Jamie Watson (soccer)

Football player infobox| playername= Jamie Watson
fullname = Jamie Watson
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|4|10
cityofbirth = Arlington, Texas
countryofbirth = United States
height = height|ft=5|in=9
currentclub = FC Dallas
clubnumber = 31
position = forward
youthyears = 2003-04
youthclubs = North Carolina
years = 2004
2005-07
2008
2008-
clubs = DFW Tornados
Real Salt Lake
Austin Aztex U23
FC Dallas
caps(goals) = 05 (3)
35 (2)
13 (7)
00 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 1 August 2008
ntupdate = 31 July 2006

Jamie Watson (born April 10, 1986 in Arlington, Texas) is an American soccer player, currently playing for FC Dallas in Major League Soccer.

Watson trained with the United States Under-17 team at the Bradenton Academy. Following his graduation, he played two years of college soccer at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. However, he left after his sophomore season to sign a Generation adidas contract with MLS, whereupon he was selected 13th overall in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.

Watson has played for various youth United States national teams, and was a starting forward at the 2003 World Under-17 Championship in Lahti, Finland, playing alongside Freddy Adu. He has an older brother named Kevin Watson who is a renowned chef as well as an older brother named Brett Watson.

Watson was waived by Real Salt Lake on January 22, 2008, after making 35 first-team appearances and scoring 2 goals, and subsequently signed with Austin Aztex U23. After helping the Aztex reach the PDL playoffs for the first time, scoring 7 goals in 13 appearances, Watson signed with Major League Soccer's FC Dallas on 1 August, 2008 [http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3693756]

ee also

*List of current MLS players