Joe "Joey" James (born March 12, 1961) is a retired U.S. soccer defender who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League and

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. James, the brother of Bernie James, was born in England, but grew up in

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. He graduated from

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where he was a 1979 Parade Magazine High School Soccer All American. He then attended the

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where he played on the men's soccer team from 1979 to 1980. In 1981, James entered the

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draft. The Portland Timbers selected him in the third round, but he never played for the Timbers. In the fall of 1981, he signed with the Phoenix Inferno of the Major Indoor Soccer League. The team released him after one season. In 1984, he played for

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in the 1984 F.C. Seattle Challenge Cup. That fall he joined the Tacoma Stars of the MISL, but played only one game. In 1989, he played for the Seattle Storm of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:James, Joe 1961 births Living people American men's soccer players Seattle Storm (soccer) players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' soccer) Phoenix Inferno players Tacoma Stars players Western Soccer Alliance players Tampa Spartans men's soccer players Men's association football defenders