Jimmy Filerman (born November 11, 1996) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Maryland Bobcats, in the

National Independent Soccer Association The National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States. The league is in the third tier of American soccer and began play in 2019. NISA initially used a fall-to-spring season format with a ...

Career

Early life and college

Filerman was born November 11, 1996, in

Vienna, Virginia Vienna () is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Vienna has a population of 16,473. Significantly more people live in ZIP codes with the Vienna postal addresses (22180, 22181, and 22182), bordered appr ...

, and attended

Oakton High School Oakton High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, in proximity to the town of Vienna, in the United States. It is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. Oakton operates on a block schedule five days a week, ...

, where he earned All-District, All-Region, and All-Metro honors in his senior year, also landing on the All-State Second Team. Filerman was also a member of the

D.C. United D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Su ...

academy for five years. In 2015, Filerman attended

Old Dominion University Old Dominion University (Old Dominion or ODU) is a public research university in Norfolk, Virginia. It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary and is now one of the largest universities in Virginia wi ...

to play

college soccer College soccer is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities. It is very prominent in United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and as well as in South Africa and Philippines, the Philippines. Th ...

. He redshirted his freshman season, before going on to play four seasons, scoring six goals and tallying eight assists. He was named second-team All-Conference USA in his senior year. In 2018, while a student at Old Dominion University, Filerman appeared in the

USL League Two 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 sy ...

, where he played with the

Cincinnati Dutch Lions The Cincinnati Dutch Lions FC is an American amateur soccer club based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and playing home games in the suburb of Highland Heights, Kentucky. Founded in 2013, the team played in USL League Two. The club went into hiatus during ...

. The following year, in 2019, he played with

Seattle Sounders U-23 Sound FC is an American soccer team based in Tacoma, Washington. Founded in 2006, the team most recently played in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. History 2006–2009: Playoffs The Tacoma team was introduced in ...

Professional

In August 2020, Filerman signed with NISA club

Detroit City FC Detroit City FC (DCFC) is an American professional soccer club based in Detroit, Michigan, that competes in the USL Championship. The club played in the National Premier Soccer League from 2012 to 2019 and the National Independent Soccer Associ ...

, going on to make six regular season appearances. On February 16, 2021, Filerman signed with

USL League One USL League One (USL1) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that had its inaugural season in 2019. The Division III league is operated by United Soccer League, the same group that operates the Division II USL Championsh ...

club

FC Tucson FC Tucson is an American soccer club based in Tucson, Arizona that plays in USL League Two. The club has an amateur women’s team, FC Tucson Women, that play in the WPSL. Organized in 2010, the club first fielded a team in March 2011, then joine ...

. However, he didn't play with Tucson, later re-signing with Detroit City for the latter parts of the 2021 season, going on to earn earning NISA All-League Second Team honors. On January 27, 2022, Filerman signed with

club ahead of their 2022 season. He debuted for Greenville on April 7, 2022, appearing as a 69th–minute substitute during a 2–0

US Open Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a knockout cup competition in men's soccer in the United States of America. It is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in that country. The 2023 U.S. Ope ...

win over

Oakland Roots Oakland Roots Sports Club is an American professional soccer team based in Oakland, California. The club was formed in 2018 by a group of Oakland natives, and began play in the National Independent Soccer Association in the fall of 2019. In 2021, ...

. Following the 2022 season, his contract option was declined by Greenville.

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* * 1996 births Living people American men's soccer players Cincinnati Dutch Lions players Detroit City FC players FC Tucson players Greenville Triumph SC players Men's association football defenders National Independent Soccer Association players Sportspeople from Vienna, Virginia Seattle Sounders FC U-23 players Soccer players from Fairfax County, Virginia USL League One players USL League Two players 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-footy-defender-1990s-stub