa Bay players
- Association football midfielders
- Kansas City Comets (2001 – 2005 MISL) players
- Living people
- Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008) players
- North American Soccer League players
- Association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Expatriate association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Expatriates from Northern Ireland in the United States
- People from Larne
- Philadelphia KiXX (MISL) players
- Puerto Rico Islanders players
- Rochester Raging Rhinos (USL First Division) players
- Syracuse Salty Dogs players
- Syracuse Silver Knights players
- USL A-League players
- USL First Division players
- USSF Division 2 Pro League players
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC players
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
