Ian Francis Joyce (born July 12, 1985) 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 most recently played for

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanc ...

club

Colorado Rapids The Colorado Rapids are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Founded in ...

Career

Born in Kinnelon, New Jersey, Joyce played high school soccer at Don Bosco Preparatory High School in

Ramsey, New Jersey Ramsey is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of New York City, located northwest of Midtown Manhattan. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's ...

. Joyce made his debut for Southend United away to Crewe Alexandra, in the 4–3 win in League One on September 20, 2008. He stepped in for the injured Steve Mildenhall, who was declared to be out for up to four weeks after damage to his knee in the previous game. He came on as a half-time sub in Southend's 3–1 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on March 10, 2009, after Steve Mildenhall sustained a minor knee injury. Joyce also started Southend's next game, in the 1–0 victory against Hereford United on 14 March. Southend United and Joyce mutually agreed to terminate his contract at Roots Hall and on March 9, 2010, he signed for

club

. He played his first MLS match on August 28, 2010, and helped the Rapids to a 3–0 victory over Houston Dynamo. Joyce was released by Colorado on November 16, 2012. He entered the

2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft The two-stage 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on December 7, 2012 (Stage 1), and December 14, 2012 (Stage 2). All 19 Major League Soccer clubs were eligible to participate. The Stage 1 and Stage 2 Drafts were conducted in the same order as th ...

in December 2012 and became a free agent after he went undrafted in both rounds of the draft.

Personal

Joyce was eligible to play in countries within the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...

as he holds an Italian passport.

References

External links

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Ian Joyce player profile
at southendunited.co.uk
Ian Joyce biography
at shupirates.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Joyce, Ian 1985 births Living people People from Kinnelon, New Jersey Soccer players from Morris County, New Jersey American people of Italian descent American men's soccer players Don Bosco Preparatory High School alumni Seton Hall Pirates men's soccer players Grays Athletic F.C. players Watford F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Colorado Rapids players English Football League players Major League Soccer players Men's association football goalkeepers Expatriate men's footballers in England