- Justin Bryant
Infobox Football biography
playername= Justin Bryant
fullname = Justin Bryant
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1966|8|24
cityofbirth =Melbourne, Florida
countryofbirth =United States
height = height|ft=6|in=0
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position = Goalkeeper
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years = 1987
1987-1988
1989-1990
1990-1991
1995
clubs =Boreham Wood FC Orlando Lions
Dunfermline AthleticBoreham Wood FC Cocoa Expos
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managerclubs =Elon College
pcupdate = 17:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate =7 December 2006 Justin Bryant (born
August 24 1966 inMelbourne, Florida ) is an American writer and former U.S. minor leaguesoccer goalkeeper.Youth and college
Bryant grew up in Florida, and attended
Radford University inRadford, Virginia . While at Radford, he played on the men's soccer team from 1984 to 1986.occer
Bryant elected to pursue a career as a professional soccer goalkeeper. In 1987, He moved to England and signed with
Boreham Wood FC . He returned to the U.S. that same year to play for theOrlando Lions of the recently establishedAmerican Soccer League . In 1989, he moved to Scotland to play forDunfermline Athletic but was unable to obtain a work permit. In 1990 he returned toBoreham Wood FC , where he made 23 appearances for the reserve team. In 1995, he spent a single season with theCocoa Expos in theU.S. . The Expos reached the USISL Premier League final, where they lost 3-1 to theRichmond Kickers .Writing
In 1997, Bryant decided to give up his playing career, and moved to Elon College and completed his bachelor's degree in English. The college then hired him as the assistant coach for the women's soccer team. Based on an idea for a book he had conceived while visiting his father in
South Africa , he published a novel,Season Of Ash , and has continued to write, producing short fiction published in such literary journals as Thin Air, The Chiron Review, The Rockhurst Review and Snowbound. His work has also been anthologized byGorsky Press , Spotted Cow Press andKey Porter Books . He has written about soccer forGreen Pitch Magazine ,Red Issue , andBookable Offense . He is currently in the MFA Creative Writing program atNew York University. External links
* [http://www.precision-football.com/scripts/members.asp?action=showmember&ID=16806&lang=en&sitetypID=1&sessionID= Overview of soccer career]
* [http://www.pw.org/directory/writer_detail.php?writer_id=142518 External Link: Entry for Justin Bryant in the Directory of American Writers]
* [http://www.encpress.com/Justin_Bryant.html Short profile]
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