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Line 1: {{short description\|American soccer player}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox football biography \| name = Jon Okafor \| image = Oke footy 24.jpg \| fullname = Jonathan Okafor \| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1989\|8\|25}} \| birth_place = [[Verona, New Jersey]], United States<ref>[http://www.soccertimes.com/americans/list.htm Americans Playing Abroad] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930234419/http://www.soccertimes.com/americans/list.htm \|date=September 30, 2016 }}, Soccer Times, as of September 15, 2013. Accessed November 1, 2013. "Jonathan Okafor – midfielder – MYPA – Verona, N.J."</ref> \| height = {{convert\|1.85\|m\|abbr=on}} \| currentclub = \| clubnumber = \| position = [[Midfielder (association football)\|Midfielder]] \| ~~youthyears1~~ collegeyears1 = 2007–2010 \| ~~youthclubs1~~ college1 = [[Brown Bears men's soccer\|Brown Bears]] \| years1 = 2010 \| clubs1 = [[Central Jersey Spartans]] \| caps1 = 46 \| goals1 = 02 \| years2 = 2013 \| clubs2 = [[MYPA]] Line 41 ⟶ 42: ===College and amateur=== Okafor played four years of [[College soccer in the United States\|college soccer]] at [[Brown University]] between 2007 and 2010. Brown soccer team won the Ivy League Conference and went ~~7-0~~7–0 in 2007. In 2010, Brown also reached the Sweet 16 round in the NCAA tournament. <ref>{{cite web \|author= \|url=http://brownbears.com/sports/m-soccer/2010-11/bios/okafor%20jon00.html \|title=Jon Okafor – Brown \|publisher=Brownbears.com \|date= \|accessdate=2013-09-05}}</ref> During his time at college, Okafor also played for [[USL PDL]] club [[Central Jersey Spartans]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/20204266.html#STATS \|title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) \|publisher=Uslsoccer.com ~~\|date=~~ \|accessdate=2013-09-05 \|~~deadurl~~url-status=~~yes~~dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727234802/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/20204266.html \|archivedate=July 27, 2013 ~~\|df=~~ }}</ref> ===Professional career=== Okafor was drafted 40th overall by [[Chivas USA]] in the [[2011 MLS SuperDraft]]. However, he wasn't signed by the team due to contract disputes. Okafor signed his first professional contract in February 2013, when he joined [[Finland\|Finnish]] club [[MYPA]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-soccer/2012-13/releases/201302065cgcxm \|title=Former Men's Soccer Standout Jon Okafor '11 Signs Contract with MyPa of the Finnish First Division – Brown \|publisher=Brownbears.com \|date=2013-02-06 \|accessdate=2013-09-05 \|archive-date=October 7, 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007003847/http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-soccer/2012-13/releases/201302065cgcxm \|url-status=dead }}</ref> He went on to play for Arizona United in the USL and was a standout player with the squad before moving to Atlanta Silverbacks in the NASL. ==References== Line 54 ⟶ 57: [[Category:1989 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American men's soccer players]] [[Category:American expatriate men's soccer players]] [[Category:Brown Bears men's soccer players]] [[Category:Central Jersey Spartans players]] [[Category:~~MyPa~~Myllykosken Pallo −47 players]] [[Category:Phoenix Rising FC players]] [[Category:Atlanta Silverbacks FC players]] [[Category:People from Verona, New Jersey]] [[Category:Soccer players from Essex County, New Jersey]] ~~[[Category:Sportspeople from Essex County, New Jersey]]~~ [[Category:Chivas USA draft picks]] [[Category:USL League Two players]] [[Category:Veikkausliiga players]] [[Category:~~United~~USL ~~Soccer League~~Championship players]] [[Category:North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players]] [[Category:~~Association~~Expatriate ~~football~~men's ~~midfielders~~footballers in Finland]] [[Category:Men's association football midfielders]] [[Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Finland]]