Darrius Barnes

Darrius Barnes (born December 24, 1986) is a retired American soccer player. He played the majority of his professional career for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer, the top flight of professional soccer in the United States. He primarily played defender.

Darrius Barnes
Barnes in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-12-24) December 24, 1986
Place of birth Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2005–2008 Duke Blue Devils
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Raleigh CASL Elite 11 (2)
2007–2008 Cary RailHawks U23's 27 (1)
2009–2016 New England Revolution 129 (2)
2017 New York Cosmos 13 (0)
Total 180 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:16, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Career

Youth and College

Barnes played high school soccer at Southeast Raleigh High School, in Raleigh, North Carolina. He started for Varsity all four years. His senior year he helped his team to reach the conference finals and defeat a tough Broughton High School team to claim the school's first ever conference championship. His merits include TAAC All-Conference 2005.[1]

Barnes played college soccer at Duke University. During his college years Barnes also played with Raleigh CASL Elite and Cary RailHawks U23's in the USL Premier Development League.[2]

Professional

Barnes was drafted in the third round (40th overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by New England Revolution. He made his professional debut on 21 March 2009, in New England's first game of the 2009 MLS season against the San Jose Earthquakes.[3] He became the second rookie in the history of MLS to play every minute of every game, following in the footsteps of former Revs center back Michael Parkhurst, who was the first to accomplish the feat in 2005.

Following his release from New England at the end of the 2016 season, Barnes joined North American Soccer League side New York Cosmos on March 24, 2017.[4]

On December 15, 2017, Barnes announced his retirement from playing professional soccer.[5]

Post-playing career

After retiring from active play, Barnes joined the Major League Soccer offices and as of June, 2020 was working for the league in marketing.[6]

References
  1. "Duke University 2008 Player Profile". goduke.com. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-03-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2009-03-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.nycosmos.com/news/2017/03/24/cosmos-ink-versatile-defender-darrius-barnes
  5. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bcuva7WHqBL/
  6. Bird, Hayden. "Revolution players and staff held a roundtable discussion about racial injustice. Here's what they had to say". boston.com. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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