Josh Bolton (born May 26, 1984 in Penfield, New York) is an

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soccer player who last played for

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in the

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Career

Youth

Bolton grew up in Penfield, New York, and was a childhood fan of the

Rochester Rhinos Rochester New York FC, formerly known as the Rochester Rhinos, are an American professional soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. Founded in 1996, as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, they changed their name to Rochester Rhinos t ...

. He graduated in 2002 from Penfield High School. He attended

Williams College Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was kill ...

, playing on the men’s soccer team from 2002 to 2005. He was a 2004 and 2005 1st Team All American. and the 2004 and 2005

New England Small College Athletic Conference The New England Small Collegiate Athletic Conference (NESCAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eleven highly selective liberal arts institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. ...

Player of the Year.

Professional

In 2005, Bolton spent the collegiate off season with the Albany Admirals in the Premier Development League. In 2006, he signed with the

of the

USL First Division The USL First Division (usually referred to as USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada from 2005 to 2010. During its existence, it formed the second tier of soccer in the United States soccer league system ...

going on loan with the

Wilmington Hammerheads Wilmington Hammerheads FC was a semi-professional American soccer team based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Founded in 1996, the team last competed in the Premier Development League, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid in 2017. History ...

of the

for one game. In April 2007, the Rhinos loaned Bolton to the

Harrisburg City Islanders Penn FC (formerly the Harrisburg City Islanders) was an American professional soccer team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 2003, the team most recently played in the USL Pro, the second tier of the United States soccer ...

of the USL-2 for two games. On February 13, 2008, Bolton signed with the Atlanta Silverbacks of USL-1. After spending a year out of professional soccer in 2009,

announced the signing of Bolton to a contract for the 2010 season. Bolton was not included on the 2011 roster released by Charleston on April 7, 2011.

Honors

Charleston Battery

Champions (1): 2010 *

Regular Season Champions (1): 2010

References

External links

Charleston Battery bio

Atlanta Silverbacks bio
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