Phil Karn is a retired American

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 who played professionally in the

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. In 1994, Karn graduated from Abington High School. In 1994, Karn began his collegiate career at

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. He transferred to

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in 1996. In 1998, Karn turned professional with Reading Rage of the USISL D-3 Pro League, earning Second Team All League. His fourteen goals that season led to his moving up to the

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of the

. Karn spent four seasons with the Riverhounds, then returned to Reading for the 2003 season. In February 2001, the

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selected Karn in the sixth round (63rd overall), but was released on March 19, 2001. He is the assistant youth director for the

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.Philadelphia Union staff
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