Desmond_Tachie
Desmond Tachie
Canadian soccer player (born 1984)
Desmond Tachie-Mason (born May 1, 1984) is a Canadian soccer player, who is currently playing and working as coach for the Vancouver Metro Soccer League club West Van FC.[7]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Desmond Tachie | ||
| Date of birth | (1984-05-01) May 1, 1984 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | West Van FC | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2002 | Vancouver Selects | ||
| 2003 | Capilano College | ||
| 2013–2014 | Capilano Blues[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Edmonton Aviators | 13 | (0) |
| 2005 | Ottawa Fury | 15 | (7) |
| 2005 | Toronto Lynx | 10 | (5) |
| 2006–2008 | Kaposvölgye VSC | 33 | (7) |
| 2009 | West Van | ||
| 2009 | Bridges | ||
| 2009 | Athletic Club of BC[2] | ||
| 2010 | Charlotte Eagles | 7 | (0) |
| 2011 | Aalborg BK B[3] | ||
| 2012 | Rovers United[4] | ||
| 2012 | Fremad Amager[5] | 4 | (0) |
| 2013–? | West Van FC[6] | ||
| 2019 | TSS FC Rovers | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
College
Tachie played for the Vancouver Selects and attended Capilano College, who he led to the Canadian Colleges Championship in 2003, earning Canadian Colleges and British Columbia Colleges All-Star selections.
Professional
Tachie turned professional in 2004, playing with the Edmonton Aviators in the USL First Division, appearing in 13 games. Following a successful season with Ottawa Fury in the USL Premier Development League in 2005,[8] during which scored 7 goals and 7 assists in 15 games,[9] Tachie signed with the Toronto Lynx.
Tachie moved to Hungary in 2007 when he signed for Kaposvölgye VSC. He spent the next two seasons playing in the Hungarian league, scoring 7 goals in 33 appearances for Kaposvölgye, before returning to North America in 2009.
He trialed with Major League Soccer expansion club Seattle Sounders FC in the early months of 2009, and was a Sounders SuperSearch finalist,[10] but was ultimately not offered a contract by the club, and returned to Canada.[11]
He subsequently played with several Canadian amateur teams, including the Capilano Blues of the Vancouver Metro Soccer League[12] and Athletic Club of BC of the Pacific Coast Soccer League, before signing with the Charlotte Eagles of the USL Second Division in 2010.
Tachie played for Aalborg BK in Denmark before moving back to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2013 where he is currently a staff coach at West Vancouver Soccer Club, and the assistant coach for Capilano University's men's team.
Tachie comes from Kumasi in Ghana. He emigrated to Canada in the mid 1990s.
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- "Azzi's Superlative Week in Review 2011/2012". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- "Desmond Tachie - Fremad Amager". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- "Big Upsets in VMSL Premier Make-Up Games". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- "Premier Development League website". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- "King 5 news article". Archived from the original on 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- Charlotte Eagles bio Archived 2010-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Trialists Sounders Video[permanent dead link]