Keith Aqui was a Trinidad

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who played professionally in the American Soccer League and the

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. He earned an unknown number of

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with the

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. From 1965 to 1967, Aqui attended Mausica Teachers College in Trinidad. He then entered

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, where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1970 to 1972. He was a 1970 second team All American and a 1971 first team All American. In 1971, Aqui and his team mates won the

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. He was inducted into the Howard University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996. Aqui became a central part of a Howard University lawsuit against the

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when the NCAA declared him retroactively ineligible after the 1971 college soccer season based on his attendance at Mausica. As a result, the NCAA voided Howard’s 1971 NCAA championship. Howard sued the NCAA, but the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of the NCAA. In February 1973, the

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selected Aqui in the first round (sixth overall) of the

draft. The Tornado released him in the pre-season and he joined the

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of the American Soccer League. In 1974, Aqui signed with the

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of the

. In 1976, the Comets moved to San Diego where the team was renamed the

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. Aqui played an unknown number of games with the

during the 1970s.Trinidad and Tobago - Details of World Cup Qualifiers
/ref> Later in life, he became an attorney with the U.S. Department of Treasury. He died on November 11, 2016, survived by his wife and three children.

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