Joel Senior (born 7 December 1987) is a Jamaican former professional

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who played as an

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Club career

College and amateur

Senior moved from his native Jamaica to the

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area as a child. He attended Archbishop Carroll High School, where he was the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a junior and senior and the Gatorade Player of the Year for Washington, D.C., as a senior. Senior played two years of

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for

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, moving to

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and

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prior to his junior year. He won JMU's Justin Armitage/Michael J. Frye Memorial Award in 2008, and was named to the All-CAA conference third team as a senior in 2009. During his college years Senior also played for Delaware Dynasty in the

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Professional

Senior turned professional in 2010 when he signed to play for the

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in the

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. He made his professional on 22 May 2010 in a game against the

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. In 2011, Senior signed with

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in the National Premiere League.

International career

Senior played for the Jamaica U20 national team in the final round of CONCACAF Under-20 Tournament in 2007. He was subsequently called into the senior national team training camp in spring 2008, He made his debut for the side against Cuba in a Friendly on 22 February 2012.

References

External links

Real Maryland Monarchs bioJMU bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Senior, Joel 1987 births Living people Howard Bison men's soccer players Jamaican men's footballers 21st-century Jamaican sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Jamaica men's international footballers National Premier League players USL League Two players USL Second Division players Delaware Dynasty players James Madison Dukes men's soccer players Real Maryland F.C. players Harbour View F.C. players Jamaican expatriate men's footballers Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States