Floyd Franks (born April 5, 1984) is an American

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player.

Career

College and amateur

Franks attended Vestavia Hills High School and played four years of

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at the

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, finishing his career with 18 goals and 15 assists in 71 matches. He two-time all-Conference USA selection after his sophomore and junior seasons and an all-Atlantic 10 Conference selection after his senior season. During his college years Franks also played with

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 ...

in the

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Professional

Franks was selected in the first round (10th overall) of the 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft by Chicago Fire; he scored his first career professional goal on July 29, 2007, against

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. After being released by Chicago at the end of the 2007 season, Franks signed with

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in April 2008, and spent a year playing in the

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before moving to Denmark to play with

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in the fully amateur

Danish 2nd Division West The 2nd Division () is a professional association football league for men and the third division in Denmark. It is organised by the Divisionsforeningen on behalf of the Danish Football Association (Danish FA; DBU) as part of the nation-wide Danma ...

. He played 33 games and scored 4 goals for the Danes before leaving at the end of the 2008/09 season. On February 15, 2010, the

Carolina RailHawks North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 2006, the team previously was named the Carolina Railhawks. On December 6, 2016, the RailH ...

announced that they had signed him for the 2010 season. Franks was signed by

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on March 6, 2012 and waived on June 28. He later returned to the RailHawks. On July 25, 2013, Midway through the 2012, Franks was traded by the RailHawks to the Minnesota United FC.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Franks, Floyd 1984 births Living people People from Vestavia Hills, Alabama American men's soccer players Charlotte 49ers men's soccer players North Carolina Fusion U23 players Chicago Fire FC players Cleveland City Stars players Jammerbugt FC players North Carolina FC players Vancouver Whitecaps FC players Minnesota United FC (2010–2016) players American expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark American expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada American expatriate sportspeople in Canada Soccer players from Birmingham, Alabama USL League Two players Major League Soccer players USL Second Division players USSF Division 2 Professional League players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Chicago Fire FC draft picks Men's association football midfielders