- Keith Aqui
Infobox Football biography
playername= Keith Aqui
fullname =
nickname =
dateofbirth =
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth =Trinidad
height =
position = Forward
youthyears = 1968-1971
youthclubs =Howard University
years = 1974-1975
1976
clubs =Baltimore Comets San Diego Jaws
caps(goals) = 39 (15)
14 0(1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Trinidad and Tabogo
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ntupdate =Keith Aqui was an Trinidad
soccer Forward who was spent three seasons in theNorth American Soccer League . He earned an unknown number of caps with theTrinidad and Tobago national football team . In 1966, Aqui attendedMausica College in Trinidad. He then enteredHoward University , where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1968 to 1971. He was a 1970 second team All American and a 1971 first team All American. [ [http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=SC&yr=1970 1970 All Americans] ] [ [http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=SC&yr=1971 1971 All Americans] ] In 1971, Aqui and his team mates won theNCAA Men's Soccer Championship . He was inducted into the Howard University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996. [ [http://www.howard-bison.com/athletics/hallfame/Hall_of_Fame_Information Athletic Hall of Fame] ] Aqui became a central part of a Howard University lawsuit against theNCAA when the NCAA declared him retroactively ineligible after the 1969 college soccer season based on his attendance at Mausica. As a result, the NCAA voided Howard’s 1971 NCAA championship. Howard sued the NCAA, but the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of the NCAA. [ [http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/510/510.F2d.213.74--1169.74--1166.html Howard University et al., Appellants v. National Collegiate Athletic Association] ] In 1974, Aqui signed with theBaltimore Comets of theNorth American Soccer League . In 1976, the Comets moved to San Diego where the team was renamed theSan Diego Jaws . Aqui played an unknown number of games with theTrinidad and Tobago national football team during the 1970s. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/trin-intres-detwcq.html Trinidad and Tobago - Details of World Cup Qualifiers] ]References
External links
* [http://nasljerseys.com/Players/A/Aqui.Keith.htm NASL stats]
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