Mike Duhaney (born April 5, 1974) is an American retired professional
soccer player who played in
Major League Soccer (MLS) and the
2. Bundesliga
The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...
. He was the 1997
Major League Soccer Rookie of the Year.
Career
Duhaney played
college soccer
College soccer is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities. It is very prominent in United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and as well as in South Africa and the Philippines. The United K ...
at the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes th ...
from 1992 to 1994, where he was named first-team All-Conference in 1994. Upon graduating in 1994, he spent all of 1995 training full-time with the U.S. U-23 Olympic team. He also played four games for the U.S. team at the
1995 Pan American Games.
Duhaney was selected eighty-seventh overall in the
1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft by the
Tampa Bay Mutiny
Tampa Bay Mutiny was a professional soccer team based in Tampa, Florida. They were a charter member of Major League Soccer (MLS) and played from 1996 to 2001. They played their home games at Tampa Stadium and then at Raymond James Stadium.
The ...
. He lost the entire 1996 season due to a knee injury. In 1997, he seized the Mutiny's left back position and started twenty-five games, earning MLS Rookie of the Year.
In June 1998, Duhaney was traded midway into the next season to the
MetroStars in exchange for
Paul Dougherty
Paul Dougherty (born 12 May 1966) is an English former professional soccer player and soccer coach who began his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers in England. He then moved to the United States where he became a journeyman player, bouncing ...
after the MetroStars backline was decimated by injuries. Although he saw a good deal of playing time with the Metros, he never settled in.
On January 28, 2000, was traded to the
Columbus Crew
The Columbus Crew, formerly known as Columbus Crew SC, is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio. The Crew competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference and began play in 1996 as one ...
in exchange for
Thomas Dooley
Thomas Dooley (born May 12, 1961) is an American former soccer player and coach. He played as a defender and defensive midfielder and was a long-time member and former captain of the United States national team. Dooley recently served as the ...
. Duhaney stayed in Columbus for two years, starting thirty-nine games for the team, but decided not to return after the 2001 season.
In 2002, Duhaney signed with
2. Bundesliga
The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...
team
1. FSV Mainz 05.
Honors
Individual
*
MLS Rookie of the Year: 1997
References
External links
*
MetroStars player profile
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1974 births
Living people
American men's soccer players
Soccer players from San Diego
Men's association football defenders
United States men's under-23 international soccer players
Major League Soccer players
UNLV Rebels men's soccer players
Tampa Bay Mutiny players
New York Red Bulls players
Columbus Crew players
1. FSV Mainz 05 players
2. Bundesliga players
American expatriate men's soccer players
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany