Colin Rocke is a retired Trinidad-American

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forward who played professionally in the

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and

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Player

Rocke attended

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where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1989 to 1993. In 1989 and 1990, West Virginia Wesleyan won the

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. Rocke was a three-time NAIA All American soccer player (1989, 1990 and 1992) as well as a conference champion track runner. He graduated in 1993. In 2012, West Virginia Wesleyan inducted Rocke into its Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1990 and 1991, Rocke played as an amateur for the

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of the

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during the summer. In 1993, Rocke turned professional with the Dallas Sidekicks of the

. The Sidekicks had selected Rocke in the third round (17th overall) of the 1993 CISL Amateur Draft. That season the Sidekicks won the CISL championship. In 1994, the Las Vegas Dustdevils selected Rocke in that year’s Expansion Draft. He spent two seasons in Las Vegas. Rocke won a second CISL championship in 1994 when the Dustdevils defeated the Sidekicks in three games. In the fall of 1995, Rocke joined the

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for the 1995-1996

indoor season. He was the tenth leading scorer, but was injured and lost the 1996 season. In April 1997, Rocke returned to playing as he moved outdoors with the

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of the

. In 1998, the Gamblers were renamed the New Orleans Storm. On January 28, 1999, Rocke signed with the

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, but by this time his playing career was winding down as he turned more towards coaching. Rocke returned to Louisiana where he had become the head coach of the

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High School. In 2003, Rocke came out of retirement to briefly play for the New Orleans Shell Shockers of the

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Coach

In 1998, Rocke became the head coach of the Metairie Park Country Day High School, a position he held until 2007. In 2000, he led his team to the Louisiana High School State championship. In 2002, they finished runner-up in the final. He was the 2000 Louisiana Division II Girls Coach of the Year.1999-2000 LHSSCA Girls All State Teams
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Honors

* NAIA All American: 1989, 1990, 1992

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rocke, Colin Living people 1968 births Charleston Battery players Continental Indoor Soccer League players Dallas Sidekicks (CISL) players El Paso Patriots players Las Vegas Dustdevils players New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers players New Orleans Shell Shockers players Trinidad and Tobago men's footballers Trinidad and Tobago expatriate men's footballers A-League (1995–2004) players USL League Two players Men's association football defenders Men's association football forwards