Son of John “Dutch” DeGroot and Jan DeGroot with two older siblings Joseph, John. His father being a Graphic artist and mother an IT specialist. Born in Chicago Illinois brought up in Mount Prospect Illinois were he started to play soccer at the age of four. He continued playing on various clubs in suburban Chicago. DeGroot played soccer for Prospect High School almost immediately going to the varsity team in his freshman year.
Jeff DeGroot (born September 2, 1985) is an American retired
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.
DeGroot was signed by
Dayton Dutch Lions
Dayton Dutch Lions is an American association football, soccer team based in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2009, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. From 2011 to 2014, the team played in the ...
in February 2012.
DeGroot has coached extensively throughout the Chicago area.
He is currently a video analyst for
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 ...
club
Chicago Fire.
References
External links
Dayton Dutch Lions bio
1985 births
Living people
American men's soccer players
Dayton Dutch Lions players
Men's association football defenders
USL Championship players
People from Mount Prospect, Illinois
Soccer players from Cook County, Illinois
Indiana Invaders players
USL League Two players
High school soccer coaches in the United States
Dayton Dutch Lions coaches
USL Championship coaches
Chicago Maroons men's soccer coaches
Loyola Ramblers men's soccer coaches
Chicago Fire FC non-playing staff
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