Darren Mattocks

Darren Dimitri Mattocks (born 2 September 1990) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Jamaica national football team.

Darren Mattocks
Mattocks with Vancouver Whitecaps Reserves in 2012
Personal information
Full name Darren Dimitri Mattocks[1]
Date of birth (1990-09-02) 2 September 1990[2]
Place of birth Portmore, Jamaica
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Akron Zips 47 (39)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 93 (19)
2016–2017 Portland Timbers 43 (5)
2018 D.C. United 25 (10)
2019 FC Cincinnati 21 (3)
National team‡
2012– Jamaica 50 (18)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:54, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:27, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

College career

Mattocks played for the University of Akron where he made 47 appearances and scored 39 goals over two years. He was nominated for several awards during his tenure, including one to the first-year All-American teams by several different media outlets.

Professional career

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Mattocks was selected by Vancouver Whitecaps FC with the second overall pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft.[3]

He made his club debut on opening day against the Montreal Impact coming off the bench. Soon after his club debut he suffered severe burns from a cooking accident and missed almost two months before returning to the line-up on 9 May against FC Edmonton when he scored his first goal for the Whitecaps in the 93rd minute.

Mattocks scored his first MLS goal on 26 May 2012 against the Portland Timbers. Mattocks scored six goals in his first nine MLS appearances in 2012.[4] In the Whitecaps' first ever playoff game versus the LA Galaxy, Mattocks scored the first ever playoff goal for the Vancouver Whitecaps in the fourth minute of play. He earned the team's Golden Boot award that year with seven goals.

Portland Timbers

Mattocks was traded in March 2016 to Portland Timbers in exchange for targeted allocation money and general allocation money.[5]

D.C. United

On 10 December 2017, Mattocks, after having his contract option rejected by Portland, was traded to D.C. United in exchange for an international roster slot. D.C. United exercised Mattocks' option for 2018,[6] but he lost his starting role after Wayne Rooney arrived in the mid-summer as a Designated Player.[7]

On 11 March 2018, Mattocks scored his first MLS regular season goal for D.C. United. He scored the only goal for D.C. United in the 3–1 loss against Atlanta United.[8] In his time with DC United, he appeared in 25 games and scored 10 goals.

FC Cincinnati

In December 2018, Mattocks was drafted by FC Cincinnati in the 2018 MLS Expansion Draft.[9]

In February 2020, Cincinnati head coach Ron Jans resigned following allegations of racist behaviour after the MLS Players Association received a complaint from a player. The MLSPA did not publicly identify the complainant, but some Dutch media outlets speculated that it was Mattocks.[10][11]

International career

Mattocks made his international debut for Jamaica in 2012, coming on in the 55th minute in a 2–0 win over El Salvador.[12] He scored three times during the 2014 Caribbean Cup, making him the tournament's joint top scorer, as Jamaica won the tournament for the sixth time.

In 2015, Mattocks was included in Jamaica's squads for the Copa América and CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments. On 22 July 2015, Mattocks scored the opening goal in the 2–1 semi-final victory over the United States in Atlanta, Georgia, as the Reggae Boyz qualified for their first ever Gold Cup final.[13] He also scored in the 3–1 defeat to Mexico in the final in Philadelphia.[14]

Personal life

Mattocks received his U.S. green card in May 2014, which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of 20 August 2018
Club Season League League Cup Domestic Cup CONCACAF Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vancouver Whitecaps 2012 217113100259
2013 203004000243
2014 306000000306
2015 223204130314
Total 9319311123011022
Portland Timbers 2016 19 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 1
2017 24 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 2
Total 43 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 47 5
D.C. United 2018 20 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 9
Career total 15834511323017936

International goals
Score and result list Jamaica's goal tally first.[12]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 March 2014Barbados National Stadium, Saint Michael, Barbados Barbados1–02–0Friendly
2.5 March 2014Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia Saint Lucia2–0
5–0
3.
4–0
4.12 November 2014Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica Martinique1–01–12014 Caribbean Cup
5.14 November 2014 Antigua and Barbuda2–03–0
6.16 November 2014 Haiti2–02–0
7.27 March 2015 Venezuela2–12–1Friendly
8.31 March 2015 Cuba3–03–0
9.23 July 2015Georgia Dome, Atlanta, United States United States1–02–12015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
10.26 July 2015Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, United States Mexico1–31–32015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
11.5 September 2015Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica Nicaragua
2–3
2–3
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.8 September 2015Dennis Martínez National Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua
1–0
2–0
13.9 July 2017Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States Curaçao2–02–02017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
14.16 July 2017Alamodome, San Antonio, United States El Salvador1–11–1
15.9 September 2018Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica Cayman Islands1–0
4–0
2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
16.
3–0
17.17 November 2018Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica Suriname2–02–1
18.30 June 2019Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, United States Panama1–01–02019 CONCACAF Gold Cup

References
  1. "Reggae Boyz squad for Copa America". Jamaica Football Federation. 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  2. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Darren MATTOCKS". Static.fifa.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. "Whitecaps grab confident, speedy striker Darren Mattocks in MLS draft". vancouversun.com. The Vancouver Sun. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  4. Peck, Brooks. "Darren Mattocks brings high jump to MLS with header against Toronto | Dirty Tackle - Yahoo! Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  5. "Portland Timbers acquire attacker Darren Mattocks from Vancouver Whitecaps FC". Timbers.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  6. "United acquire forward Darren Mattocks". D.C. United. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  7. "Wayne Rooney strikes again — twice — as D.C. United beats Portland". Washington Post. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  8. "Goal: Darren Mattocks scores first regular season goal for United | D.C. United".
  9. "2018 Expansion Draft results: FC Cincinnati pick, trade big names". MLSsoccer.com. 11 December 2018.
  10. "Wilde Darren Mattocks wraak nemen door Ron Jans erbij te lappen?". Telegraaf (in Dutch). 18 February 2020.
  11. "Jans vergeleek Cincinnati-speler met basketballer: 'Werd als beledigend gezien'". www.voetbalprimeur.nl (in Dutch).
  12. "CFD Profile". Caribbean Football Database. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  13. "Jamaica stuns USA 2-1 in Gold Cup semifinals, reaches first final". Sports Illustrated. 22 July 2015.
  14. "Mexico defeats Jamaica in Gold Cup final". Yahoo. 27 July 2015.
  15. "Whitecaps FC striker Darren Mattocks obtains United States Green Card". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
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