Damion Lowe

Damion Lowe
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Minnesota United FC
(on loan from Seattle Sounders FC)
Number 31
Youth career
Harbour View
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Hartford Hawks 44 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Reading United 10 (1)
2014– Seattle Sounders FC 0 (0)
2015Seattle Sounders FC 2 (loan) 17 (1)
2016–Minnesota United FC (loan) 4 (1)
National team
2013 Jamaica U20 3 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 24, 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 25, 2014

Damion Lowe (born 3 February 1993) is an Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a defender for Minnesota United FC in the North American Soccer League on loan from Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer.

Career

Youth

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Damion Lowe is the son of former Jamaican international Onandi Lowe.[1] Damion attended Camperdown High School in Kingston and played youth soccer for Jamaican club Harbour View F.C.. In 2011, Lowe started attending the University of Hartford. While playing three season for the Hartford Hawks, Lowe was named to the America East All-Tournament Team in his first season and in his final year for the Hawks, he was named to the Second Team All-Northeast region, First Team All-America East, and All-America East Tournament Team. In three years, Lowe played 44 games, scoring 8 goals and assisting 3 more.

Club

Reading

Playing in the PDL, Lowe appeared in 10 regular season matches, scoring once while helping Reading allow a division best 12 goals in 14 games. Lowe also started two games for Reading in the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

Seattle

Lowe signed a Generation Adidas deal with Major League Soccer. The Jamaican defender was selected eight overall in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by the Seattle Sounders FC,[2] making him the third Jamaican to be selected in the Draft, behind Andre Blake and Andre Lewis.

International

Lowe represented the Jamaican National Team at the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

References

  1. Williams, Gordon (15 January 2014). "Young Lowe Willing To Learn From Dad's Mistakes". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. Ruiz, Don (1 October 2014). "Speedy Lowe could dart from DL into Sounders role". The Olympian. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

External links

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