Paul Young (born 11 April 1968 in Saint Catherine Parish,

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) is a retired Jamaican soccer forward who played two seasons in Major League Soccer and several in the

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and

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. He also coached Portmore United, Waterhouse F.C. and August Town F.C. in the Jamaica National Premier League.

Player

Youth

Young attended Wolmer's Boys' School (High) where he excelled in football and academics. Young attended Syracuse University where he played soccer from 1990 to 1992. During his three seasons with the Orange Men, he scored 32 goals and was named as a 1992 second team All American.

Professional

In 1993, Young began his professional career with Hazard United which won the Jamaica National Premier League title. In 1994, he signed with the

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. He scored 23 goals in 22 games and was named to the USISL All League team. In 1995, he exceeded his previous year's goals total with 25 goals in 24 games, again being named to the All League team. In February 1996, the

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selected Young in the 13th round (121st overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He played only four games for Columbus, spending much of the season with the

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of the A-League and the South Carolina Shamrocks in the

. He was named to the USISL All League team. The Battery released him at the end of the season. In 1998, he began the season with the

. After scoring three goals in seven games, he was called up by the

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On 19 June 1998. He played fourteen games for the Mutiny, but failed to score a goal. On 2 November 1998, the Mutiny waived Young. In 1999, he played for the

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and Maryland Mania in the

National team

Young was a regular member of the

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during the 1990s. In 1997, he devoted himself to the national team as it qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. With 28 goals in his 86 appearances, he was also Jamaica's record goalscorer before being surpassed by

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Coaching

At some point, Young became the head coach of Portmore United in Jamaica National Premier League. On 27 February 2007, Linval Dixon replaced Young as head coach.Dixon replaces Young as Portmore United’s coach
In 2007, Young was a coach of a GSA U-13 soccer team in Lilburn, Georgia. In January 2008, Young joined the Jamaica national team technical staff of Rene Simoes but left the staff in late 2008. He returned to coach Waterhouse F.C. from January until May 2009. After a six-month hiatus to coach under-11 and under-15 boys in Atlanta, Young returned to Jamaica as coach of August Town F.C. in late December 2009 through February 2010.

References

External links

Charleston Battery stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Paul 1968 births Living people American Professional Soccer League players Charleston Battery players Columbus Crew players Hershey Wildcats players Jamaican expatriate footballers Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Jamaican footballers Jamaica international footballers Major League Soccer players Maryland Mania players People from Saint Catherine Parish Rochester New York FC players South Carolina Shamrocks players Tampa Bay Mutiny players A-League (1995–2004) players USISL players USL Second Division players USISL Select League players Portmore United F.C. players August Town F.C. managers Association football forwards Jamaican football managers