Sean Reynolds (soccer)

Sean Reynolds (born 11 April 1990) is an American soccer player.

Sean Reynolds
Reynolds with Louisville City FC in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-04-11) 11 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 West Florida Argonauts
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Baton Rouge Capitals 14 (0)
2011 Thunder Bay Chill 2 (0)
2012 Orlando City U-23 14 (0)
2013 VSI Tampa Bay 17 (1)
2014 FH 9 (0)
2015–2017 Louisville City 59 (1)
2018–2019 Saint Louis FC 55 (0)
2020 Chattanooga FC 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 17, 2020

Early life edit

Personal edit

Reynolds was born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida and attended Fort Walton Beach High School.[1]

College and Youth edit

Reynolds played four years of college soccer at the University of West Florida between 2008 and 2011. He was twice named to the Gulf South Conference All-Conference team and earned the conference Player of the year award during his Senior season.[2] He would lead the Argonauts to the championship game of the conference tournament where they would fall to Christian Brothers University in a penalty shoot-out.[3]

Reynolds would also play amateur soccer in the PDL for the Baton Rouge Capitals, Thunder Bay Chill, and Orlando City U-23 squads in 2009, 2011, and 2010 respectively.[4]

Club career edit

VSI Tampa Bay FC edit

2013 season edit

In March 2013, Reynolds signed with United Soccer League expansion club VSI Tampa Bay FC.[5] On April 2, Reynolds made his debut for VSI Tampa Bay against the Los Angeles Blues in which came on in the 77th minute for Bitielo Jean Jacques as VSI won the match 1–0. He would then score his first professional goal on April 21 against the Los Angeles Blues in which he scored in the 53rd minute as VSI won the game 3–2.[4] Reynolds would play 17 matches during the regular season but would ask for his release when Tampa Bay began having financial difficulties and could no longer pay their players. Following the season Reynolds would become disillusioned with playing professional soccer and briefly coached a high school team.[6]

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar edit

2014 season edit

After VSI Tampa Bay folded in November 2013,[7] Reynolds would go on trial with FH of Iceland's Úrvalsdeild and would sign with them in January 2014.[8] He made his debut in the Icelandic League Cup and would play in nine Úrvalsdeild matches and two matches in the qualifying rounds of Europa League.[4] FH would go on to win the League Cup[9] and finish runners-up in the Úrvalsdeild.[10] Reynolds would suffer two torn ligaments and a tendon in his left leg during a practice. The injury would end his season.[6]

Louisville City FC edit

2015 season edit

On January 13, Reynolds signed with United Soccer League club Louisville City FC[11] and would make his season debut on May 2 against Charlotte.[12] He would appear 16 of Louisville's 28 regular season matches as well as two matches each in both the US Open Cup and USL Cup.[4]

2016 season edit

Reynolds would be retained by Louisville[13] and would make his season debut March 26 against Charlotte.[14] He would go on to play in 24 of Louisville's 30 regular season matches as well as one US Open Cup match. He'd also play in all three of Louisville's USL Cup matches registering one assist. During the Eastern Conference Finals match against New York Red Bulls II Reynolds would be sent off in extra time.[15] New York would later win the match in penalties.[16]

2017 season edit

Reynolds missed the first three games of the 2017 season while serving a suspension for being sent off in the Eastern Conference Finals match from the previous season.[15] He would make his season debut on June 3 against Charleston and he would go on to play in 18 of Louisville's 32 regular season matches. He would score his first goal for Louisville and only goal of the season on August 12 against rival FC Cincinnati.[17] Reynolds would also appear in both of Louisville's US Open Cup matches as well as one of Louisville's USL Cup matches. Reynolds and Louisville would go on to win the USL Cup Final against Swope Park.[18]

Reynolds would be released following the season.[19]

Club edit

As of February 29, 2020[20][21]
Club Season League League Cup Domestic Cup International Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
VSI Tampa Bay 2013 17 1 0 0 1 0 18 1
FH 2014 9 0 9 0 1 0 2 0 21 0
Louisville City 2015 16 0 2 0 2 0 20 0
2016 24 0 3 0 1 0 28 0
2017 19 1 1 0 1 0 21 1
Saint Louis 2018 33 0 1 0 2 0 36 0
2019 22 0 0 0 2 0 24 0
Chattanooga 2020 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 141 2 16 0 10 0 2 0 169 2

Honors edit

Club edit

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar

Louisville City FC

References edit

  1. ^ "Sean Reynolds - All-Time Men's Soccer". goargos.com. West Florida Argonauts. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  2. ^ "2011 GSC Men's Soccer All-GSC Teams, Nov. 2". www.gscsports.org. Birmingham, AL: Gulf Coast South Conference. November 2, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  3. ^ "Christian Brothers Tops West Florida In Penalty Kicks For GSC Men's Soccer Title". www.gscsports.org. Pensacola, FL: Gulf Coast South Conference. November 6, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d "Sean Reynolds". www.louisvillecityfc.com. Louisville City FC. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  5. ^ "UWF soccer duo to play professionally for VSI Tampa Bay FC". University of West Florida. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  6. ^ a b Lintner, John (September 30, 2015). "Reynolds from Home Depot to Louisville City FC". www.courier-journal.com. Louisville, KY: Courier Journal. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  7. ^ Rupinski, Eugene (February 5, 2014). "The Forgotten Story of the Tampa Bay Mutiny". www.brotherlygame.com. Brotherly Game. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  8. ^ McCollum, Christopher (January 9, 2014). "Reynolds Amazing Journey". www.yanks-abroad.com. Yanks Abroad. Archived from the original on January 18, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ a b "League Cup 2014". www.icelandfootball.net. Iceland Football. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  10. ^ "Championship 2014". www.icelandfootball.net. Iceland Football. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  11. ^ "Louisville City announces signings of Adam West and Sean Reynolds". www.wdrb.com. Louisville, KY: WDRB. January 13, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  12. ^ "Louisville City FC vs CLT Independence". www.uslsoccer.com. USL. May 2, 2015. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  13. ^ Bentley, Jackie (December 15, 2015). "Louisville Ky Soccer Fans Learn The First Six Returning Players To Louisville City FC". louisvilleky.com. Louisville, KY: Louisville City FC. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  14. ^ "Louisville City FC at Charlotte Independence - 2016 Regular Season". www.uslsoccer.com. USL. March 26, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  15. ^ a b Lerner, Danielle (October 17, 2016). "LouCity's Reynolds, Craig disciplined by USL". www.courier-journal.com. Courier Journal. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  16. ^ Corr, Charlie (October 16, 2016). "Meara, NYRBII Bound for USL Cup Final". www.uslsoccer.com. Harrison, NJ: USL. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  17. ^ Hatch, Charlie (August 12, 2017). "FC Cincy drubbed by Louisville City, 5-0". www.cincinnati.com. Louisville, KY: Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  18. ^ a b Murray, Nicholas (November 14, 2017). "Louisville's Late Winner Claims USL Cup Victory". www.uslsoccer.com. USL. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  19. ^ "Louisville City FC Announces Roster Changes". www.louisvillecityfc.com. Louisville, KY: Louisville City FC. November 17, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  20. ^ "USA - S. Reynolds - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  21. ^ ""Our first Starting XI as a professional club. History #NoMatterWhat"". Twitter. Chattanooga FC. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

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