| Josh Suggs | |
| Fullname: | Joshua Taylor Suggs |
| Birth Date: | 26 April 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States |
| Position: | Left back or centre half |
| Collegeyears1: | 2007–2010 |
| College1: | Humboldt State Lumberjacks |
| Years1: | 2011 |
| Clubs1: | Los Angeles Blues |
| Caps1: | 8 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2012 |
| Clubs2: | San Jose Earthquakes |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2012 |
| Clubs3: | → Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2012 |
| Clubs4: | Los Angeles Blues |
| Caps4: | 9 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2013 |
| Clubs5: | Atlanta Silverbacks |
| Caps5: | 2 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs6: | Orange County Blues |
| Caps6: | 47 |
| Goals6: | 2 |
| Years7: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs7: | Colorado Springs Switchbacks |
| Caps7: | 92 |
| Goals7: | 6 |
| Years8: | 2019–2023 |
| Clubs8: | New Mexico United |
| Caps8: | 115 |
| Goals8: | 4 |
| Pcupdate: | January 6, 2024 |
Joshua Taylor Suggs (born April 26, 1989, in Las Cruces, New Mexico) is an American former professional soccer player who last played for New Mexico United in the USL Championship. He frequently played as either a left back or as a centre half.
Suggs attended Las Cruces High School, and was a member of the New Mexico Olympic Development Program (ODP) State Team for five years, before going on to play four years of college soccer at Humboldt State University. With the Jacks he earned honorable mention All-CCAA honors as a sophomore in 2008, was an NSCAA Division II All-West Region third-team selection and a second-team All-CCAA honoree as a junior in 2009 and again as a senior in 2010. He captained the team in his senior year in 2010.
Suggs turned professional when he signed with the expansion Los Angeles Blues now formally known as the Orange County Blues FC of the USL Professional League in February 2010. He made his professional debut on April 15, 2011, in a 3–0 victory over Sevilla Puerto Rico[1]
He signed with San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer on March 9, 2012.[2]
On April 5, 2012, Suggs was loaned to NASL club Tampa Bay Rowdies for the 2012 season.[3]
Suggs was waived by San Jose on June 28, 2012.[4]
Suggs signed with Colorado Springs Switchbacks of the United Soccer League in January 2016.[5] Suggs scored his first goal for the Colorado Springs Switchbacks in a 2–1 friendly victory against Air Force Falcon's Soccer team.[6]
In November of 2018 New Mexico United announced that they had signed Suggs for their inaugural USL Championship season in 2019. [7] He subsequently signed single year contracts to stay with the club from 2020 to 2023.[8] [9]
Suggs captained the team from 2019 to 2021, scoring a personal best three goals from his wingback position during the 2021 campaign. [10] On July 22nd, 2023 Suggs became just the fifth player, at that time, in history to surpass 20,000 minutes in USL Championship play. [11]
New Mexico United announced Suggs' retirement from professional soccer on 20 Jan 2024. [12]
| Season | League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Los Angeles Blues | 2011 | USL Pro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| San Jose Earthquakes | 2012 | MLS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) | 2012 | NASL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Blues | 2012 | USL Pro | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Silverbacks | 2013 | NASL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Orange County Blues | 2014 | USL Pro | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | ||
| 2015 | USL | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Total | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 2 | |||
| Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 2016 | USL | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | ||||
| 2018 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 92 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 6 | |||
| New Mexico United | 2019 | USL Championship | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 12 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 31 | 3 | — | — | 31 | 3 | |||||
| 2022 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Total | 111 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 120 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 267 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 285 | 12 | |||