Phillip Joseph Goodrum (born June 20, 1997) is an American soccer player who plays for

FC Tulsa FC Tulsa is an American professional soccer team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma which competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. History The club was founded as Tulsa Roughnecks FC by Jeff and Dale Hubbard, bro ...

in the

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Career

Youth and college

Goodrum played four years of

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 Kingd ...

at the

University of North Carolina Wilmington The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW or UNC Wilmington) is a public research university in Wilmington, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina System and enrolls 17,499 undergraduate and graduate students eac ...

between 2016 and 2019, where he made 76 appearances, scoring 32 goals and tallied 15 assists. While at college, Goodrum appeared for

USL PDL USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

sides

North Carolina Fusion U23 North Carolina Fusion U-23, formerly known as Carolina Dynamo, is an American soccer team based in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The t ...

Wilmington Hammerheads Wilmington Hammerheads FC was a semi-professional American soccer team based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Founded in 1996, the team last competed in the Premier Development League, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid in 2017. History ...

and Brazos Valley Cavalry.

Professional

On January 13, 2020, Goodrum was selected 75th overall in the

2020 MLS SuperDraft The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was the 21st edition of the MLS SuperDraft, SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The 2020 SuperDraft was the first SuperDraft held exclusively via conference call and web streaming. The first two rounds of the 2020 ...

Atlanta United Atlanta United FC, commonly known as Atlanta United, is an American professional soccer club based in Atlanta that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference. Founded in 2014, Atlanta United began pl ...

. After signing with the club's

side

Atlanta United 2 Atlanta United 2 are the reserve team of the Major League Soccer club Atlanta United FC. The team plays in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer. The team was established on November 14, 2017 and began their first professiona ...

, he then signed a short-term deal with the first team ahead of their upcoming

CONCACAF Champions League The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North Ameri ...

game. On January 14, 2022, Goodrum returned to his home state of

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

, signing with

Memphis 901 Memphis 901 FC is an American professional soccer team based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 2018, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019. Stadium The club currently plays on the grounds of AutoZone Park, a baseball stadiu ...

. Goodrum set the Memphis franchise record for goals in a season in 2022 with 23. On May 22, 2023, Goodrum was traded to

in exchange for Rodrigo da Costa. Despite joining FC Tulsa after the 2023 season had already been underway, Goodrum also tied Tulsa's single-season goals record with 12. In January 2024, it was announced that Goodrum would be returning to Tulsa for the 2024 season.

References

External links

Phillip Goodrum - Men's Soccer
UNCW bio * 1997 births Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Atlanta United FC draft picks Wilmington Hammerheads FC players Twin City Toucans FC players Atlanta United 2 players Atlanta United FC players Memphis 901 FC players FC Tulsa players UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's soccer players Soccer players from Charlotte, North Carolina USL Championship players USL League Two players {{US-footy-forward-stub