Kwame Watson-Siriboe (born November 13, 1986), is an American retired

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player.

Career

College and amateur

Watson-Siriboe attended Canyon High School and played club soccer with the Pateadores Soccer Club before playing

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at the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, ...

. Watson-Siriboe appeared in over 60 games for the Huskies, scoring three goals as a senior in 2009. He was awarded the Eric S. Lund Award for the team's most improved player in 2007, and was named the 2009 Big East Co-Defender of the Year. During his college years he also played one game for the

Westchester Flames Westchester Flames is an American soccer team based in New Rochelle, New York, United States. Founded in 1999, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid. The team plays its home games at City Park Stadium ...

in the

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...

Professional

Watson-Siriboe was drafted in the second round (26th overall) of the

2010 MLS SuperDraft The 2010 MLS SuperDraft was the eleventh annual MLS SuperDraft, SuperDraft presented by Major League Soccer. It was held on January 14, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the 2010 National Soccer Coaches Association of America, NSCAA Conv ...

by Chicago Fire. He made his professional debut on April 3, 2010, in a game against

Colorado Rapids The Colorado Rapids are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Founded in ...

. On June 3, 2011, Watson-Siriboe was loaned to

FC Tampa Bay The Tampa Bay Rowdies are an American professional soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The club was founded in 2008 and first took the pitch in 2010. Since 2017, the Rowdies have been members of the USL Championship in the second tier ...

in the

North American Soccer League The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the ...

for the remainder of the 2011 season. He made his debut for Tampa on June 4, in a 2–1 loss to the

Carolina RailHawks North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 2006, the team previously was named the Carolina Railhawks. On December 6, 2016, the RailH ...

. Watson-Siriboe returned to Chicago at the conclusion of the 2011 NASL season. Watson-Siriboe was traded to

Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake (RSL) is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Fou ...

on June 27, 2012, in exchange for a fourth-round

2014 MLS SuperDraft The 2014 MLS SuperDraft was the fifteenth SuperDraft presented by Major League Soccer. The first two rounds of the four round draft took place on January 16, 2014, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Philadelphia Convention Center. Rounds three ...

pick. On August 11, 2014, Watson-Siriboe was traded to

New York City FC New York City Football Club (often referred to as NYCFC) is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in New York City. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern C ...

in exchange for a fourth-round

2016 MLS SuperDraft The 2016 MLS SuperDraft was the seventeenth SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The SuperDraft is held each year in conjunction with the annual National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention. The 2016 convention was held in ...

pick. After his release from

, Watson-Siriboe was placed in the

2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft The two-stage 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on December 11, 2015, (stage 1) and December 17, 2015, (stage 2). All 20 Major League Soccer clubs were eligible to participate. The priority order for the draft was reverse order of finish in 2015 ...

. On August 6, 2016, Watson-Siriboe signed with

United Soccer League The United Soccer League (USL) is an organizer of various professional and amateur soccer leagues in the United States league system. It currently organizes its Championship, League One, and League Two for men, its Super League and W Leag ...

side

Orange County Blues Orange County Soccer Club is an American association football, soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine, California, Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the Western Conference ( ...

. On February 3, 2017, Watson-Siriboe signed for

side

Indy Eleven Indy Eleven is an American professional association football, soccer team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 2013, the team made its debut in the North American Soccer League (2011–2017), North American Soccer League (NASL) in 2014, b ...

. In April 2018, Watson-Siriboe joined KTP in

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until ...

International

Watson-Siriboe was a member of the United States' U18 national team that traveled to Argentina in 2004.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Watson-Siriboe, Kwame 1986 births Living people African-American soccer players American men's soccer players American sportspeople of Ghanaian descent UConn Huskies men's soccer players Westchester Flames players Chicago Fire FC players Tampa Bay Rowdies players Real Salt Lake players Orange County SC players New York City FC players North Carolina FC players Indy Eleven players Soccer players from California Chicago Fire FC draft picks USL League Two players Major League Soccer players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players USL Championship players Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players Men's association football defenders American expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Finland American expatriate sportspeople in Finland 21st-century African-American sportsmen 20th-century African-American sportsmen