Jeff Curtin
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Jeff Curtin is a retired American soccer player, who last played for D.C. United
of Major League Soccer
.
Jeff played college soccer at Georgetown University
, where he finished with 12 goals and 7 assists in 73 matches. He was named All Big East Second Team for four consecutive years (2002–05). He was drafted in the 2nd round, 14th overall, by the Chicago Fire in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft
; he subsequently played 3 times for Fire, scoring one goal, before being claimed in the waiver draft by D.C. United
on March 4, 2008. On May 23, 2008, D.C. United announced that Jeff Curtin was retiring after a sequence of injuries and expected rehabilitation.
He is the younger brother of his former teammate with the Fire, defender Jim Curtin
, who later played with Chivas USA.
D.C. United
D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.Over the...
of Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
.
Jeff played college soccer at Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
, where he finished with 12 goals and 7 assists in 73 matches. He was named All Big East Second Team for four consecutive years (2002–05). He was drafted in the 2nd round, 14th overall, by the Chicago Fire in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft
MLS SuperDraft
The MLS SuperDraft is an annual event, taking place in January of each year, in which the Major League Soccer teams select players who have graduated from college or otherwise been signed by the league...
; he subsequently played 3 times for Fire, scoring one goal, before being claimed in the waiver draft by D.C. United
D.C. United
D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.Over the...
on March 4, 2008. On May 23, 2008, D.C. United announced that Jeff Curtin was retiring after a sequence of injuries and expected rehabilitation.
He is the younger brother of his former teammate with the Fire, defender Jim Curtin
Jim Curtin
Jim Curtin is a former American soccer defender known for his time with the Chicago Fire.-College:Curtin played college soccer at Villanova University...
, who later played with Chivas USA.