Jeff Enquist

Jeff Enquist
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-05-20) May 20, 1968
Place of birth Portland, Oregon, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1986-1987 UNLV
1988-1989 Oregon State University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987 F.C. Portland
1989-1990 Portland Timbers
1996 Cascade Surge
Teams managed
1993-1999 Pacific University
1996 Cascade Surge

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Jeff Enquist (born May 20, 1968 in Beaverton, Oregon) was a U.S. soccer forward who played two seasons in the Western Soccer League, one in the American Professional Soccer League and one in the USISL. He has coached extensively at the professional, collegiate and high school levels. He is currently the president of the Portland Youth Soccer Association and the head coach of the Portland City United Soccer Club.

Player

Enquist was an outstanding prep player with Beaverton High School. He was the 1986 Oregon High School of the Year and Parade Magazine High School All American. He then attended and played soccer at UNLV before transferring to Oregon State University.[1] In 1987, he played the collegiate off season with the semi-professional F.C. Portland of the Western Soccer Alliance. In 1989, he signed with F.C. Portland, now known as the Portland Timbers and played te 1989 and 1990 season with the team. In 1990, the team was part of the American Professional Soccer League. Following the 1990 season, he left professional soccer to devote himself to coaching. He returned for one more season in 1996 with the Cascade Surge of USISL.

Coaching

In 1993, Enquist was hired as the head coach of the Pacific University men’s soccer team, a position he held until 1999. In his seven seasons with the Boxers, he led the team to an 81-45-2 record[2] and was named the 1994 and 1996 Northwest Regional Coach of the Year. He is the vice president of the Portland Youth Soccer Association and is both the executive vice president and head coach with the Portland City United Soccer Club. He also coached the Fort Vancouver High School boy's soccer team until he resigned in January 1996 to coach the Cascade Surge. In January 2004, he became the head coach of the Willamette University men's soccer team.

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