Steve_Freeman_(soccer)

Steve Freeman (soccer)

Steve Freeman (soccer)

American soccer player, coach, and team founder

This article is about the American USISL soccer player Steve Freeman. For the English USISL footballer, see Steve Freeman (footballer).

Steve Freeman is a retired American soccer midfielder who played, coached and founded a team in the USISL.

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Freeman grew up in Tampa Florida where he played for Tampa Blackwatch Keelley as a youth player. He graduated from Bloomingdale High School. In 1992, Freeman began his collegiate career at Hartwick College. He then transferred to Siena College for one season before finishing his last two seasons at the College of Saint Rose in Florida. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in education. In 1995, Freeman joined the Albany Alleycats of the USISL Pro League.[1] In 1998, Freeman signed with the Electric City Shockers of the Northeast Indoor Soccer League[2]

In January 1997, Freeman founded the Albany Blackwatch as a youth club.[3] In 2003, Blackwatch formed a USL Premier Development League team under the name of Blackwatch Highlanders. Freeman was the general manager and player that first season.[4] In 2007, he coached the Highlanders. In 2008 and 2009, Blackwatch went on hiatus. When the team returned in 2010, Freeman was the team president.[5]

Freeman also served to terms on the US Club Soccer National Board of Directors (2002–06, 2009–11).[6]

In 2014, Freeman became the Head Soccer Coach at Christian Brothers Academy (Albany, New York).

References

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    Expos defeat ‘Cats
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    Shockers in opener
  3. [3]
    "Blackwatch: Our History". Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
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    Highlanders open season tonight
  5. [5]
    Zwicklbauer to Lead BWP Highlanders Archived 2010-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
  6. [6]
    Steve Freeman elected to Board of Directors Archived 2013-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
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