Gabe Jones is a retired American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who was the 1995

USISL United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues currently organized are the ...

MVP and leading scorer. He played one game for the

Dallas Burn Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County wi ...

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Cana ...

Youth

In 1991, Jones graduated from Georgetown High School. He attended St. Edwards University where he was an NAIA All American soccer player. He graduated in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in international studies. In 2002, St. Edwards University inducted Jones into its Athletic Hall of Fame.

Professional

In 1995, Jones played for the

Austin Lone Stars The Austin Lone Stars were a soccer club that competed in the SISL, USISL and United Soccer Leagues from 1987 to 2000. The club originally started in 1987/88 as the Austin Sockadillos in the original indoor SISL league. They became the Austin Lone S ...

in the

. He was the 1995 USISL MVP while leading the league in scoring. He was the second leading scorer in the 1997 U.S. Open Cup. That year, he also played one game for the

. In 1998, Jones led the USISL D3 Pro League with assists and was named First Team All League. On February 6, 1999, the

selected Jones in the second round (eighteenth overall) of the

1999 MLS Supplemental Draft The 1999 Major League Soccer Supplemental Draft took place in Fort Lauderdale on the afternoon of Sunday, February 7. The second and third rounds of the 1999 MLS College Draft had taken place earlier that morning. In this supplemental draft, a num ...

. The Burn released him on April 2, 1999. He then returned to the Lone Stars for the remainder of the season. In 2004, Jones played for the Austin Lightning.Soccer Watch
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Gabe 1973 births Living people American soccer players Austin Lone Stars players Austin Lightning players FC Dallas players Major League Soccer players New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers players USL League Two players USL Second Division players A-League (1995–2004) players Soccer players from Texas FC Dallas draft picks People from Georgetown, Texas Association football forwards Association football midfielders