Akeem Sayeed Priestley (born 13 April 1985) is a Jamaican professional

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who plays for Canadian club Master's Futbol as a winger.

Club career

Priestley played his college career in the United States at

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and also at the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, ...

. He was an All-Big East 2nd team selection in 2008, and also lead

to the 2007 Big East title. Priestley was drafted by

Kansas City Wizards Sporting Kansas City is an American professional soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. The administrative offices are located in downtown K ...

in the

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(50th overall), but was not offered a contract by the club. Priestley later signed with Jamaican club Harbour View who loaned him out to

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based club FK Mughan for the 2009/2010 season. In April 2011, Priestley signed with the Los Angeles Blues for the season. He joined

Dayton Dutch Lions The Dayton Dutch Lions are an American soccer team based in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2009, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. From 2011 to 2014, the team played in the USL Professiona ...

for the 2012 season. On 15 August 2013, Priestley signed with

RoPS Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland. RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division, (''Veikkausliiga'') for 32 years, from 1981 to 2021. In 2021, RoPS withdrew from professional football ...

in the

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for the remainder of the

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season. In January 2015, Priestley joined

Sheikh Russel KC Sheikh Russel KC ( Bengali: শেখ রাসেল ক্রীড়া চক্র) is a professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1995, the club currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League. They won Feder ...

of the

Bangladesh Premier League Bangladesh Premier League (), also known as Dutch-Bangla Bank BPL for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). It was formed in 2011 by the BCB, after the su ...

on trial and then signed until July 2015. On 16 October 2015, after a trial period, Priestley joined

Antigua GFC Antigua Guatemala Fútbol Club is a Guatemalan professional football team based in Antigua Guatemala. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They play their home games at the '' Estadio Pensativo''. They are nic ...

for the remainder of the 2015/2016 season. He scored his first goal for Antigua GFC on 4 November 2015 in a 2–1 home win over Deportivo Mictlán. In 2018, he played in the

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with CSC Mississauga. In 2019, he joined with Master's Futbol in

League1 Ontario League1 Ontario (L1ON) is a semi-professional men's soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association. League1 Ontario consists of three tiers – League1 Premier ...

International career

Priestley was an instrumental member of the Jamaica Under-17 and Under-20 youth national teams from 2002 to 2005. In October 2004, Priestley made his senior national team debut versus Guatemala in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Liga Nacional de Guatemala Liga (Spanish and Portuguese: ''League'') or LIGA may refer to: Sports Basketball * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, women's professional basketball league in Spain Football Latin Amer ...

: 1 :: 2015 Apertura

References

External links

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USL Pro bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Priestley, Akeem 1985 births Living people Men's association football wingers Jamaican men's footballers 21st-century Jamaican sportsmen Footballers from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Bangladesh Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Canada Jacksonville Dolphins men's soccer players UConn Huskies men's soccer players Sporting Kansas City draft picks Harbour View F.C. players Mughan FK players Orange County SC players Dayton Dutch Lions players Rovaniemen Palloseura players Sheikh Russel KC players Antigua GFC players A.D. Isidro Metapán footballers National Premier League players Azerbaijan Premier League players USL Championship players Bangladesh Premier League footballers Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala players Salvadoran Primera División players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players League1 Ontario players Veikkausliiga players Jamaica men's youth international footballers Jamaica men's under-20 international footballers Jamaica men's international footballers Master's FA players