Troy Ready (born May 15, 1980) is a former American soccer player who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

and the current head coach of Vancouver Victory. After his professional career with the Timbers, Ready moved to Tajikistan where he played professionally for

Vakhsh Qurghonteppa , founded = (renamed FC Khatlon) , ground = Tsentralnyi StadiumBokhtar, Tajikistan , capacity = 10,000 , chairman = , manager = Asliddin Khabibullaev , league = Tajikistan Higher League , season = 2021 , position = 5th , pat ...

and later headed up the development of football in

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

, before returning to Portland Timbers as a chaplain.

Career

Youth

Ready attended Mead Senior High School. While in high school, he played for the

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of the

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, continuing with the team through his collegiate career. In 1999, he entered the

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where he played on the men’s soccer team. He redshirted his junior season after breaking his leg during the 2001 pre-season.

Professional

On December 17, 2003, the Seattle Sounders selected Ready in the first round of the

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draft. The Sounders did not sign him as he decided to pursue trials with teams in Norway. Ready was wanted by Clubs

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and

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of the Norway's Professional League, but was unable to obtain a work permit. At the end of this year, he returned to the Spokane Shadow. Ready played with the Shadow for eight years and tallied more appearances than anyone in club history.

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. In 2005, he moved to the

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of the PDL, playing eleven games. On March 30, 2006, Ready signed with the

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of the

. He played three seasons before needing a surgery. Ready moved to

in 2009, signing with

with whom he won the

Tajik League The Ligai Olii Tojikiston ( Tajik: ''Лигаи Олии Тоҷикистон'') or Tajikistan Higher League ( fa, لیگ عالی فوتبال تاجیکستان, Russian: ''Высшая лига Таджикистана'') is the top division ...

with in

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, before returning to the USA after four seasons.

Administrative

In the autumn of 2010, Ready struck a deal with his former club

, to supply Vakhsh's youth teams with sports equipment. In February 2013, Ready was appointed as Technical Director of the

Tajikistan Football Federation The Tajikistan Football Federation (russian: Федерация футбола Таджикистана; tg, Федеросиюни футболи Тоҷикистон, Federosijuni futboli Toçikiston, or FFT) is the governing body of football i ...

. In this role, Ready has expanded the number of youth clubs to 18, 12 male and 6 female, and also opened a national goalkeeper academy.

Managerial

On 16 February 2017, Ready was appointed as manager of

Evergreen Premier League The Evergreen Premier League (EPLWA) is an amateur men's soccer league in the U.S. state of Washington affiliated with the United States Adult Soccer Association. The league was established in 2013 and is contested by ten teams— eight from W ...

side Vancouver Victory.

Honors

;Vakhsh Qurghonteppa *

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References

External links

Portland Timbers profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ready, Troy 1980 births Living people American men's soccer players American expatriate men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders Cascade Surge players Sportspeople from Spokane, Washington Portland Timbers (2001–2010) players Soccer players from Washington (state) Spokane Shadow players USL League Two players USL First Division players USISL players Washington Huskies men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Tajikistan FC Khatlon players Tajikistan Higher League players