- Steve Jolley
Football player infobox
playername= Steve Jolley
fullname =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|10|15
cityofbirth = Virginia Beach, VA
countryofbirth =United States
height = height|ft=6|in=1
currentclub =Long Island Rough Riders
clubnumber = 5
position = defender
youthyears = 1993-96
youthclubs = William & Mary
years = 1997-2000
2000-03
2004-05
2006
2007
clubs =Los Angeles Galaxy MetroStars
Dallas Burn/FC DallasRed Bull New York Long Island Rough Riders
caps(goals) = 66 (4)
104 (7)
41 (1)
16 (0)
6 (0)
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nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 16 June 2007
ntupdate = 24 November 2006Steve Jolley (born
October 15 ,1975 in Virginia Beach,Virginia ) is an Americansoccer defender, who currently plays forLong Island Rough Riders in theUSL Premier Development League .Jolley led Kempsville High School to back-to-back Virginia state championships. After playing
college soccer atCollege of William and Mary , Jolley was drafted by theLos Angeles Galaxy with the ninth overall pick of the1997 MLS College Draft . He spent the next three years in Los Angeles, switching from the midfield into defense as time went on. The lowlight of his Galaxy career came in the 1999MLS Cup , when Jolley had to come into the game just nine minutes from the start for the injuredRobin Fraser . He was subsequently burned on aD.C. United goal as Los Angeles lost 2-0. Jolley scored four goals during his time with the Galaxy.He was traded to the
MetroStars for a second-round draft pick after playing just four minutes for the Galaxy in 2000. He combined withMike Petke andDaniel Hernandez on an excellent three-man backline that helped the Metros rise in the MLS standings. Jolley would play every possible Metro minute of the 2000 and 2001 seasons. He finished his Metro career in 2003 with 104 league games and 129 in all competitions (both numbers third in team history), seven goals (eight in all competitions) and six assists. He also became prominent in the community and earned MLS Humanitarian of the Year honors in 2002 in part for his effort for 9/11 related charities.Jolley was traded to the then-Dallas Burn before the 2004 season for
Tenywa Bonseu . He became a regular for Dallas, scoring one goal and starting almost every game, but also had a dubious distinction of scoring twoown goal s in one game (thankfully for Jolley, only one of those was attributed to him). After losing his starting job with the club in 2005, he was traded back to the MetroStars before the 2006 season. At the end of the year, he was waived by the team, which had become known asRed Bull New York .After a brief retirement from soccer, he returned in 2007 to play for the
Long Island Rough Riders in theUSL Premier Development League .Jolley now works as an analyst on
Houston Dynamo local television broadcasts.
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