Cory James Brown (born 3 April 1996) is a

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footballer who currently plays for

Tasman United Tasman United was a professional football club based in Nelson, New Zealand. The club competed in the ISPS Handa Premiership with home games played at Trafalgar Park. The club succeeded Nelson Falcons as the city's football team on the natio ...

Career

Brown spending time in his native

playing semi-professionally, Brown moved to the United States to play

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Xavier University Xavier University ( ) is a private Jesuit university in Cincinnati and Evanston (Cincinnati), Ohio. It is the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Xavier has an undergraduate enrollment of 4,860 stud ...

. Brown played four years with the Musketeers, scoring 5 goals and tallying 9 assists in 80 appearances. Brown also appeared for

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side

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 fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The club was founded in 1995 as the Mid-Michigan Bucks, play ...

, and NPSL side Michigan Stars.

Professional

On 21 January 2018, Brown was selected with the 62nd overall pick of the

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Vancouver. They compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on Marc ...

. Brown signed with Vancouver's

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affiliate

Fresno FC Fresno Football Club was an American professional soccer team based in Fresno, California. Founded in 2017, the team was a member of the USL Championship, a second-tier league in the American Soccer Pyramid. Their first game took place on Marc ...

on 20 March 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Cory 1996 births Living people Men's association football defenders Fresno FC players Flint City Bucks players New Zealand men's association footballers Sportspeople from Nelson, New Zealand USL Championship players USL League Two players Vancouver Whitecaps FC draft picks Xavier Musketeers men's soccer players