Jay Michael DeMerit (born 4 December, 1979 in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is an American soccer player, currently playing for Watford in the Championship. He was a three-sport high school athlete in Wisconsin, where he participated in basketball and track in addition to soccer. He attended Bay Port High School and graduated in 1998. DeMerit played NCAA soccer at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he moved from playing forward to defender.

Bryan Byrne (born August 26, 1982 is a soccer player from Castledermot in Co. Kildare, Ireland currently playing with the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer. Byrne was signed by Kildare County and then-manager Dermot Keely during the 2002-03 season from youth team Castle Villa. He was awarded an athletic scholarship later that season by the University of California, Santa Barbara men's soccer team and moved to the United States.

Darryl Roberts (born September 26, 1983 in Saint Joseph) is a football (soccer) player who signed with Sparta Rotterdam on January 31, 2007 until the summer of 2008. Roberts attended Liberty University. He also attended Fatima College at the secondary school level. In his freshman year he was named Soccer America and College Soccer News Freshman All-American, was on the NSCAA South Atlantic All-Region second team honors, …

Ryan Johnson (born November 26, 1984 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican football (soccer) player, who last played midfielder for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer. Johnson played college soccer at Oregon State University from 2002 to 2005, where he scored 18 goals and assisted on 30 while appearing in 76 matches. He also spent two seasons in the USL Premier Development League, playing for Cape Cod Crusaders and Boulder Rapids Reserve.

Joseph Lapira (born August 13, 1986, Lake Charles, Louisiana) is an American-born Irish soccer player who currently plays for the Notre Dame and for Baton Rouge Capitals in the USL Premier Development League. In 2006 he was the winner of the Hermann Trophy, awarded to the top collegiate player of the year, after scoring 22 goals for Notre Dame. He qualifies for the Republic of Ireland by virtue of his Irish mother, …

Joseph Ngwenya (born March 30, 1981 in Plumtree, Zimbabwe) is a Zimbabwean soccer player who currently plays forward for the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer. Ngwenya was drafted third overall by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft out of Coastal Carolina University, where he led the NCAA in scoring with 21 goals and 14 assists and was named a First Team All-American in 2003.

Mehdi Ballouchy (born April 6, 1983 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan football (soccer) midfielder, who currently plays for the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Ballouchy moved to the United States in 2000 and played a year of college soccer at Creighton and two at Santa Clara, where he was named first team All-American in 2005. He then signed a Generation adidas contract with MLS. Ballouchy was taken second overall by Real Salt Lake at the 2006 MLS SuperDraft.

Kei Kamara (born September 1, 1984 in Kenema, Sierra Leone) is a soccer striker who currently plays for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer. Kamara played college soccer at the Cal State Dominguez Hills. In his senior season, he was named third-team All-American. After spending two seasons with Orange County Blue Star in the USL Premier Development League, Kamara was then taken by Columbus ninth overall at the 2006 MLS SuperDraft.

Gonzalo Segares is a Costa Rican football (soccer) defender, who currently plays for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer. Segares started in his country playing at Deportivo Saprissa's minor league system, before being awarded with a scholarship to play college soccer at Virginia Commonwealth University from 2001 to 2004, where he was a strong player from his debut, starting all 83 games he played in his four seasons.

Stephen Armstrong (born July 23, 1976 in Birkenhead, England) is an English/South African (dual citizenship) soccer forward/midfielder, who currently plays for the Charleston Battery in the USL First Division and the Chicago Storm in the Major Indoor Soccer League. Born in England and raised in Cape Town, South Africa after the age of 4, Armstrong came to the US to attend Butler University. In four seasons (1996-99) with the Bulldogs, he made All-American, …

Mike Zaher (born September 24, 1985) is an American soccer player currently playing for UCLA, and with the San Fernando Valley Quakes in the USL Premier Development League. Born in Arizona but raised in Las Vegas, NV, Zaher led his Bishop Gorman High School team to the Nevada high school state championship in 2002; he scored 34 goals as a senior, 25 as a junior, 13 as a sophomore and six as a freshman for a total of 78 career goals.

Gavin Glinton (born March 1 1979 in Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands) is a Turks & Caicos Islands soccer striker who currently plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. Glinton joined USL First Division team Charleston Battery for the 2006 season. The Bradley University product was drafted by Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy in 2002 before transferring to the Dallas Burn in 2003.

Osei Telesford (born November 11, 1983 in San Juan, Trinidad) is a Trinidadian soccer player, who currently plays for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer. Telesford played his collegiate soccer at Liberty University, where he started 65 of 66 matches from 2003 to 2006, scoring 8 goals and assisting on 8 more. He was named to the All Big South Conference Team all four years. While at Liberty he also played for the Carolina Dynamo of the USL Premier Development League.

Rick Titus (born March 1969 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) is a Trinidadian soccer defender who currently is playing for the Toronto Lynx in the USL Premier Development League. After playing college soccer for three years with the University of Toronto, Titus signed for the Toronto Lynx, making his USL First Division debut with the club in 1997.

Paul Williams born Burton upon Trent, England 26 March 1971 is a professional footballer who was an unused substitute for Southampton in the 2003 FA Cup final who also played for long periods for Coventry City and Derby County. He began his professional career with Derby County in 1985 where he appeared in 160 League games and scored 26 goals as a defender. He also appeared in 8 FA Cup games and scored three goals and 12 Football League Cup games, scoring two goals.

Dominic Oduro (born August 13, 1985 in Pramso, Ghana) is a soccer stiker for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer. Oduro started his playing career for the University of Ghana in 2004, he transferred to Virginia Commonwealth University. For VCU, he appeared in 41 matches, scoring 18 goals and earning five assists and was honored with the 2004 Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year award and a Third Team All-American spot.

Noah Palmer (born April 21, 1983 in Williamsburg, Virginia) is an American soccer player who last played goalkeeper for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer. Palmer played college soccer at University of Maryland from 2001 to 2004, finisheing his collegiate career with a school-record 34 shutouts and a GAA of 0.86. He also played in the USL Premier Development League for Chesapeake Dragons and his hometown team, Williamsburg Legacy.

Fran O'Brien was an Irish soccer player during the 1970s and 1980s. He was the first player to be capped for the Republic of Ireland playing in USA, earning a total of four caps. He won a league winners medal with Bohemians in 1974/75. He made 62 league appearances with 1 goal and 8 appearances in European competition scoring 1 goal for Bohs In 1978, O'Brien moved to the Philadelphia Fury of the North American Soccer League (NASL).

Aaron Steele (born February 4 1983 in Norwich, England) is a English-Canadian soccer defender who currently plays for Toronto Lynx in the USL Premier Development League. He started out playing as a youth player for Norwich City Academy. In 2001 he and his family moved to Canada, where his father Billy Steele would eventually become the assistant coach of Hamilton Thunder under head coach Duncan Wilde.

Kurt Morsink (born June 27, 1984 in San Jose, Costa Rica) is an Costa Rican-American soccer player who currently plays midfielder for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. Morsink played collegiate soccer at James Madison University from 2003 to 2006. Over his four years there, he started 73 out of 76 games scoring 32 goals and assisting on 29. During his college years he also played with Bradenton Academics in the USL Premier Development League.

Mubarike Chisoni (born May 10, 1981 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe), better known as Mamba Chisoni, is a Zimbabwean football (soccer) player who currently for the Indiana Invaders of the USL Premier Development League. Chisoni played mostly as a left winger, using his speed and quickness to attack defenses from the flank. Chisoni spent the 2005 season with the Los Angeles Galaxy, where he made 11 appearances and one start with the first team.

Stephen Shirley (born May 14, 1983 in Scotland) is a Scottish-American soccer player who last played defender and midfielder for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. Shirley played college soccer at the University of Mobile in 2002. He helped them to the 2002 NAIA National Championship. The next year he transferred to Virginia Commonwealth University were he played from 2002 to 2005.

Jakob Fenger-Larsen (born February 6, 1971 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a midfielder currently playing for American USL Premier Development League side Hampton Roads Piranhas. Professional Experience: Began playing with the Virginia Beach Mariners in 2003. Has been ranked first in the league for most games played (28) and has received the Team Player of the Year award.

Joseph Afful (born July 30, 1979 in Accra, Ghana) is a soccer player, who plays for the Brooklyn Knights of the USL Premier Development League. Afful came to the United States to play college soccer, first with St. Francis College where he was a three time All-Northeast Conference player from 2000 to 2003, and then an Atlantic Soccer Conference player in 2003 with Adelphi University.

Siniša Ubiparipović (Cyrillic: Синиша Убипариповић; born August 25, 1983 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian football forward/midfielder playing for Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer. A native of Zenica, his family fled to Belgrade, Serbia to escape the Bosnian War, and then eventually to the United States in 1999. Ubiparipović began his collegiate career at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2002, …

Huffman Eja-Tabe (born May 6, 1984 in Limbe Victoria, Cameroon) is a professional soccer player currently plays for the Ottawa Fury in the USL Premier Development League. Before turning professional he played four seasons at Algonquin College having been littered with trophies and awards, winning the OCAA Silver Medal in 2001, and the CCAA Championship in 2002. In 2003 again he would win the OCAA Silver Medal and in 2004 the OCAA Provincial Champion.

Ian Bishop (born on 29 May 1965 in Liverpool) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder. He began his career at Everton but failed to break into the first team. After spells at Crewe Alexandra, Carlisle United and Bournemouth he signed for Manchester City in 1989. Bishop was a good passer of the ball and in his 24 appearances for Manchester City in his first spell helped the team demolish their local rivals Manchester United 5-1.

Idris "Alex" Ughiovhe (born 27 January, 1983 in Washington DC) is an American footballer currently playing for Crystal Palace Baltimore. He can play at right back or central defence. From 2002 until 2005 Alex played for and was captain of the Howard University Bison, and for Richmond Kickers Future in the USL Premier Development League, priot to being selected by Chicago Fire in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft.

Eddie Mukahanana born March 9 1977 in Bulawayo Zimbabwe is a professional soccer youth development coach.