Paul "P. J." Polowski is a retired American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

forward who played professionally in the

USL A-League The USL First Division (USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the second tier of the United States league system. It was organized by the United Soccer League as its premier league for men from 1996 to 2010, above the USL Second Di ...

and the

Continental Indoor Soccer League The Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) was a professional indoor soccer league that played from 1993 to 1997. History In the summer of 1989 Dr Jerry Buss, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and California Sports, told his executive Vice ...

. Polowski began his collegiate career at

Orange Coast College Orange Coast College (OCC) is a Public college, public community college in Costa Mesa, California, Costa Mesa in Orange County, California. It was founded in 1947, with its first classes opening in the fall of 1948. It provides Associate of Ar ...

in 1991. That season, the team won the California state championship. In 1993, he transferred to

UC Irvine UC may refer to: Education In the United States * University of California system * University of Charleston, West Virginia * University of Chicago, Illinois * University of Cincinnati, Ohio * Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey (''defunct ...

. In only two seasons, he scored thirty goals, placing him third in the school's career goals list. In 1995, Polowski turned professional with the Las Vegas Dustdevils of the

. He moved to the

Anaheim Splash The Anaheim Splash was a U.S. indoor soccer team that played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL). It was founded in 1992 as the Los Angeles United, but was sold after the season. The new ownership moved the team to Anaheim, Californi ...

for the next two seasons. In 1998, he moved outdoors with the

Orange County Zodiac Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower ** Orange juice *Orange (colour), the color of an orange fruit, occurs between red and yellow in the vi ...

of the

.Ex-Anteater Polowski Among Three Signed to Play Soccer for Zodiac
/ref> In 2000, the Zodiac was renamed the Wave. P.J. has a friend named John who loves heavy metal and has recurring diarrhea.

External links

Strikers F.C.: PJ Polowski

References

Living people 1973 births American men's soccer players Anaheim Splash players Continental Indoor Soccer League players Las Vegas Dustdevils players Orange County Blue Star players UC Irvine Anteaters men's soccer players A-League (1995–2004) players Men's association football forwards 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-footy-forward-1970s-stub