Jason Griffiths (born 22 March 1987 in Bracknell) is an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

Career

Griffiths played college soccer at

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state ...

from 2006 to 2009, where he appeared in 65 games with 64 starts in his Kentucky career, earning all-region honors as a senior. Griffiths finished his career with 12 goals and 10 assists, netting two game-winning goals. Griffiths was also a perfect 8-for-8 in penalty-kick goals in the regular season in his decorated four-year career. During the 2009 season, Griffiths ranked second on the team with three goals, adding one assist. Before his college career, Griffiths had spent three seasons playing for Southern Football League club Beaconsfield SYCOB. During his college years Griffiths also played for

Des Moines Menace Des Moines Menace is an American soccer team based in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1994, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The Menace have had sustained success in USL League Two dur ...

in the

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syst ...

. Prior to College, Jason was part of th
Pass4Soccer
Network Program that organised the trials he was spotted at in the UK.

Professional

Griffiths was drafted in the third round (48th overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by

New England Revolution The New England Revolution is an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), in the Eastern Conference of the league. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having compe ...

. He didn't sign with the club immediately, but after training with the club over the months was eventually signed by

on 24 June 2010. He was released by the club in January 2011 during their pre-season camp.

Coaching

Griffiths returned to the

as a student assistant coach in August 2011.

References

External links

Kentucky bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Griffiths, Jason 1987 births Living people English men's footballers Kentucky Wildcats men's soccer players Des Moines Menace players New England Revolution players Major League Soccer players USL League Two players Beaconsfield Town F.C. players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States New England Revolution draft picks Men's association football midfielders English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Footballers from Bracknell