Jeremy Deighton (born May 27, 1988) is an American

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player.

Career

College and amateur

Deighton attended Saint Ignatius High School in

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. maritime border ...

, where he was a three-year letter winner and a two-year starter for the No.1-ranked high school team in the nation. He was named his team's Most Valuable Offensive Player as a senior in 2005, leading the team to the Ohio Division I, State and National championships. Deighton was also a featured player on the SouthSide Bombers, a prominent indoor soccer club in the area. In the 2005–2006 season Deighton lead the team in goals pushing the squad to its first title over longtime rival "Friendly People Football Club" in the championship game. It is a widely believed notion that his time with the Bombers led to Deighton's collegiate success paired along with his training with local soccer guru Nicolas Dipietro. He subsequently played four years of

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Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock University, formally Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (The Rock or SRU), is a public university in the Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania area of the United States. SRU is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Edu ...

, where he was named PSAC-West Player of the Year and earned first team All-PSAC and first team All-Region honors as a junior in 2008 and a senior in 2009. During his college years Deighton also played with the

Erie Admirals Erie is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in Pennsylvania and the most populous in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 a ...

in the

National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer league. The league is officially affiliated to the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) and has automatic qualification for the U.S. Open Cup. ...

, helping the team to the 2009 NPSL Championship game.

Professional

Deighton turned professional in 2010 when he signed for the

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of the

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. He made his professional debut on April 17, 2010, in the team's 2010 season opener against the

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, and scored his first professional goal on May 15, 2010, in a 2–1 loss to

Charleston Battery The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are the oldest continuously operating professional socc ...

References

External links

Slippery Rock bio

Getting to know Jeremy Deighton
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deighton, Jeremy 1988 births Living people American men's soccer players Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC players USL Second Division players USL Championship players People from Broadview Heights, Ohio Soccer players from Cuyahoga County, Ohio Men's association football forwards National Premier Soccer League players Slippery Rock University alumni Slippery Rock athletics Colorado Technical University alumni University of Maryland, Baltimore County alumni