Mike Duhaney (born April 5, 1974) is an American retired professional soccer player who played in Major League Soccer (MLS) and the

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. He was the 1997 Major League Soccer Rookie of the Year.

Career

Duhaney played

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at the

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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

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. 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

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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

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in exchange for

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. 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

team 1. FSV Mainz 05.

Honors

Individual * MLS Rookie of the Year: 1997

References

External links

*
MetroStars player profile
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