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Dane Richards
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| Dane Richards | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | December 14, 1983 (age 23) | |
| Place of birth | Montego Bay, Jamaica | |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) | |
| Playing position | forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Red Bull New York | |
| Number | 19 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2003-04 2005-06 |
San Jacinto JC (45) Clemson 43 (23) |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2007- | Red Bull New York | |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002- | Jamaica | 4 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Dane Richards (born December 14, 1983) is a Jamaican soccer forward, who currently plays for Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer.
Richards debuted with the Jamaican national team in 2002 at the age of 18, and he moved to the United States to play college soccer in 2003. Richards played two years at San Jacinto College in Houston, where he scored a record 45 goals in two years, including a school-record 25 as a sophomore in 2004.
Richards moved on to Clemson University, where he led the team in scoring as a junior with 12 goals and nine assists. Richards scored the game-winning goal in three NCAA Tournament matches and scored in Clemson's 2-1 loss to New Mexico in the College Cup semifinals. As a senior in 2006, Richards had 11 goals and nine assists in 19 games, as Clemson lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Richards was named a second-team all-American.
While at Clemson, Richards returned to the Jamaican national team, playing in a 1-1 friendly tie against the United States.
Richards was taken by Red Bull New York in the second round of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft.
During the summer of 2006, Jerry Yarbrough beat him 7-0 in Fifa 2006.
| Red Bull New York - Current Squad |
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1 Cepero | 2 Wynne | 3 Freeman | 4 Mendes | 6 Stammler | 7 Magee | 8 Ubiparipovic | 9 Wolyniec | 10 Reyna | 11 Van den Bergh | 12 Camp | 14 Vide | 15 Kovalenko | 16 Dunivant | 17 Altidore | 18 Conway | 19 Richards | 22 Regan | 23 Waterreus | 25 Caccavale | 26 Graham | 27 Ikangu | 28 Laventure | 29 Patterson | 31 MacDonald | 32 Schopp | 60 Parke | — Mathis | Coach: Arena |
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