Josh Wolff
Wolff playing for D.C. United in 2011
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| Full name | Joshua David Wolff | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | February 25, 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Columbus Crew SC (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1995–1997 | South Carolina Gamecocks | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1998–2002 | Chicago Fire | 84 | (32) | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | → MLS Pro-40 (loan) | 18 | (12) | ||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Kansas City Wizards | 80 | (27) | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | 1860 Munich | 34 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Kansas City Wizards | 64 | (16) | ||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | D.C. United | 39 | (5) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 319 | (94) | |||||||||||||
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| 1997 | United States U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | United States U23 | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 1999–2008 | United States | 52 | (9) | ||||||||||||
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| 2012–2013 | D.C. United (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Columbus Crew SC (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Joshua David "Josh" Wolff (born February 25, 1977) is a retired American soccer player who now works as an assistant coach for Columbus Crew SC of Major League Soccer.
Born in Stone Mountain, Georgia, Wolff played three years of college soccer at the University of South Carolina, where he scored 21 goals and eight assists in 43 games. He played at South Carolina with future United States national team star Clint Mathis. In addition, Wolff played and captained varsity soccer at Parkview High School, Lilburn, Georgia.
After his junior season, Wolff left college and signed with Major League Soccer. MLS assigned Wolff to the Chicago Fire. He set the MLS rookie scoring record (together with Jeff Cunningham, since broken by Damani Ralph) by scoring eight goals, doing so in just 14 games with only four starts. Wolff played the following four seasons for the Fire, scoring 24 goals, but suffered through multiple injuries.
Before the 2003 MLS Superdraft, the Fire traded Wolff, in a cost-cutting move, to the Kansas City Wizards in exchange for the third overall pick, which the Fire used to select Nate Jaqua. Wolff missed most of the 2003 season due to injuries. He rebounded in 2004 by scoring ten goals and seven assists during the season. Wolff scored his first career playoff goal on a penalty kick during the MLS Cup 2004. He scored ten goals and ten assists in 2005.
In September 2006, Wolff had a try out with English Championship club Derby County. The team was pleased enough with his performance to offer MLS a $500,000 transfer fee. However, British immigration officials denied Wolff a work permit based on the fact he had failed to play the required 75% of the U.S. national team's games in the previous two years.
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