Shawn Brown (born February 27, 1987) is a Jamaican-born former

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who played as a

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and defender.

Career

Early career

Brown began playing with the Toronto-based

Serbian White Eagles Serbian White Eagles Football Club ( sr, Фудбалски клуб Српски бели орлови / ''Fudbalski klub Srpski beli orlovi'') is a Canadian soccer team. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, an unsanctioned soc ...

in the interprovincial Canadian Soccer League in 2010. After a single season with the Serbs, he signed with expansion franchise Mississauga Eagles. He would record his first goal for the club on June 17, 2011, against London City. The Eagles would successfully secure a postseason berth by finishing seventh in the First Division. Brown would feature in the opening round of the playoffs where Mississauga was eliminated from the competition by

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. In 2012, he would sign with the newly promoted

SC Waterloo Region SC Waterloo Region is a professional Canadian soccer team that plays in the Canadian Soccer League, a non-FIFA-sanctioned league. The club was formed in 2011 under the name KW United FC and competed in the Second Division of the CSL. The following ...

. The club narrowly failed in clinching a playoff berth after finishing ninth in the division with a single-point difference. He re-signed with Waterloo for the 2013 season. The club would secure a postseason berth by finishing fifth in the First Division. He participated in the

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final where Waterloo defeated divisional champions Kingston FC for the title. After the conclusion of the Bosnian football season, he returned to Waterloo for the summer of 2014 but would be loaned out to Toronto Croatia for the majority of the season.

NK Travnik

In the winter of 2014, he played abroad in the

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with

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. He made his debut for Travnik on March 15, 2014, against Leotar Trebinje.

Toronto Croatia

Following his return to Waterloo for the 2014 season he was loaned out to league rivals Toronto Croatia. He assisted the Croats in securing a playoff berth by finishing as runner-up in the First Division. In the second round of the postseason, he contributed a goal against Kingston which advanced Toronto to the championship finals. He was featured in the championship final against

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where he recorded a goal for Croatia but was defeated in a penalty shootout. For the 2015 season, he would permanently sign with Toronto Croatia. Once again he assisted the Croats in clinching a playoff berth by finishing second in the standings. In the preliminary round of the postseason, he recorded a goal against

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which assisted Croatia in advancing to the next round. For the third time in his career, he participated in the championship final against his former team Waterloo where Toronto successfully claimed the title.

Later career

In 2016, he split the season by playing with both

and

North Mississauga SC North Mississauga Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Mississauga, Ontario. The club was founded in 1982 as a youth soccer club and added its men's semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2016. The team plays ho ...

. In his debut season with North Mississauga, he appeared in 13 matches and recorded 2 goals. He was also selected to the

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West All-Star team where he recorded a goal in the All-Star Game. From 2017 to 2021, he played with

Master's FA Master's Futbol Academy, commonly known as Master's FA, is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario. The club was founded in 2009 as a soccer academy and added its team in the semi-professional League1 Ontar ...

where he appeared in 36 regular season matches, scoring 4 goals, and 6 playoff matches. In 2019, he helped Master's FA win the League1 championship after defeating

FC London FC London is a Canadian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in London, Ontario, London, Ontario. The club was founded in 2008 and plays in the League1 Ontario men's and League1 Ontario (women), women's divisions. The team pl ...

. He would feature in the country's national cup tournament against

York United FC York United Football Club (formerly known as York9 FC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays its home games at York University's York Lions Stadium. Histor ...

in the

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Indoor career

In the winter of 2017, he played indoor soccer with Croatia AC in the Arena Premier League. The following indoor season he signed with expansion side

Mississauga MetroStars Mississauga MetroStars (briefly known as MetroStars Canada in 2019) were a professional indoor soccer team which played its home games at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The team joined the Major Arena Soccer Leag ...

of the

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. He recorded his first for the club on March 17, 2019, against

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. In total he would appear in 14 matches and recorded 1 goal.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Shawn Living people 1987 births Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders Jamaican footballers Serbian White Eagles FC players Mississauga Eagles FC players SC Waterloo Region players NK Travnik players Toronto Croatia players York Region Shooters players North Mississauga SC players Master's FA players Mississauga MetroStars players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players League1 Ontario players Major Arena Soccer League players