Derick Brownell is a retired 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 ...

defender who played professionally in the

USISL The United States Interregional Soccer League (USISL) was a semi-professional men's outdoor soccer league that played six seasons from 1989 to 1994. It was the first outdoor league to be operated by the organization known today as the United ...

and

World Indoor Soccer League The World Indoor Soccer League (WISL) was a United States–based indoor soccer sports league, league that operated from 1998 to 2001 and consisted of nine teams. History After the demise of the Continental Indoor Soccer League, four of its te ...

Youth

Born in New York, Derick Brownell, grew up in Arizona, graduating from

Brophy College Preparatory Brophy College Preparatory is a Catholic high school in Phoenix, Arizona, United States founded in 1928. The school has an all-male enrollment of approximately 1,400 students. It is operated independently of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoeni ...

. After participating as a member of the 1990 Brophy team which finished runner-up in the Arizona state soccer final, Brownell attended

Santa Clara University Santa Clara University is a private university, private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, United States. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university' ...

where he played on the men's soccer team from 1992 to 1995 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics. He is currently married to Megan Brownell and has two children.

Professional

On March 4, 1996, the San Jose Clash selected Brownell in the second round (thirteenth overall) of the

1996 MLS College Draft The 1996 Major League Soccer College Draft was held on March 4, 1996, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. History As Major League Soccer prepared for its first season, the league began stocking teams with players. As the teams were being created at the ...

. The Clash sent him on loan to the

California Jaguars California Jaguars were an American soccer team that played in Salinas, California, at the Salinas Sports Complex. They joined the USISL in 1995 as the Monterey Bay Jaguars, but changed the name a year later. They played in the A-League in 19 ...

of the

for the entire season. He was selected to the USISL All Select Team with the Jaguars. When the Clash released Brownell at the end of the season, the

Carolina Dynamo Salem City FC is an American amateur soccer club based in Bermuda Run, North Carolina that fields a men's team in USL League Two, and a women's team as the North Carolina Fusion in the USL W League. The teams plays their home games at the Truis ...

signed him for the 1997 USISL season, but released Brownell in May 1997.''INDOOR FOUR EXPECTED TO GIVE DYNAMO A BOOST'' Greensboro News & Record - Wednesday, May 14, 1997 He then signed with the

Charleston Battery The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are the oldest continuously operating professional socc ...

where he played until 2000. Brownell also played for the

Arizona Thunder The Arizona Thunder was a professional indoor soccer team based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. In 1997, the team was a member of the Premier Soccer Alliance. In 1998, the alliance, with some additional teams, reconstituted itself as the Wo ...

in the

References

External links

Charleston Battery: Derick Brownell
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brownell, Derick 1974 births Living people American men's soccer players Soccer players from Arizona Arizona Thunder players California Jaguars players North Carolina Fusion U23 players Charleston Battery players San Jose Earthquakes players Tucson Fireballs players USISL Select League players World Indoor Soccer League players A-League (1995–2004) players Santa Clara Broncos men's soccer players San Jose Earthquakes draft picks USL Second Division players Men's association football defenders 20th-century American sportsmen