Wolde Selassie Harris (born 26 January 1974 in Kingston) is a

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coach and former player. He played as a striker in

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and was the 1996 A-League MVP & Rookie of the Year. He earned twenty-eight

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with the Jamaica national team.

Club career

Harris played

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for his freshman year at the

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and then transferred to

Clemson University Clemson University () is a public land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university in the student population in South Carolina. For the fall 2019 semester, the university enro ...

, leaving as the college's all-time leading scorer with 76 goals in three years. He joined MLS for the first time in 1997, after spending 1996 with the

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, leading the

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in goals with 17. Harris played three seasons with the

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, scoring 13 goals in 1998. In 2000, he was traded to the

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for draft picks. Wolde's best season with the Revs was his first, when he scored 15 goals. Harris would spend three and a half season in New England, before a trade to the

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midway through 2003. He spent 2004 with

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club

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before coming back to MLS and Colorado in 2005. In eight years in MLS league play, Harris scored 51 goals and added 31 assists. He signed for

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outfit

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in August 2006 and retired at the end of the season.

International career

Harris has also played for the Jamaica national team, earning over 25 caps and scoring 7 goals. He participated in world cup qualifiers, tournaments, and numerous friendlies. He played his last international game against Guadeloupe in 2002 in the Caribbean Cup where the Reggae Boyz were crowned Champions.

Coaching career

Wolde Harris has been involved in youth football in the United States and Jamaica. In December 2009, he launch a company called Jamaica Grassroots football company with his father and brothers. Harris and along with his father and two brothers also coached at traditional Jamaican football powerhouse, Kingston College. Harris joined the staff of Clemson University in 2011 as a student assistant coach and continued to help the Tigers through 2012. On 26 February 2021, Harris joined

side

as an assistant coach.

Personal life

Wolde Harris is the son of Kingston College,

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

and Jamaica soccer legend, Trevor "Jumpy" Harris.

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