Donald Cogsville
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| Don Cogsville | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Donald Cogsville | |
| Date of birth | ||
| Place of birth | Trenton, New Jersey, United States | |
| Playing position | Forward / Midfielder / Defender | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1984-1988 | UNC-Chapel Hill | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1988-1990 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | |
| National team | ||
| 1988 | United States | 6 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Donald P. Cogsville, Jr., (born in Trenton, New Jersey) is a former U.S. soccer player who earned six caps with the U.S. national team in 1988. He currently runs the Cogsville Group.
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[edit] Youth and college
Cogsiville, the son of Donald Cogsville, former president of the Harlem Urban Development Corporation, grew up in New Jersey where he attended Princeton Day School. After graduating in 1984, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill). He was part of the UNC Tar Heels soccer team from 1984 to 1988. During his four seasons at UNC, Cogsville played several positions, including defender in 1987 and forward in 1988. He was inducted into the Princeton Day School Hall of Fame in 1997.[1]
[edit] National team
Cogsville earned his first cap with the U.S. national team on January 10, 1988 in a loss to Guatemala. Over the next six months, he played five more times as either a defender or defensive midfielder. His last cap came in a 1-0 victory over Costa Rica on June 14, 1988.
[edit] Professional career
In 1988 Cogsville entered the professional ranks with the San Diego Sockers of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) after graduating from UNC. He played only two seasons before knee injuries forced him to retire in 1990.
[edit] Investment professional
After retiring from playing, he entered Rutgers University where he studied law. His excellent grades at Rutgers led to a job at Skadden Arps, a dominant global law firm. After three years with Skadden, he left the legal profession to become a junk bond investment banker with Merrill Lynch. In 2002, he left Merrill Lynch to form his own investment company, RCM Saratoga Capital. In January 2006, he sold his company and formed the Cogsville Group, a company which makes and guides “principal investments in primarily urban markets around the United States.”[2]
