Keith Beach

Keith Beach is a retired American soccer midfielder who spent one season in Major League Soccer.

Keith Beach
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-11-26) November 26, 1976
Place of birth Northport, New York, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1998 Maryland Terrapins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Clydebank
2000 Miami Fusion 1 (0)
2000 → MLS Project 40 (loan) 5 (0)
2001 Atlanta Silverbacks 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Youth

Knight attended the University of Maryland where he played on the men's soccer team from 1995 to 1998.[1] He was a 1998 Third Team All American and holds the Terrapin career assists record with thirty-five.[2][3]

Professional

On February 6, 1999, D.C. United drafted Beach in the second round (seventeenth overall) of the 1999 MLS College Draft.[4] Beach did not sign with United, put pursued a career in Europe, joining Clydebank F.C. On February 7, 2000, United the rights to Beach and its second round 2001 MLS SuperDraft selection to the Miami Fusion in exchange for the forty-first selection in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft.[5] Beach spent the 2000 season in Miami, going on loan to the MLS Project 40 during the season.[6] On March 10, 2001, the Fusion released him.[7] In 2001, he played for the Atlanta Silverbacks in the USL A-League.[8]

References
  1. Men's Soccer Rich with Professional Talent: Beach and Merkel among MLS draft picks.
  2. Maryland Soccer Honors
  3. Maryland Career Records
  4. A history of D.C. United draft picks
  5. Fusion `Steals' Midfielder Machon
  6. 2000 MLS Pro-40 stats
  7. March 10, 2001 Transactions
  8. "2001 USL A-League rosters". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
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