Josh Smith | |
Fullname: | Joshua Bailey Smith |
Birth Date: | 30 August 1982 |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | 2000–2003 |
Youthclubs1: | Trinity University |
Years1: | 2004–2005 |
Years2: | 2007 |
Years3: | 2008 |
Clubs3: | Wilmington Hammerheads |
Caps1: | 45 |
Caps2: | 25 |
Caps3: | 18 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | September 8, 2008 |
Josh Smith (born August 30, 1982, in Dallas, Texas) is an American soccer midfielder, currently without a club. He was the 2003 NCAA Division III Player of the Year.
Smith attended Trinity University, playing on the men's NCAA Division III soccer team from 2000 to 2003. He was a 2001 third team and a 2002 and 2003 first team Division III All American.[1] [2] [3] He was also selected as the 2003 NSCAA Division III Player of the Year as Trinity won the Division III National Championship.[4]
In 2004, he turned professional with the Charleston Battery of the USL First Division. After two seasons in Charleston, he moved to the Atlanta Silverbacks for the 2006 season.[5] Smith lost the 2007 season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament. In 2008, he joined the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Second Division.[6]