Ricardo Pierre-Louis (born November 2, 1984) is a

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

an soccer player, currently playing for Magic Soccer Academy Verrettes in 3rd division in Haiti. He is also the club owner.

Career

College and amateur

Pierre-Louis played

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Lee University Lee University is a private Christian university in Cleveland, Tennessee. It was originally the Church of God Bible Training School, a small Bible institute founded in 1918 with twelve students and one teacher, Nora I. Chambers. The school gr ...

, where he was a three-time all-Southern States Athletic Conference selection in 2005, 2006 and 2007, the SSAC Newcomer of the Year in 2005, a two-time NAIA Region XIII Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007, a two-time NAIA first team all-American in 2006 and 2007, a NAIA Player of the Year in 2007, and Lee University's Athlete of the Year in 2005, 2006 and 2007 . In 2007, he also played for the

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in the

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Professional

Icon at Cavaly as Club Leogane Haiti. scored 34 goals, in 54 games with Cavaly. Ricardo is scary to rivalry Valencia defenders like Massillon, Smith Charmand and so forth. Pierre-Louis was drafted in the second round (22nd overall) in the

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by the

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, he was part of the team that won the supporter shields and the MLS Cup that year, Pierre-Louis was waived by the crew and signed with the Cleveland City stars soon after. He signed with the

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of the

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on March 17, 2009.Stars Sign Haitian National Team Member Ricardo Pierre-Louis From MLS Champions
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Coaching career

Pierre-Louis begun his coaching career soon after early retirement from pro soccer. Pierre-Louis started Magic Soccer F.C,a successful youth soccer club in Bismarck, ND. Pierre-Louis is a USFF “B” licensed coach. magic soccerskills.com Pierre-Louis is a collegiate assistant coach. He has been the assistant coach at the university of Mary, NCAA II, since 2014.Umary mauraders.com

International

Pierre-Louis won Caribbean championships with the Haitian national U-17 and U-20 teams, was captain of the Haitian national U-20 team, and was a member of the senior Haiti squad which took part in the

2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean ( CONCACAF), and was won by the United States over Mexico. It was contested in the United States fro ...

International goals

:''Scores and results list Haiti's goal tally first.''

References

External links

Cleveland City Stars bio

MLS player profile

Profile at HaitiFoot.com
1984 births Living people Cavaly AS players Cape Cod Crusaders players Cleveland City Stars players Columbus Crew players Haitian footballers Haitian expatriate footballers USL First Division players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players USL League Two players Columbus Crew draft picks Haiti men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Haitian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States Lee Flames men's soccer players {{Haiti-footy-bio-stub