Joevin Jones

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Joevin Jones
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Joevin Jones (2017)
Personnel
Surname Joevin Martin Jones
birthday August 3, 1991
place of birth Carenage ,  Trinidad and Tobago
size 171 cm
position Defender and midfielder
Juniors
Years station
2005-2007 Defense Force FC
2005-2009 Mucurapo Senior Comprehensive School
2007-2009 W Connection
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2009-2014 W Connection 55 (28)
2014 →  HJK Helsinki  (loan) 6 0(0)
2015 Chicago Fire 28 0(1)
2016-2017 Seattle Sounders 63 0(3)
2018-2019 SV Darmstadt 98 44 0(6)
2019– Seattle Sounders 0 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2010-2011 Trinidad and Tobago U-20 at least 4 0(0)
2011–2012 Trinidad and Tobago U-23 at least 8 0(0)
2010– Trinidad and Tobago 77 0(9)
1 Only league games are given.
As of May 8, 2019

2 As of June 7, 2020

Joevin Martin Jones (born August 3, 1991 in Carenage ) is a Trinidadian football player on the position of a defender and midfielder . At the Seattle Sounders , for which he has been playing since May 2019, he is mainly used as a left midfielder. In the national team of Trinidad and Tobago , he is mostly used as a left-back.

Club career

Career start at home

Joevin Jones was born on August 3, 1991 in the coastal town of Carenage in northwestern Trinidad to Kelvin (* 1962) and Merlin Jones and grew up here with his three brothers. His father was a successful soccer player in his homeland and was a member of the Trinidadian-Tobagan national soccer team in the 1980s and 1990s . Of his three brothers, the older brother Marvin and the younger brother Alvin pursued professional football careers; only his third brother Kevin did not pursue a career in football. Joevin Jones began his football career at the age of six when he trained with his brothers and father almost every morning in his childhood and adolescence. At a young age he was enrolled in the football school of the former player and current coach Ronald La Forest (also spelled LaForest ). At the age of 14 he came to the Mucurapo Senior Comprehensive School in the capital Port of Spain , where he continued to play football. At the same time he also made the leap into the offspring of the Trinidadian-Tobacco first division club Defense Force FC and appeared in the club's youth department for the next two years. He then moved to the youth camp of the league competitor W Connection and was only used at the youth level until his 18th birthday. During this time he won the championship title in the North Zone of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) with the Mucurapo Senior Comprehensive football team , of which he was a member from 2005 to 2009, and subsequently won the national Intercol Big with the team Five . At the side of Kevin Molino , who was over a year older , Jones was voted one of the top five players in the SSFL.

First division debut in Trinidad and Tobago

After two seasons in the club's junior Jones made it into the men's team in 2009 and completed two matches as part of the Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy of the game in 2009 . He was also used as a midfielder in the final against Joe Public FC from the start and contributed a goal assist for Matthew Bartholomew in the narrow 3-2 defeat . He made his league debut in the 2010/11 season and quickly established himself in the starting line-up of W Connection. After seven championship appearances, in which he scored two goals, Russell Latapy brought him to the national soccer team of Trinidad and Tobago for the first time in September 2010 . After a number of internationals, in which he acted as a regular from the start, he soon piqued the interest of a North American club. In February 2011, he and his teammate at W Connection and on the national team, the slightly younger Shahdon Winchester , were invited to trial training by the major league soccer franchise Colorado Rapids . After initial problems with the US visa, which he was denied at the first attempt, he finally made it to the MLS franchise. and a little later was invited to a two-week trial training session at league rivals Toronto FC . Since neither of the two trial sessions was crowned with success, he returned to his home club.

After his return to Trinidad and Tobago, he made it to fourth place in the table in the final standings with the W Connection and contributed two hits in ten missions. The 2011/12 season, he finished with the team on the first place in the table and then attended the CFU Club Championship of 2012 in part. There, after finishing second in Group 5 and beating the Puerto Rico Islanders 4-1 in the semi-finals, the team made it to the final. This was only lost on penalties against league rivals Caledonia AIA . After he was able to celebrate some minor successes within the league with W Connection, such as winning the Trinidad and Tobago Classic in 2011 and second place in the Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl in the same year, he started the 2012/13 season with winning the Trinidad and Tobago Charity Shield . In the game he scored the goal to make it 2-0 and was named Man of the Match . As a CFU Club Championship finalist, W Connection qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League 2012/13 , but dropped out of the tournament early, as the last in Group H. Jones was used by coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier in all three group games and scored a goal in a 2-3 loss to Club Xelajú MC . He then found his breakthrough in the TT Pro League 2012/13 and was W Connection's top scorer of the season with ten league goals scored. Across all competitions, he even scored 19 hits in 2012/13; including his first hat trick in his career in men's football so far. In February 2013 he completed another trial training at the MLS franchise Toronto, although this was not crowned with success either. In spring 2013 Jones and his team took part in the 2013 CFU Club Championship , scored twice in the first group match and qualified as the winner of Group A directly for the 2013/14 CONCACAF Champions League .

Second participation in the Champions League and move to Finland

Before the start of the 2013/14 season, Jones was elected team captain of the W Connection and changed his jersey number from 36 to 10. He then played the first three group games of the Savonetta Boys , the nickname of W Connection, in the CONCACAF Champions League 2013/14. However, since he and his teammate and vice-captain Daneil Cyrus took part in an amateur football game in his hometown of Carenage on September 22, 2013 and this mission had not been approved by the club's management, he and Cyrus were suspended from the team and were not allowed to play the last group game against Houston Dynamo attend. It was the last game for the team anyway; with a single point, the team was eliminated as the last of group A. A week later, Jones was stripped of his position as team captain by the disciplinary committee, sentenced to a month's salary and suspended for two games. Upon his return, Jones and the team won the Trinidad and Tobago Charity Shield, the Trinidad and Tobago Classic, the Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl and the Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield . He was also player of the month in the TT Pro League in November / December 2013 and won the Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy of the 2013/14 season , the Trinidad and Tobago Football Cup , with his team . Jones' trial training at Udinese Calcio , originally scheduled for twelve days , was canceled after a few days because he “did not have the dynamism for a career in Serie A ”. If he had been signed, he would have been only the second Trinidadian-Tobagan soccer player in Serie A history; In 2001 his current teammate Silvio Spann was signed by the then Italian first division club Perugia Calcio as the first player from Trinidad and Tobago.

After returning home, Joevin Jones and his team won the fifth league title in the club's history, which has been going on since 1999. With his 14 championship goals he was not only the top scorer of the W Connection, but together with two other players the second best scorer of the season behind Marcus Joseph , who scored 16 goals. On September 1, 2014, about three weeks before the start of the TT Pro League 2014/15 , the loan transfer from Jones to the Finnish first division club HJK Helsinki until the end of the Veikkausliiga 2014 was announced. On September 21, 2014, he made his league debut in a 5-1 home win over IFK Mariehamn when he came on the lawn in the 69th minute of the game as a substitute for Mika Väyrynen . Coach Mika Lehkosuo then used him in another five of the last six championship games. With HJK Helsinki Jones was Finnish champion this season; Furthermore, the club won the Finnish Football Cup without any use of Jones . For the six group games in the 2014/15 Europa League , which the Finns played during his loan period, Jones received no clearance from Lehkosuo. After the end of the game year he returned to his home country, but soon made another leap abroad.

Moved to the United States

On December 3, 2014, he signed a one-year contract with Chicago Fire to play in Major League Soccer, the highest North American soccer league. In the 2015 game year he was used by Frank Yallop as a regular in the defense line from the start. In the first game of the season on March 6, 2015, a 1: 2 away defeat against LA Galaxy , the 1.71 m tall player played through the full 90 minutes. After an assist in the third game of the season, he scored his first goal in Major League Soccer in the fifth league match of the season against Toronto FC. The 2015 game year ended Jones with the team in tenth and thus last place in the table in the Eastern Conference . The Trinidadian-Tobacco national player was used by Frank Yallop and his subsequent interim coach Brian Bliss in 28 of 34 possible championship games. The goal in his fifth league game was the only one this season. From the fourth round he also took part with the team in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2015 and made it with the team to the semi-finals, in which they lost 1-0 to the Philadelphia Union . Under the coach Veljko Paunović , who followed in late autumn after the end of the season , Jones was no longer used in a competitive game and moved to the Seattle Sounders, who play in the Western Conference of the MLS , in January 2016 .

In return, Chicago Fire received the 15th draft pick in the MLS SuperDraft 2016 from the Seattle Sounders , as well as the so-called allocation money . After his move he was aiming for shirt number 3; However, since this was not available because it was worn by Brad Evans , Joevin Jones decided on the shirt number 33. Jones made his competitive debut for the Seattle Sounders on February 23, 2016 against Club America in the quarter-final first leg of the 2015/16 CONCACAF Champions League , for which the franchise had qualified due to the trophy win of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2014 . After the 2-2 draw in the first leg, the Sounders lost the quarter-final second leg, which took place a few days later, with 1: 3 and were eliminated from the tournament. Mostly he was used as a left-back by trainer Sigi Schmid and his successor from the end of July, Brian Schmetzer , but he also played on the left wing . He finished the 2016 game year with the team in fourth place in the Western Conference table and thus made it into the season-closing play-offs with the team. There the franchise won the first game against Sporting Kansas City 1-0 and moved into the subsequent conference semifinals . A 3-0 win over FC Dallas in the first leg was followed by a 2-1 defeat in the second leg, with the Seattle Sounders moving into the Conference Finals with an aggregate result of 4-2 . After the Sounders won a round trip against the Colorado Rapids , they were only able to defeat Toronto FC 5-4 on penalties in the MLS Cup , the final game, and were champions of Major League Soccer for the first time in the history of the franchise . This year he was used in 33 of 34 league games, where he contributed two goals and three assists and also played in six play-off games in which he remained goalless himself, but prepared three more goals for his teammates. In the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2016 , the team was eliminated in the fourth round against LA Galaxy.

Under Schmetzer, Jones, whose contract with the Sounders ran until the end of the 2017 season, also started in Major League Soccer 2017 . He was still in action as a regular on the left, mostly alternating between midfield and defense. In July 2017, he then signed a contract with the German second division club SV Darmstadt 98 , which only came into force in January 2018. The Darmstadt team signed him until June 2020. By the end of the season, Jones had 30 league appearances for the Seattle Sounders, in which he scored one goal and made eleven assists. With twelve assists, he was the second best preparer for the Seattle Sounders this game year behind Nicolás Lodeiro . In the final standings, he ranked second with the franchise in the Western Conference , tied with the first place, the Portland Timbers . In the play-offs that determine the season, the Sounders made it to the MLS Cup again after winning over Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the Conference Seminfinals and Houston Dynamo in the Conference Finals . In this, however, the Seattle franchise lost 2-0 to last year's opponents Toronto FC, who also won Major League Soccer for the first time in its history. In the 2017 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup , Joevin Jones and the Sounders were eliminated from the current tournament in the round of 16 against the San José Earthquakes .

The leap to Europe

As a dream player of the coach Torsten Frings , who was dismissed in Darmstadt in December 2017, Jones came to Darmstadt in January 2018 under the new coach Dirk Schuster . In his competitive debut on January 28, 2018 in the away game at FC St. Pauli , after being used by Schuster from the start, he scored the decisive goal to make it 1-0 in the seventh minute after submission by Ji Dong-won and had to be substituted in the 38th minute due to injury. In the next game of the season, a 1: 2 home defeat against MSV Duisburg on February 6, 2018, Jones was able to play again. With the Darmstadt team, Jones held the class at the end of the season.

Return to the USA

On May 8, 2019, Hessen announced Jones' immediate return to the US professional league MLS to the Seattle Sounders .

National team career

Debut in the senior national team and assignments for the U20 and U23

Joevin Jones made his debut for the Trinidad and Tobago national team at the age of 19 on September 7, 2010 in a friendly international match against Panama . In this game Russell Latapy put him from the second half as a replacement for Aklie Edwards . Then Latapy used him in the subsequent five internationals in September and October 2010, before he used him in two of the three group games for qualifying for the 2010 Caribbean Championship . After successfully qualifying, Jones was part of the 20-strong Trinidadian-Tobagan squad that took part in the finals in Martinique . In the group stage there, Trinidad and Tobago lost the first two games against Cuba and Grenada at the end of November 2010 and only won a point in the last group game against hosts Martinique . Trinidad and Tobago were eliminated as third place in Group H and could therefore not qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 . In the same month he also made his debut for the U20 team in his home country when he played alongside Sheldon Bateau and the late Akeem Adams in defense in two qualifying games for the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship .

After successfully qualifying Jones came in two games his team in the in Guatemala held CONCACAF Under-20 Championship in 2011 employed and retired with Trinidad and Tobago after these two games as the last of the group from the competition from D. Although Trinidad and Tobago did not qualify for the 2011 U-20 World Cup , Jones still took part in a larger tournament that year. With the Trinidadian-Tobacco U23 selection , which is also the Olympic selection, he completed all the games in his home country during the football tournament of the Pan American Games 2011 in October 2011 . In the three group games, Trinidad and Tobago get three draws, whereupon Jones and the team were eliminated as third in Group A. Furthermore, it was used in five other U-23 international games between November 2011 and March 2012 to qualify for the soccer tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics .

After he was not used for over a year and coach Otto Pfister was not considered for the unsuccessful qualification for the 2014 World Cup , he came on January 22, 2012 in a 2: 3 defeat in the friendly against Finland under the new coach Hutson “Barber” Charles on his return to the Trinidadian-Tobag national team. Under Charles and Jamaal Shabazz , who helped Charles train the national team, Jones made a total of twelve international appearances in the 2012 calendar year. His next assignment was, however, over half a year; it was not until August 15, 2012 that Jones played another friendly, this time against Canada . He was then used in the three qualifying games for the 2012 Caribbean Championship in October 2012 . As group winners, Trinidad and Tobago made it into the second qualifying round in November 2012 . Here the left middle and defensive player was used again in all three group matches and made it to the final round with his home country. In this, which also began in a group phase consisting of two groups of four teams each, the coaching duo Charles-Shabazz used him again in all three matches. With a second place in Group A behind Haiti , Trinidad and Tobago moved into the subsequent semi-final against Martinique and could only prevail on penalties. In the final, Jones lost with the Soca Warriors , the nickname of the Trinidadian-Tobagan national football team, with 0: 1 in overtime against Cuba.

Successful time in the CONCACAF Gold Cup

With this placement, Trinidad and Tobago made it into a CONCACAF Gold Cup for the first time in six years . In preparation for the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013 , Jones completed two international matches at the end of March 2013 (against Belize and Peru ) and came in direct preparation for another two national games (against Romania and Estonia ) at the beginning of June . For Trinidad and Tobago these were also the first international matches on European soil since participating in the 2006 World Cup in Germany . Due to his performance in the friendlies, Jones was nominated for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup by coach Stephen Hart , who had only been in office for a few days . The 1.71 m tall player was then used in all three group matches in his home country at the finals held in the United States . As second in Group B , he made it with the team in the quarter-finals and failed in this with 0: 1 against Mexico . For Trinidad and Tobago it was the first quarterfinal participation since the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2000 . Jones did not appear in his team's last game due to an injury.

After successful performances at the CONCACAF Gold Cup, Jones missed his home country's participation in the 2013 OSN Cup in Saudi Arabia in September 2013 and had to pause due to exhaustion. Due to his faux pas in the league when he took part in an amateur game in September 2013 without the permission of his home club and as a result of which the office of team captain was withdrawn, it also set consequences in the national team and Jones was removed from the squad by Hart before a friendly against New Zealand . It was only in November 2013 that he was considered again for two friendly internationals against Jamaica and used by coach Stephen Hart. After two international matches against Argentina and Iran in early June 2014, Jones played in all three group matches of qualifying for the 2014 Caribbean Cup in October 2014 .

After winning the group, Trinidad and Tobago also entered a group stage in the final round and finished as the winner, with the other group winners, Jamaica, facing straight away in the final. As already two years before, the team lost in the final; this time only on penalties. Jones completed a group game against Cuba and the final against Jamaica. Then it took more than half a year before Jones was used by Hart in a friendly international match against Jordan . In July 2015, he was then part of the 23-man squad that took part in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States and Canada . In the first group game against Guatemala , Joevin Jones scored in the 25th minute of the game to take the 3-0 lead, which was also the first in his national team career to date. For Jones it was the 42nd international game in the senior team of Trinidad and Tobago. Then he was also used in the two other group games against Cuba and Mexico and rose with the team as group winners in the quarter-finals . In this, the Soca Warriors only lost to the national team from Panama on penalties.

Conqueror of the United States

After three friendly international matches between September and October 2015, Jones started qualifying for the 2018 World Cup with his home country in November 2015 . Here he was used in the first two group games against Guatemala and the United States and played a game against Haiti at the beginning of January 2018 on the occasion of the qualifying play-offs for the Copa America Centenario 2016 . Trinidad and Tobago lost the game to a late goal from Haiti and thus failed to participate in the Copa America Centenario. The subsequent World Cup qualifiers in March and September 2016 were successful for Jones personally. He scored one goal each in the two games against St. Vincent and the Grenadines and contributed both goals from his home country in the 2-2 draw against Guatemala. Only in the last group game, a 4-0 defeat against the United States, did he not score. Stephen Hart used him in both games in qualifying for the 2017 Caribbean Championship in early October 2016 . Trinidad and Tobago then ranked second in the group and had to make the decisive play-offs. After playing in two World Cup qualifiers under the outgoing coach in November 2016, his successor, Tom Saintfiet from Belgium , did not consider him in the play-off phase of qualifying for the Caribbean Cup in January 2017. Between March and October 2017, Jones was finally used in all eight other World Cup qualifiers, occasionally scoring a goal in a 2-1 loss to Honduras . At the end of the fifth World Cup qualifying round, Jones was ranked behind with Trinidad and Tobago in the last group place, after winning only two out of ten games and losing the other eight. The last group game against the United States can be seen as a personal success . Trinidad and Tobago defeated the United States 2-1 on October 10, 2017 after an own goal by the American Omar González and another goal by Joevin Jones' brother Alvin, whereupon the United States, ranked penultimate group place, also not for qualified for the World Cup finals. The United States failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1986 .

In June 2020, his international match record was 77 appearances and nine goals.

successes

Club successes

with W Connection
with HJK Helsini
with the Seattle Sounders

National team successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e W for Winners: How Jones and Connection became Pro League champions (English), accessed on February 6, 2018
  2. ↑ Spotlight on W Connection starlet Joevin Jones , accessed February 6, 2018
  3. ^ Intercol Champions , accessed on February 6, 2018
  4. ↑ SSFL top girls & boys all-star teams , accessed on February 6, 2018
  5. ^ Joe Public lifts 2009 FA Trophy in dramatic style , accessed February 6, 2018
  6. ^ Foreign clubs eye Hector, Jones , accessed February 6, 2018
  7. ↑ W Connection trio for MLS trials , accessed February 6, 2018
  8. ↑ Jones gets his VISA… off to Colorado for trial , accessed February 6, 2018
  9. ^ Four New Trialists In Orlando , accessed February 6, 2018
  10. ↑ Bateau, Winchester, Jones released by US teams from trial , accessed February 6, 2018
  11. ↑ Caledonia pips Connection for CFU Club Championship title , accessed February 6, 2018
  12. ↑ a b Connection snatches inaugural Digicel Charity Shield , accessed on February 6, 2018
  13. ↑ Jones hat-trick heats up League chase , accessed February 6, 2018
  14. ↑ Joevin Jones on trial with Toronto FC (English), accessed on February 6, 2018
  15. ↑ Joevin Jones cut from Toronto FC pre-season (English), accessed on February 6, 2018
  16. ↑ Jones doubles up as Connection sinks Caledonia to lead Group I of the Caribbean qualifying to the Champions League , accessed February 6, 2018
  17. ↑ Minor sweat, major consequences: Joevin and Cyrus face Connection ax (English), accessed on February 6, 2018
  18. ↑ Sorry coach: Joevin and Cyrus return to P / League action after apologies , accessed on February 6, 2018
  19. ↑ Wendy's Players and Blue Waters Coaches of the Months revealed , accessed February 6, 2018
  20. ↑ a b Buona fortuna, Joevin: Connection starlet off for Udinese trials (English), accessed on February 6, 2018
  21. ↑ a b Addio Series A: Joevin fails to seduce Udinese (English), accessed on February 6, 2018
  22. ↑ Ian Prescott: Joevin Jones heads to Finland . In: Trinidad Express . September 1, 2014.
  23. ↑ Chicago Fire Sign Trinidad & Tobago Defender Joevin Jones , accessed February 6, 2018
  24. ↑ LA Galaxy - Chicago Fire (1: 2) (English), accessed February 6, 2018
  25. ↑ Match Recap: Fire 3, TFC 2 , accessed February 6, 2018
  26. ^ A b Official: Seattle Sounders acquire Trinidad and Tobago international Joevin Jones in exchange for MLS SuperDraft pick , accessed on February 6, 2018
  27. ↑ Darmstadt sign Seattle Sounders' Joevin Jones to contract for 2018 (English), accessed on February 6, 2018
  28. ↑ Lilien sign Jones from January 2018 , accessed February 6, 2018
  29. ↑ Darmstadt 98 draws conclusions from the slump - Lilien dismisses coach Frings , accessed on February 6, 2018
  30. ↑ Lilies break free! , accessed February 6, 2018
  31. ↑ Darmstadt 98 newcomer Joevin Jones strikes: 1-0 victory at St. Pauli , accessed on February 6, 2018
  32. ↑ No Home Points for the Lilies , accessed February 6, 2018
  33. ↑ Joevin Jones moves back to Seattle , sv98.de, accessed on May 8, 2019
  34. ↑ Bateau winner gives U-20s 2-1 win over Suriname , accessed on February 6, 2018
  35. ↑ Finnish-ing lessons for gutsy Warriors , accessed on February 6, 2018
  36. ^ T & T's 2013 Gold Cup squad named , accessed February 6, 2018
  37. ↑ T&T downs Honduras to seal Gold Cup quarterfinal place (English), accessed on February 6, 2018
  38. ↑ Fighting 'Warriors' exit Gold Cup after slim loss to Mexico , accessed on February 6, 2018
  39. ↑ Hart slams Joevin and Cyrus; but sees Pro League positives , accessed February 6, 2018
  40. ↑ Steely Hart: Daniel, Joevin and Cyrus out as Warriors reward commitment , accessed February 6, 2018
  41. ↑ Guerra strikes again as T&T double up on Reggae Boyz , accessed on February 6, 2018
  42. ↑ SocaWarriors.net: Player Profiles: Joevin Martin Jones. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Jones, Joevin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jones, Joevin Martin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Trinidadian-Tobacco soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Carenage , Trinidad and Tobago