Otis Earle (born 17 January 1992) is an English former professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

Youth

Earle attended

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before moving to America to study at

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from 2011 to 2014. He also played in the

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 ...

for

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 ...

in 2014.

Professional

On 15 January 2015, Earle was selected in the first round (15th overall) of the

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FC Dallas FC Dallas is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The franchise be ...

. He made his professional debut for Dallas in a 4–1

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win over

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on 16 June 2015. Two days later, he moved on loan to

Arizona United Phoenix Rising Football Club is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 2014 as Arizona United Soccer Club, the team is a member of the USL Championship. They won the league championship i ...

. He played six times for Arizona as injuries restricted his game time. He was released by Dallas at the end of the 2015 season. In January 2017, he joined

New England Revolution The New England Revolution are an American professional association football, soccer club based in the Greater Boston area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. It is on ...

on trial.

Personal life

Earle is the son of the former

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in , the third tier of the English football league system. Vale are named after the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal ...

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and Jamaica national team footballer and World Cup goalscorer

Robbie Earle Robert Fitzgerald Earle MBE (born 27 January 1965) is a former football player and current television commentator. Born in England, he represented Jamaica in international football. An attacking midfielder, he played 578 league games in senio ...

. He holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.

References

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* * 1992 births Living people English men's footballers English people of Jamaican descent Sportspeople of Jamaican descent English expatriate men's footballers UC Riverside Highlanders men's soccer players FC Tucson players FC Dallas players Phoenix Rising FC players Men's association football defenders Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States FC Dallas draft picks USL League Two players USL Championship players English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Footballers from London 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-defender-1990s-stub