Jamie Watson Named USL-2 MVP
September 10th, 2009 . 11:48 pm . By: Buzz CarrickI still say FCD should have kept that guy. The player FCD dumped this spring, Jamie Watson, has been named USL-2 MVP. Watson also captured the Scoring Championship with 30 points off 12 goals and six assists. Watson named 2009 USL-2 MVPWilmington’s Irving, Richmond’s William also honored Friday, August 28, 2009 RICHMOND, VA – United Soccer Leagues announced its final awards for the 2009 USL Second Division regular season at the USL-2 Championship banquet, honoring Richmond’s Yomby William as Defender of the Year and the Wilmington duo of David Irving and Jamie Watson as Coach of the Year and Most Valuable Player, respectively. The Wilmington Hammerheads captured the regular season championship for the first time in the club’s 14 year history with a 12-5-3 record under the guidance of Irving, who has been with the team since 1999 and boasts a combined regular season record of 109-69-40. The Coach of the Year honor could arguably be considered overdue for Irving, who led the club to back-to-back finals in 2002 and 2003, claiming the league championship in his second try. The Hammerheads coach attracted the spotlight in 2009 after three sub-par seasons in which the club posted only four victories in each, righting the ship this season with a campaign that included a 7-2-2 record against the four other clubs that advanced to the playoffs – a mark nearly 20 percent better than second-place Richmond’s 4-2-4. Leading the way on the pitch was Watson, who was honored as an All-League selection earlier in the week and captured the Scoring Championship with 30 points off 12 goals and six assists. He also nearly captured the Goal Scoring title, only to be eclipsed by one in their regular season finale against Richmond, whose Matthew Delicate scored twice to take the honor. He also ranked tied for third in assists with teammate Kenny Bundy earning that honor with nine. Wilmington led the league in scoring with 42 strikes on the year, besting Charlotte’s total by two and Richmond by three. Watson became the first Hammerheads player to earn the league’s Most Valuable Player honor as well as either of the league scoring titles in the team’s 14 years in the league. The 22-year old from Texas played with the Austin Aztex Premier Development League squad last year, posting seven goals and three assists in 13 games after spending the previous four seasons in Major League Soccer with Real Salt Lake (2005-07) and FC Dallas (2008). He returned to North Carolina, where he was a Tar Heel in college. Taking home the Defender of the Year honor was Yomby William after helping guide the Kickers to a tie for first in the league table in points with a record of 11-3-6, playing in 18 of the 20 matches and contributing two assists. Richmond finished with the fewest goals allowed in the league at 18, two better than Baltimore and five better than third-best Harrisburg. He joined the club this season after only seeing action in five games last year as a rookie with the USL First Division Puerto Rico Islanders, logging just 449 minutes. The Camaroon native earned USL-2 Team of the Week honors seven times, more than any other Kickers player. 15 Comments Comments RSS TrackBack Identifier URI Leave a comment |
He was always awesome in the reserve games. I really hope he finds a good team at a higher level because I think he’s a terrific player. Too bad he wasn’t an SMU guy that Schellas is “familiar” with.
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We’re glad to have him back in Austin.
I think it’s a sad state of affairs where a young American kid who is cheap and can play a few positions can’t find an MLS team. Then you have the Marcelo Saragosa’s of the league who aren’t nearly as talented and foreign but still continue to find jobs in the league just frustrates me to no end.
maybe we could send wayne rooney to smu night classes, then SH would have a look.
Keeping him I agree with, he could play anywhere and was never going to hurt you on the field.
But come on, it’s USL 2? I can see the drop off from MLS (not that MLS is cream ‘o’ crop or anything) to USL 1, I can’t imagine USL 2.
Congrats to Watson. Now he has good playing time, more experience, and some MVP street cred. That should help him possibly make the move back to MLS in the future.
Having talk to him after the Aztex’s last home match of the season, he is very happy to be back in Austin. And when I mentioned FCD to him, he shook his head in disappointment. So you can tell that he wasn’t happy that SH released him.
do the usl-2 guys draw a paycheck? If so what is the range?
Yes they get paid. I have no idea on the range.
FCD 96,
I totally agree with you, once a foreign player comes into the league, it seems like they can stay forever. About Jamie, I don’t think he’s found a home in MLS because he’s a spoiled baby b*tch . . I’m sure that got old very quickly
Congrats Jamie, you worked hard to accomplish the MVP even though it was Div 2 – - Austin would have taken him as their first signing had SH not have screwed him and then took Sanchez over him..Wait, didn’t Sanchez shine on the injured list instead of the field.. Good luck to you in the future.. hope to see you back in MLS next season…
Dont knock the USL 1 or USL 2 teams… I love watching these guys play because their games are what soccer is all about. Their games are what it’s all about.. MLS guys don’t play together because their all stars…
IMO Jamie would of made a good addtion to the FC club. He could play several positions and the guys seemed to like him on and off the field.. THE only thing keeping him from being in hoops, was he was a Tarheel and not from SMU….SMU needs to chance their name to the minor league club of FC Dallas.