Mechack Jérôme (born April 21, 1990) is a Haitian professional footballer who plays for Indy Eleven in the USL Championship.

Club career

Jérôme played for

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in the Ligue Haïtienne, and then for Mirandela in the Portuguese Second Division, before being spotted by

Austin Aztex The Austin Aztex were a soccer team based in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 2011 as a member of the Premier Development League, the team played the 2015 season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States soccer pyr ...

head coach Adrian Heath while playing for the Haiti national team in a friendly match against the Aztex on April 28, 2010. Jérôme signed for the Aztex in June 2010 and made his debut for the team on September 11, 2010 in a 3–1 loss to the Puerto Rico Islanders. Prior to the 2011 season, new owners purchased the club, moved it to

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, renamed it Orlando City and joined the USL Pro league for 2011. He signed a multi-year contract with Orlando City on September 1, 2011. Jérôme was signed by

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on February 28, 2013. The club released him on March 31, 2014. On June 6, 2014 he signed with Montreal Impact. He was released three weeks later. Jérôme signed with Charlotte Independence of United Soccer League on May 1, 2015. He then signed with Jacksonville Armada FC of the North American Soccer League in September 2015. Two months later he re-signed with Jacksonville for the 2016 season. Jérôme signed with USL Championship expansion club El Paso Locomotive on January 21, 2019. El Paso re-signed Jérôme for the 2020 season on November 21. In December 2021, it was announced Jérôme would make the move to Indy Eleven ahead of the 2022 season.

International career

Jerome played for Haiti at the

2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament The 2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament was played in Honduras and Jamaica. Qualification United States, Canada received automatic qualification to the finals. Honduras and Jamaica qualified as hosts. Nonetheless, Jamaica participated the CFU Yout ...

and the

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ...

, before making his debut for the full senior Haiti national team in 2008. He was part of the Haiti squad which competed in the

2008 Caribbean Championship The 2008 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 2008 edition of the Caribbean Championship, an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of ...

, and helped his country qualify for the

2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the twentieth soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was played from July 3 to 26, 2009 in the United States ...

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Haiti's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jérôme goal.''

Honours

Baltimore SC * Ligue Haïtienne: 2007 Orlando City * USL Pro:

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Sporting Kansas City * MLS Cup:

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References

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* * 1990 births Living people Haitian footballers Men's association football defenders Haiti men's international footballers Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Copa América Centenario players Pan American Games competitors for Haiti USSF Division 2 Professional League players USL Championship players Major League Soccer players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Baltimore SC players SC Mirandela players Austin Aztex FC players Orlando City SC (2010–2014) players Sporting Kansas City players CF Montréal players Charlotte Independence players Jacksonville Armada FC players El Paso Locomotive FC players Indy Eleven players Haitian expatriate footballers Haitian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal Haitian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States Haitian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate soccer players in Canada {{Haiti-footy-bio-stub