Roy Lassiter
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roy Lee Lassiter | ||
| Date of birth | March 9, 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1988 | Athens Drive | ||
| 1989 | Raleigh United | ||
| 1989 | Lees-McRae College | ||
| 1990–1992 | NC State Wolfpack | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1993 | Turrialba | 25 | (1) |
| 1993–1994 | Carmelita | 30 | (7) |
| 1994–1996 | Alajuelense | 43 | (17) |
| 1996–1998 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 60 | (37) |
| 1996–1997 | → Genoa (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | D.C. United | 55 | (36) |
| 2000 | Miami Fusion | 27 | (8) |
| 2001–2002 | Kansas City Wizards | 25 | (7) |
| 2002 | D.C. United | 12 | (0) |
| 2003 | Virginia Beach Mariners | 25 | (7) |
| 2004 | Laredo Heat | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 315 | (120) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–2000 | United States | 34 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2005 | Dripping Springs SC (Dir. of Coaching) | ||
| 2005–2008 | Austin United Capitals (Dir. of Coaching) | ||
| 2009–2014 | Albion SC (Dir. of Advancement) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Arsenal F.C U.S (U-16 Academy Coach) | ||
| 2016–present | Pacific Northwest Soccer Club (Boys Director/College Coordinator) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Roy Lassiter (born March 9, 1969) is a retired American soccer striker. He is the father of LA Galaxy player Ariel Lassiter.
Lassiter was born in Washington, D.C., but grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina where he attended Athens Drive High School. He was the North Carolina State 4-A Player of the Year as a senior and a high school All-American. That year, he led his high school soccer team to the state championship while scoring a state record 47 goals. He also played for a local youth club, 69 Raleigh Rockets, which beat to the LaJolla Nomads 3-0, Roy scored all three goals, in the 1986 Noitis National Club Championship Cup. Lost in the 1886 Southern Regional Finals, in Plano TX, to the Dallas Titans 3-2, before the McGuire Cup. Lassiter attended Lees-McRae College in 1987, won the D3 National Championship 1988. He then transferred to North Carolina State University in 1989, where he was a 1991 First Team All-ACC and All South.
While convalesing, Lassiter was contacted by Turrialba from Costa Rica in 1992. As Lassiter recalls it, "I have no idea how they got my name. They paid for my trip down there while still recovering from my leg injury, and I signed a contract." He also played for Carmelita and in summer 1995, Alajuelense sold him to Major League Soccer.
In 1996, Lassiter won the top goalscorer award in Major League Soccer, scoring 27 goals for Tampa Bay Mutiny, after when he was loaned for 6 months to Italian Serie B side Genoa. Lassiter was traded to D.C. United in 1998 for Roy Wegerle. He played two seasons in DC, winning the MLS Cup in 1999. Lassiter was traded to the Miami Fusion in 2000 due to salary cap, to the Kansas City Wizards in 2001, and back to DC in the middle of the 2002 season. He ended his MLS career with 88 regular season goals, a record surpassed in 2004 by Jason Kreis. Lassiter added 13 goals in MLS playoffs and is 3rd in that category behind Carlos Ruiz and Landon Donovan. He ended his professional career with A-League's Virginia Beach Mariners in 2003 as player/assistant coach, but played a few games with Laredo Heat of the Premier Development League and the exhibition Austin Posse in 2004 to help promote their clubs. 262
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