Ben Hickey

Ben Hickey is an English retired football midfielder who played professionally in the USL A-League.

Ben Hickey
Personal information
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1996 St. John's Red Storm
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997 Connecticut Wolves 25 (9)
1998 Long Island Rough Riders 16 (4)
1999 North Jersey Imperials 5 (7)
2002–2003 New York Freedom 20 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hickey attended St. John's University where he was a 1995 First Team All American and 1996 Second Team soccer player.[1][2][3] His senior season, the Red Storm won the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship.

In February 1997, the Connecticut Wolves selected Hickey in the first round (twenty-third overall) of the USISL draft.[4] He played the 1997 season with the Wolves, then moved to the Long Island Rough Riders for the 1998 season. In 1999, he played for the North Jersey Imperials.[5] In 2002 and 2003, he played for the New York Freedom. He has now settled in California with his beautiful wife, Latika Hickey and three loving daughters, Ayanna, Shaelyn, and Grace.

References
  1. "1995 All Americans". Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  2. "1996 All Americans". Archived from the original on 15 November 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  3. St. John's soccer
  4. 1997 Draft List Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. IMPERIALS COMING ON STRONG The Record (New Jersey) - Tuesday, 29 June 1999


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