Garry Lewis (soccer)

Garry Lewis (born August 26, 1986 in Orange Park, Florida) is an American soccer player.

Garry Lewis
Personal information
Full name Garry Lee Lewis
Date of birth (1986-08-26) August 26, 1986
Place of birth Orange Park, Florida, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2005 St. John's Red Storm
2006–2008 North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Carolina Dynamo 5 (2)
2009 Real Maryland Monarchs 7 (0)
2009–2010 Ekenäs IF 17 (7)
2011 SalPa 10 (1)
2012 Ekenäs IF 19 (5)
2016 Jacksonville Armada 0 (0)
2016 → Tulsa Roughnecks (loan) 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 16, 2016

Career

Youth and College

Lewis attended Orange Park High School, played club soccer for the Clay County Soccer Club and West Kendall.

As a youth player Lewis was a Three-Time NSCAA/adidas Youth American. In 2005/04 he was First Team All-State for the State of Florida, and in 2003 as a sophomore in high school he was named "Gatorade State Player of the Year". Lewis also won two Super Y-League National Championships while playing for West Kendall Optimist in 2005 and in 2006.

After his first season of college soccer while at St. John's Red Storm, Lewis earned a spot on the 2005 Big East All-Freshmen First Team, and Nationally All-Freshmen by College Soccer News Third Team.

Upon transferring to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lewis' sophomore year, he became an impact starter. He earned the team's "Most Competitive Player Award" that same year. During his senior season Lewis lead his Tarheels as a team "co-captain" to the NCAA National Finals in Frisco, Texas against Maryland. They lost the game one to zero.

As a Tarheel Lewis tallied 11 goals and 5 assists, and in his senior season he scored the game winner in the Sweet Sixteen to put his team into the Elite Eight.

Lewis also played for Carolina Dynamo in the USL Premier Development League.[1]

Professional

Lewis was signed by the Real Maryland Monarchs in the USL Second Division following the conclusion of the 2009 PDL season,[2] and made his professional debut on July 11, 2009 in Maryland's 2–1 win over the Pittsburgh Riverhounds.[3] After his department by Real Maryland Monarchs joined in October 2009 to Ekenäs Idrottsförening.[4]

References
  1. Garry Lewis - Williamson & Melendez - Attorneys at Law
  2. Dynamo Send Two to Pro's Arnoux, Lewis conktinue tradition
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "DELADE POÄNG I EKENÄS". Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
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