Jason Cairns is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally in the

USISL A-League United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues currently organized are the ...

Cairns grew up playing for Jersey Shore Boca youth teams. In 1994, he entered

Trenton State College The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) is a public university in Ewing Township, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Established in 1855 as the New Jersey State Normal School, TCNJ was the first normal school, or ...

where he was a 1995 NSCAA Division III Second Team All American soccer player. The College was renamed The College of New Jersey in 1996. That season, Cairns and his Team mates won the

NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship The NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship is an annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III collegiate men's soccer in the United States. Messiah ...

and Cairns was selected as an NSCAA Division III First Team All American. In 1997, he was again named to the Division III First Team and was the 1997 NSCAA Division III Player of the Year. In 1998, the

Cincinnati Riverhawks The Cincinnati Riverhawks were a professional soccer team that debuted in the USISL Premier Development League in 1997 and joined the A-League from 1998 to 2003. They played their games at Galbreath Field in Kings Mills, Ohio and later at the H ...

selected Cairns in the second round (32nd overall) of the 1998 A-League Draft. In 1998, he was Second Team All League. In 2000, Cairns moved to the

New Jersey Stallions The New Jersey Stallions were an American soccer team, founded in 1996, which competed in various divisions of the United Soccer Leagues until 2004, after which the team left the league and the franchise was terminated. The club originally star ...

of the

USL D-3 Pro League The USL Second Division (commonly referred to as USL-2) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was at the third tier of soccer in the United States, behind Major League Soccer ( ...

where he spent two seasons. In December 1997, the

Philadelphia KiXX The Philadelphia KiXX was a professional indoor soccer team based in Philadelphia, USA. The team competed as an NPSL expansion franchise and then played in the Major Indoor Soccer League. History The team's original owner was Ed Tepper, also pr ...

drafted Cairns in the first round of the National Professional Soccer League.1997 National Professional Soccer League draft
/ref> However, Cairns never played indoor soccer professionally.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cairns, Jason Living people American men's soccer players Cincinnati Riverhawks players New Jersey Stallions players A-League (1995–2004) players USL Second Division players Men's association football forwards Year of birth missing (living people)