Darrius Barnes

Darrius Barnes

Personal information
Full name	Darrius Antwan Barnes
Date of birth	December 24, 1986 (1986-12-24) (age 24)
Place of birth	Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	New England Revolution
Number	25
Youth career
2005–2008	Duke Blue Devils
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006	Raleigh CASL Elite	11	(2)
2007–2008	Cary RailHawks U23's	27	(1)
2009–	New England Revolution	79	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 22, 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Darrius Barnes (born December 24, 1986 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American soccer player who currently plays for New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.

Career

Youth and College

Barnes played high school soccer at Southeast Raleigh High School, in Raleigh, North Carolina. He started for Varsity all four years. His senior year he helped his team to reach the conference finals and defeat a tough Broughton High School team to claim the school's first ever conference championship. His merits include TAAC All-Conference 2005.

Barnes played college soccer at Duke University. During his college years Barnes also played with Raleigh CASL Elite and Cary RailHawks U23's in the USL Premier Development League.^[1]

Professional

Barnes was drafted in the third round (40th overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by New England Revolution. He made his professional debut on 21 March 2009, in New England's first game of the 2009 MLS season against the San Jose Earthquakes.^[2] He became the second rookie in the history of MLS to play every minute of every game, following in the footsteps of former Revs center back Michael Parkhurst, who was the first to accomplish the feat in 2005.

See also

• List of current MLS players

References

1. ^ http://www.uslsoccer.com/docs/home/PDL-MLS09DraftList.pdf
2. ^ http://web.mlsnet.com/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=03212009_COLCHV

External links

• MLS player profile bio

Persondata
Name	Barnes, Darrius
Alternative names
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Date of birth	1986-12-24
Place of birth	Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Date of death
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