Sheanon Williams

Sheanon Williams

Personal information
Full name	Sheanon Antoine Williams[1]
Date of birth	(1990-03-17) March 17, 1990
Place of birth	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Philadelphia Union
Number	25
Youth career
?-2005	FCGB Bolts
2005–2007	IMG Soccer Academy
2008	North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008–2009	Carolina Dynamo	23	(8)
2010	Harrisburg City Islanders	19	(3)
2010–	Philadelphia Union	130	(7)
National team‡
2007	United States U17	4	(0)
2009	United States U20	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2015. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 July 2014

Sheanon Antoine Williams (born March 17, 1990 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American soccer player, currently playing for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer.

Career

College and amateur

Williams attended The Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts and played club soccer for FC Greater Boston Bolts before being offered a place at the IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton, Florida in 2005 as a member of the U.S. Under-17 National Team Residency Program. He earned NSCAA/adidas Youth All-America honors in 2006 and 2007, and was named to the 2007 PARADE High School All-America squad.

Williams enrolled at the University of North Carolina in January 2008, and subsequently played one year of college soccer for the Tar Heels, before leaving school a year early to attempt to secure a professional contract in Europe.

Despite performing well on trial with teams such as Vfl Wolfsburg,^[2] Williams was unable to secure a contract, and returned to the United States in 2009. He played with the Carolina Dynamo of the USL Premier Development League, earning All-Eastern Conference honors after scoring six goals and 16 points in 12 games.

Professional

After training with Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake during the latter half of 2009 and early 2010,^[3] Williams turned professional in 2010 when he joined the Harrisburg City Islanders in the USL Second Division. He made his professional debut, and scored his first professional goal, on April 17, 2010 in Harrisburg's opening day 2-2 tie with the Richmond Kickers.^[4] After training with the Philadelphia Union, Williams eventually signed with the team on August 31, 2010.^[5] In Week 7 of the 2011 MLS season, Williams was named to the MLS Team of the Week for his performance against the San Jose Earthquakes.^[6] He again gained Team of the Week honors in Week 16 of the season.^[7]

In February 2012, Philadelphia signed Williams to a contract extension through the 2015 season.^[8]

International

Williams played with the US National U-17 team from 2005 to 2007, and was a member of the United States squad at the 2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament and the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea. He moved on to play for the US National U-20 team in 2008, and played at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.

Career statistics

Club

Updated December 31, 2013

See also

• List of current MLS players

References

External links

• MLS player profile
• FIFA statistics