Jason Cascio (born March 5, 1985) is a former American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player.

Career

Youth and College

Cascio grew up in

Chandler, Arizona Chandler is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and a suburb in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). It is bordered to the north and west by Tempe, to the north by Mesa, to the west by Phoenix, to the ...

and attended Hamilton High School, where he was a three time All State soccer player. In addition to playing soccer, he was a member of Hamilton's 2003 Arizona state football championship team. Cascio attended

Seattle University Seattle University (SeattleU) is a private Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington. Seattle University is the largest independent university in the Northwestern United States, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate prog ...

, playing on the men's soccer team from 2003 to 2006. His freshman season as Seattle won the Division II NCAA soccer championship.

Professional

In 2008, Cascio signed with the Seattle Sounders of the

USL First Division The USL First Division (usually referred to as USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada from 2005 to 2010. During its existence, it formed the second tier of soccer in the United States soccer league system b ...

. He appeared in 24 USL-1 games and scored 1 goal for the Sounders, until the team folded at the end of 2008 due to

Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...

joining

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...

. Having been unable to secure a professional contract, Cascio signed with

Seattle Wolves Crossfire Redmond, previously the Seattle Wolves and Washington Crossfire, is an American soccer organization based in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 2009, the team plays in the National Premier Soccer League, the fourth tier of ...

of the

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

for the 2009 season.

References

External links

Seattle Sounders player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cascio, Jason 1985 births Living people American men's soccer players Seattle Redhawks men's soccer players Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players Crossfire Redmond players Kitsap Pumas players USL First Division players USL League Two players Sportspeople from Chandler, Arizona Soccer players from Arizona Men's association football defenders Men's association football forwards Sportspeople from Redmond, Washington Soccer players from Washington (state) Hamilton High School (Chandler, Arizona) alumni