Doug DeMartin (born July 4, 1986, in

Mason, Michigan Mason is a city and the county seat of Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,283 at the 2020 census. The Mason was named after Stevens T. Mason, the state's first governor. History In 1836 Charles Noble knew that ...

) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who last played for

Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The Timbers have p ...

in the USSF Division-2 Professional League.

Career

College and amateur

DeMartin played college soccer at

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...

for four years from 2004 to 2008, where he scored 38 goals and tallied 85 points. During his senior season at Michigan State he was named

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Player of the Year, Offensive Player of the Big Ten Championship,

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second team All-America, as well as First-Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America. During his college years he also spent three seasons in the

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...

, playing for

West Michigan Edge West Michigan Edge was an American association football, soccer team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1995, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, unt ...

and the

Michigan Bucks Flint City Bucks is an American soccer team based in Flint, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in USL League Two. The club was founded in 1995 as the Mid-Michigan Bucks, playing in Saginaw, and began playing in 1996. In ...

Professional

DeMartin was drafted in the second round (22nd overall) of the

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by the

Kansas City Wizards Sporting Kansas City is an American professional soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. The administrative offices are located in downtown K ...

, After a year out of competitive soccer DeMartin signed with USSF D2 Pro League club

in February 2010.

References

External links

Portland Timbers bio

Doug DeMartin Nominated for National Player of the Year Award

{{DEFAULTSORT:Demartin, Doug 1986 births Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Flint City Bucks players Michigan State Spartans men's soccer players Sportspeople from Ingham County, Michigan Portland Timbers (2001–2010) players West Michigan Edge players Soccer players from Michigan Sporting Kansas City draft picks USL League Two players USSF Division 2 Professional League players