Paul Young (born 11 April 1968) is a Jamaican former

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who played as a forward in

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USISL The United States Interregional Soccer League (USISL) was a semi-professional men's outdoor soccer league that played six seasons from 1989 to 1994. It was the first outdoor league to be operated by the organization known today as the United ...

and

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. He also coached

Portmore United Portmore United Football Club is a Jamaican professional football team in the top flight Jamaica Premier League. With 7 Jamaica Premier League titles, 5 JFF Champions Cup and 2 Caribbean Club Championships, Portmore United is the most decorat ...

Waterhouse F.C. The Waterhouse Football Club is a professional football team based in Kingston, that competes in the National Premier League, Jamaica Premier League. Their home stadium is Waterhouse Stadium. History The club was founded in 1968 as ''Harlem K ...

and August Town F.C. in the Jamaica National Premier League.

Player

Youth

Young attended Wolmer's Boys' School (High) where he excelled in football and academics. Young attended

Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920 ...

where he played soccer from 1990 to 1992. During his three seasons with the Orange Men, he scored 32 goals and was named as a 1992 second team All American.

Professional

In 1993, Young began his professional career with

Hazard United Portmore United Football Club is a Jamaican professional football team in the top flight Jamaica Premier League. With 7 Jamaica Premier League titles, 5 JFF Champions Cup and 2 Caribbean Club Championships, Portmore United is the most decorat ...

which won the Jamaica National Premier League title. In 1994, he signed with the

Charleston Battery The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are the oldest continuously operating professional socc ...

. He scored 23 goals in 22 games and was named to the USISL All League team. In 1995, he exceeded his previous year's goals total with 25 goals in 24 games, again being named to the All League team. In February 1996, the

Columbus Crew The Columbus Crew are an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. The team began play in 1996 as one of the 10 cha ...

selected Young in the 13th round (121st overall) of the

1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft The MLS Inaugural Player Draft, held before Major League Soccer's initial 1996 season, distributed players to the league's ten inaugural teams. The Inaugural Player Draft occurred on February 6 and 7, 1996 after each team was allocated four marqu ...

. He played only four games for Columbus, spending much of the season with the

Rochester Rhinos Rochester Rhinos, formerly known as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, was an American soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. The club won the 1999 U.S. Open Cup, marking the only time a non-MLS team has won the U.S. Open Cup sinc ...

of the

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and the South Carolina Shamrocks in the

. He was named to the USISL All League team. The Battery released him at the end of the season. In 1998, he began the season with the

. After scoring three goals in seven games, he was called up by the

Tampa Bay Mutiny The Tampa Bay Mutiny were an American professional soccer team based in Tampa, Florida. The club competed in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The Mutiny were a charter member of MLS, playing from 1996 to 2001. Th ...

On 19 June 1998. He played fourteen games for the Mutiny, but failed to score a goal. On 2 November 1998, the Mutiny waived Young. In 1999, he played for the

Hershey Wildcats Hershey Wildcats were a professional soccer team, based in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, that played in the USL A-League between 1997 and 2001. The team was owned by Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company. The team played in Hershey ...

and Maryland Mania in the

National team

Young was a regular member of the

Jamaica national football team The Jamaica national football team, nicknamed the "''Reggae Boyz''", represents Jamaica in men's international Association football, football. The team's first match was against Haiti national football team, Haiti in 1925. The squad is under ...

during the 1990s. In 1997, he devoted himself to the national team as it qualified for the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 1 ...

. With 22 goals in his 49 appearances, he was also Jamaica's record goalscorer before being surpassed by Luton Shelton.

Coaching

At some point, Young became the head coach of

in Jamaica National Premier League. On 27 February 2007, Linval Dixon replaced Young as head coach.Dixon replaces Young as Portmore United’s coach
In 2007, Young was a coach of a GSA U-13 soccer team in Lilburn, Georgia. In January 2008, Young joined the Jamaica national team technical staff of Rene Simoes but left the staff in late 2008. He returned to coach

from January until May 2009. After a six-month hiatus to coach under-11 and under-15 boys in Atlanta, Young returned to Jamaica as coach of August Town F.C. in late December 2009 through February 2010.

Career Statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Young goal.''

References

External links

Charleston Battery stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Paul 1968 births Living people American Professional Soccer League players Charleston Battery players Columbus Crew players Hershey Wildcats players Jamaican expatriate men's footballers Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Jamaican men's footballers Jamaica men's international footballers Major League Soccer players Maryland Mania players Footballers from Saint Catherine Parish Rochester New York FC players South Carolina Shamrocks players Tampa Bay Mutiny players A-League (1995–2004) players USISL players USL Second Division players USISL Select League players Portmore United F.C. players August Town F.C. managers Men's association football forwards Jamaican football managers 20th-century Jamaican sportsmen