Jordan Seabrook

Jordan Seabrook
Personnel
Surname	Jordan Akil Seabrook
birthday	June 27, 1987
place of birth	Indianapolis , Indiana ,  USA
size	178 cm
position	Striker , midfielder
Juniors
Years	station
	Dynamo Katner
0000–2005	North Central High School
2005-2008	South Florida Bulls
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2008	Bradenton Academics	11 (1)
2009-2010	Crystal Palace Baltimore	25 (3)
2011–2012	Harrisburg City Islanders	15 (0)
2012	Enköpings SK	12 (0)
2012	Haka Valkeakoski	11 (0)
2013–	Vaasan Palloseura	51 (10)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2006	USA U-20	1 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of June 30, 2011

Jordan Akil Seabrook (born June 27, 1987 in Indianapolis , Indiana ) is an American football player in the position of a striker . Since 2011 he has been in the squad of the Harrisburg City Islanders with games in the third-class North American professional league USL Professional Division , where he is mostly used as a midfielder .

Club career

Career start at home

Seabrook was born in the summer of 1987 to Philip and Sheryl Seabrook in Indianapolis, the capital of the US state of Indiana, where he grew up with his parents and sister Akilah. Jordan Seabrook came into contact with American football at a young age through his father, who was once a running back at Central State University , but over the years decided to pursue a career as a footballer. After completing his education at elementary school and junior high, he finally moved to the local North Central High School , where he was also used on the local school soccer team. In high school, Seabrook acted as a true goalscorer and scored numerous goals, assists and awards in his early years. For example, in 2003 and 2004 he was awarded the title of “ NSCAA High School All-American” and in 2004 he was also brought into the Elite Soccer Program , where he was elected an All-Star . In his senior year at North Central High he came up with a remarkable record of 38 goals and 15 assists, which was in part also essential for his later career in football. He received another honor when he was brought to the Olympic Development Program Region II team in 2004 . Parallel to his school education, the trained striker was also active at the youth training club Dynamo-Katner . Seabrook, who was also a track and field athlete during his school days, was part of the 4 x 100 meter relay , which set a new school record. In addition, he still ranks second in the school's best list for 110-meter hurdles and is also a Big East qualifier for 400-meter hurdles .

University career in Florida

After graduating from high school in Indianapolis in 2005, he moved to the University of South Florida that same year , where he majored in mass communication with a focus on journalism . At the university, he also joined the local sports department, the South Florida Bulls , and was active for them on the soccer team. He made his debut in the opening game of the season, on September 2 against the team from Florida International University . His first goal for the college team was barely a month in coming before he scored a goal against the Pittsburg State University team on September 28 . In his first year of study he was counted by College Soccer News among the 100 freshmen from coast to coast to keep an eye on , as he repeatedly demonstrated his talent during that year. He was the top scorer in the Big East Conference in his freshman year, leading the scorers list with 14 goals and also having 36 points, the highest scorer rating in the conference. In addition to being elected to the All-Big-East-Second Team , the fast and agile striker was also recognized by College Soccer News as an All-American Freshman and was part of the NSCAA All-South Region team . In addition, he led his team with 70 shots, 40 of them on goal, and was used in all 21 championship games of the Bulls, where he was on the lawn in 18 games right from the start. In his sophomore year at USF, Seabrook completed a further 19 league games, of which he was used in 17 from the start, scoring six goals. He also gave three assists and was awarded a few minor honors during the year. In 2007 he had already played in all 22 league games from the start as a regular member of the team and continued to be offensively successful with five goals and eight assists. In addition to being voted “Player of the Week”, he was also elected to the Big East All Conference Second Team at the end of the season because of his performance . In the following year, he continued to work on the university’s own soccer team, with which he won the Big East Tournament Championship in 2008. In parallel, he came into the play-free time for viertklassig occurring Bradenton Academics used, he brought to it by the end of the football year 2008, eleven league inserts a goal and three assists.

Professional start at Crystal Palace Baltimore

After Jordan Seabrook along with his Bull teammates Yohance Marshall on by adidas sponsored MLS Player Combine participated, once as "was the best player in the Big East Conference called" players only as the 51st pick in the fourth round of the MLS Super Draft 2009 a Pro team drafted. He came to the Colorado Rapids , where he received no development or training contract and was therefore temporarily without a club. After only a short absence from a club, he signed a professional contract with Crystal Palace Baltimore , which at that time was still playing in the USL Second Division, which is regarded as third-class . In his first year with the professional franchise, he was used in all 20 championship games, scored three goals and two assists, making him one of the most effective players in the squad. He made his debut on April 17, 2009 in his team's season opener, a 0-0 draw against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds , when he was used from the start and replaced by Comlan Keva Kevin Gnatiko from the 61st minute . After the team moved to the only temporarily established USSF Division 2 Professional League , the striker extended his contract with the club for another season in March 2010. In this season, however, he could no longer prevail and brought it to only six goalless appearances in the championship, where he did not play a single game over the full duration of the match. In addition, his team developed into the worst team in the entire league and ended the season with the worst goal record on the bottom of the table.

Switch to the Harrisburg City Islanders

In the following season, the trained striker switched to the new USL Professional Division for the Harrisburg City Islanders . At the club from Harrisburg , the capital of the US state of Pennsylvania , Seabrook was converted into a midfielder . In the division, which is regarded as the third highest division, he has been used in eight championship games to date (as of June 30, 2011), where he only made brief appearances for a few minutes at the beginning, but was then used for longer and longer. Nevertheless, he was substituted on in all of his eight championship appearances for the team from Harrisburg as a substitute.

National team career

In the spring of 2006, Seabrook and his then Bulls teammates Anthony Wallace and Neven Subotić were invited by Thomas Rongen to train with the US U-20 team. While the later International of the USA Wallace only made his junior debut the following year, Seabrook was used in an encounter of the junior national team of his home country in 2006. During the game against the Colorado Rapids he was on March 10, 2006 for one half in the attack line of his club. This was his last assignment for a US national selection.

successes

High school and university

• 2 × " NSCAA High School All-American": 2003 and 2004
• 1 × participant in the Elite Soccer Program : 2004 → All-Star Award
• 1 × All-Big-East-Second Team : 2005
• 1 × Big East Conference top scorer : 2005 (14 goals)
• 1 × leader in the scorer rating: 2005 (36 scorer points)
• 1 × NSCAA All South Region Team : 2005
• 1 × Master of the Regular Season Championship : 2005
• 1 × Big-East-All-Conference-Second-Team : 2007
• 1 × Big East Tournament Championship winner : 2008

Web links

• Jordan Seabrook on the official South Florida Bulls website
• Jordan Seabrook on the official Harrisburg City Islanders website
• Jordan Seabrook's U-20 player profile on the American Football Association's official website

Footnotes and individual references

1. ^ Match against the Colorado Rapids
2. ↑ Bradenton Academics in the 2008 game year ( memento of the original dated February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed June 30, 2011  
3. ^ Marshall & Seabrook Earn High Marks at MLS Combine , accessed June 30, 2011
4. ↑ Rapids Select Six in 2009 MLS SuperDraft , accessed June 30, 2011
5. ↑ Crystal Palace Baltimore in the 2009 game year ( memento of the original from October 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed June 30, 2011  
6. ↑ Pittsburgh Riverhounds - Crystal Palace Baltimore (0: 0) ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed June 30, 2011  
7. ^ Nine Return From Crystal Palace Baltimore's 2009 Squad , accessed June 30, 2011
8. ↑ US U-20 MNT Hold First Camp of 2006 ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed June 30, 2011  
9. ↑ U-20 MNT Fall to Rapids in First Match of 2006 ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed June 30, 2011