Desmond Armstrong
| Desmond Armstrong | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Desmond Armstrong | |
| birthday | November 2nd, 1964 | |
| place of birth | Washington, DC , USA | |
| size | 1.83 m | |
| position | Defense | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1982-1985 | University of Maryland | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1991 | FC Santos | |
| 1991-1993 | Maryland Bays | 4 (0) |
| 1996 | Charlotte Eagles | |
| Indoor | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1986-1988 | Cleveland Force | 93 (14) |
| 1988-1989 | Baltimore Blast | 19 (5) |
| 1995 | Washington Warthogs | 1 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1987-1994 | United States | 81 (0) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1999-2006 | Montreat College | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Desmond Armstrong (born November 2, 1964 in Washington, DC , USA ) is a retired American football player in the position of defender and midfielder.
For the US national soccer team he was on the field a total of 81 times from 1987 to 1994. He took part with the team in the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1990 World Cup. In national soccer he was active for various clubs in the Major Indoor Soccer League , American Professional Soccer League and the USISL . He also played a season in Brazil .
His son Ezra Armstrong (* 1998) is also a professional footballer today.
Player career
youth
Armstrong grew up in his native Washington, DC , and played for a local youth club from the age of 11. From that point on, he was also on the soccer school team in high school. He attended Howard High School in Ellicott City, Maryland, and later the University of Maryland, where he was voted the league's top selection in the 1984 and 1985. In 1986 he was part of the Fairfax Spartans, which won the National Amateur Cup that year. Also in the team were the later national players John Kerr, Bruce Murray and John Stollmeyer.
professional
In 1986 Armstrong began his career as a professional soccer player with Cleveland Force, who were then playing in the Major Indoor Soccer League . At the end of the 1987/1988 season he moved to Baltimore Blast, who also played in the MISL. Here he reached the final of the play-offs 1988/1989 with the team. Due to an injury, he could no longer play from February 1989.
After preparing for the 1990 World Cup with the national team, he moved to the Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol for FC Santos in 1991 . He was the first American player to sign a contract with a team in Brazil. After only one season he moved back to the USA. At the Maryland Bays, which played in the American Professional Soccer League, he completed four games.
He later played indoor soccer for Washington Warthogs and was active in USISL for the Charlotte Eagles.
Trainer
Armstrong coached the soccer team at Montreat College in Montreat, North Carolina from 1999 to 2006. He also coached the '85 HFC Vipers youth team in Asheville, North Carolina from 2000 to 2004.
After leaving Montreat College, he first worked as a coach with the Bethesda Roadrunners, a youth club from Bethesda, Maryland . He later became director of the Premier Soccer Academies, a youth soccer education facility owned by former soccer player Brad Friedel .
Trivia
During the 1994 World Cup, Armstrong was employed as a studio analyst at ESPN . He has also commented on the Cleveland City Stars games on the radio.
Web links
- Desmond Armstrong in the database of weltfussball.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Armstrong, Desmond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2nd, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC , USA |