Peter Isaacs (born 18 August 1968) is a former Jamaican

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Youth

Isaacs grew up in Kingston and attended Wolmer's School, where he was spotted by scouts from

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who recruited him to play at the university. He attended Howard from 1986 to 1989, playing on the men's soccer team. In 1988, Howard went to the NCAA championship game only to fall to

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/sup> In 1989, Isaacs capped his collegiate career by being named a Division I First-Team All-American (soccer), first team All American and a finalist for the

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Professional

On 26 July 1990, the Dallas Sidekicks drafted Isaacs in the first round (seventh overall) of the Major Indoor Soccer League draft. However, a month earlier, on 26 June 1990, the

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of the

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(APSL) had signed Isaacs to a two-year contract.
/sup> He remained with the team through the 1993 season, after which the team folded. He then moved to Mexican Primera División A, Second Division club

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for the 1993–1994 season. In 1994, he was back in the U.S. playing with the

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of APSL. However, the Strikers folded at the end of the season. In 1995, he played for the

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in the

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. Hurricane helps Cyclones claim third straight win Series: SOCCER
/ref> On 6 April 1995,

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signed Isaacs and in January 1996, the

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selected him in the second round (sixteenth overall) of the

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. However, Isaacs never played for the Wiz. In 1998, he spent one season with the Miami Breakers.

International

Isaacs earned at least 15

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with Jamaica national team, scoring four goals. He now coaches middle school soccer and in his spare time writes articles, one which was published by the Sun Sentinel in 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Isaacs, Peter 1968 births Living people All-American college men's soccer players American Professional Soccer League players C.D. Irapuato footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Howard Bison men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–1994) players Howard University alumni Jamaica men's international footballers Jamaican expatriate men's footballers Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Jamaican men's footballers Footballers from Kingston, Jamaica San Francisco Bay Blackhawks players Tampa Bay Cyclones players USISL players