Keith Aqui

Infobox Football biography
playername= Keith Aqui


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countryofbirth = Trinidad
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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)
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nationalteam = Trinidad and Tabogo
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Keith Aqui was an Trinidad soccer Forward who was spent three seasons in the North American Soccer League. He earned an unknown number of caps with the Trinidad and Tobago national football team. In 1966, Aqui attended Mausica College in Trinidad. He then entered Howard 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 the NCAA 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 the NCAA 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 the Baltimore Comets of the North American Soccer League. In 1976, the Comets moved to San Diego where the team was renamed the San Diego Jaws. Aqui played an unknown number of games with the Trinidad 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] ]

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External links

* [http://nasljerseys.com/Players/A/Aqui.Keith.htm NASL stats]