Reshon Shemar Phillip (born January 27, 1998) is a Canadian soccer player.

Early life

Born to Grenadian parents, Phillip started his career with Toronto Eagles SC at the age of 4. He later joined

North Mississauga SC North Mississauga Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Mississauga, Ontario. The club was founded in 1982 as a youth soccer club and added its men's semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2016. The team plays ...

, with whom he won a U15 Ontario Cup.

Playing career

Having joined

Toronto FC Academy Toronto FC Academy, also known as TFC Academy, is the youth academy and development system of Canadian Major League Soccer club Toronto FC. The academy has divisions from U14 to U19 and includes over 110 young players. The senior academy team is ...

, he was called up to

Toronto FC II Toronto FC II is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, who play in MLS Next Pro, a third tier league of the United States soccer league system. It is the reserve team and minor league affiliate of Toronto FC as well as ...

, the feeder club of the

MLS Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Cana ...

side, in 2015. Phillip made his professional debut in a 2–2 draw against

Charlotte Independence Charlotte Independence is an American soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina that plays in the USL League One, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid. The Independence currently play their home games at American Legion Memoria ...

on August 30, 2015. He scored his first senior goal a week later, netting two goals in a 3–2 win over

FC Montreal FC Montreal was a Canadian professional soccer team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that played in the USL Championship, the third tier of the United States soccer league system. The team served as a reserve team of Major League Soccer (MLS) c ...

on September 5, 2015 in his first professional start, which earned USL Team of the Week honours. Phillip was called up to the

once again for the

2016 USL season The 2016 USL season was the sixth season of the United Soccer League and the twenty-second season of USSF sanctioned Division III play organized by the United Soccer Leagues. On August 6, 2015, the league announced that the season would cons ...

. In the fall of 2017, Phillip made a move to play with

Indian Hills Community College Indian Hills Community College (IHCC) is a public community college in Iowa with campuses in Ottumwa and Centerville. IHCC serves both traditional residential students and commuter students, primarily from a ten-county area in southeast Iowa as ...

, a

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school, helping them to qualify for their first national tournament appearance in program history. He was named to the ICCAC All-Conference team after leading the conference in assists with 16 (6ht highest in the nation) to go along with 12 goals. He was named a 2017 United Soccer Coaches Junior College Division I Second Team All-American. In 2018, he played for

Master's FA Master's Futbol Academy, commonly known as Master's FA, is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario. The club was founded in 2009 as a soccer academy and added its team in the semi-professional League1 Ontar ...

League1 Ontario League1 Ontario (L1O) is a semi-professional men's soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league began play in 2014 and is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association as a pro-am league in the Canadian ...

. In 2019, he switched to play for the Oakville Blue Devils. In 2021, he began the season with the Blue Devils for one match, before returning to Master's where he scored 11 regular season goals to be named East Division MVP and a East 1st team All-Star, also scoring a brace in a penalty kick shootout loss in the playoff semi-finals to eventual champions, Guelph United. In 2022, he signed with the expansion side

Simcoe County Rovers Simcoe County Rovers Football Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Barrie, Ontario, that plays in the League1 Ontario men's and women's divisions. History The club was founded in 2021, by former Canadian national team p ...

. In 2023, he joined

ProStars FC Prostars FC is a Canadian soccer team based in Brampton, Ontario. The organization was founded in 2013. The club plays in the semi-professional League1 Ontario, part of the third division in the Canadian soccer league system in both the men's an ...

International career

In 2010, he was part of a U12 Canada East squad that faced Canada West to try to represent the nation at the Danone Nations Cup in South Africa. In 2014, Phillip was first involved in an official Canadian youth camp as a 16-year-old.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillip, Reshon 1998 births Living people Men's association football forwards Canadian men's soccer players Toronto FC II players League1 Ontario players USL Championship players Blue Devils FC players Indian Hills Warriors athletes Master's FA players Toronto FC players Simcoe County Rovers FC players North Mississauga SC players Canadian people of Grenadian descent Soccer players from Brampton ProStars FC players