Harrison Heath
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Harrison Heath
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Harrison William Heath
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1996|03|06}}
| birth_place = Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
| height =
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2011–2012
| youthclubs1 = Houston Dynamo
| youthyears2 = 2012–2014
| youthclubs2 = Norwich City
| years1 = 2012
| clubs1 = Orlando City U-23
| caps1 = 2
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2014
| clubs2 = Orlando City
| caps2 = 7
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2015–2016
| clubs3 = Orlando City
| caps3 = 6
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2016
| clubs4 = → Orlando City B (loan)
| caps4 = 12
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2017
| clubs5 = Atlanta United
| caps5 = 1
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2017
| clubs6 = → Sacramento Republic (loan)
| caps6 = 2
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2018
| clubs7 = Minnesota United
| caps7 = 4
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2019–2020
| clubs8 = Miami FC
| caps8 = 25
| goals8 = 0
| club-update = 4 October 2020
}}
Harrison William Heath (born 6 March 1996) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
=Youth career=
Heath played in the youth academy of Houston Dynamo from 2011 to 2012 before moving to England to play for Norwich City's academy from 2012 to 2014, where he was part of the U18 squad that won the 2013 FA Youth Cup. In between his time at Houston and Norwich, Heath played for Orlando City U-23 and took part in two games.
=Orlando City=
Heath signed his first professional contract with Orlando City on 17 July 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.veooz.com/news/OHKvI~A.html|title=Orlando City signs Harrison Heath, son of coach Adrian Heath | Veooz 360|publisher=veooz.com|accessdate=11 August 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140812040811/http://www.veooz.com/news/OHKvI~A.html|archivedate=12 August 2014}} This would be their last season in the United Soccer League before moving to Major League Soccer. During this final USL season, Heath appeared in 8 matches, starting 5 of them.{{Soccerway|harrison-william-heath/350249|accessdate=16 September 2019}}
The next season he was kept with the team as they made their inaugural campaign into Major League Soccer. Heath was able to make three appearances in each of the team's first two seasons in the league. However, in his second season in MLS he was loaned to Orlando's reserve team, Orlando City B in March 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2016/03/25/orlando-city-sc-loan-seven-players-ocb|title=Orlando City SC Loan Seven Players to OCB|work=Orlando City Soccer Club}} While with the reserves, Heath made 13 appearances in the USL.
=Atlanta and Minnesota=
On 11 December 2016 Heath was traded to Atlanta United FC by Orlando in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.{{Cite web|url=http://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2016/12/11/orlando-city-sc-trades-harrison-heath-atlanta-united-fc|title=Orlando City SC Trades Harrison Heath to Atlanta United FC|last=|first=|date=11 December 2016|website=|publisher=|access-date=11 December 2016}} Heath was subsequently loaned out to Sacramento Republic, where he made two appearances for the senior team. After only making one appearance for Atlanta, Heath was released by the team at the end of their 2017 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.atlutd.com/post/2017/11/20/atlanta-united-announce-year-end-roster-moves|title=Atlanta United announce year-end roster moves|date=20 November 2017|publisher=|accessdate=12 December 2017}}
On 10 December 2017, Heath was signed by Minnesota United where he was reunited with his father Adrian Heath. Minnesota sent a fourth-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft to Atlanta for the MLS rights to Heath.{{cite web |url=https://www.mnufc.com/post/2017/12/10/mnufc-signs-harrison-heath |title=MNUFC Signs Harrison Heath |publisher=Minnesota United FC |date=10 December 2017 |accessdate=11 December 2017}} Heath was only able to make four appearances for Minnesota, however, and was released at the end of Minnesota's 2018 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.mnufc.com/post/2018/11/26/mnufc-season-end-roster-update|title=MNUFC Season-End Roster Update|publisher=MLS|date=November 26, 2018|accessdate=November 26, 2018}}
=Miami FC=
Heath signed with the National Premier Soccer League's defending champions, Miami FC, on 20 February 2019.{{cite web |title=The Miami FC Signs Midfielder Harrison Heath to Roster |url=https://www.miamifc.com/news/2019/02/20/the-miami-fc-signs-midfielder-harrison-heath-to-roster |website=MiamiFC.com |accessdate=25 February 2019 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041926/https://www.miamifc.com/news/2019/02/20/the-miami-fc-signs-midfielder-harrison-heath-to-roster |url-status=dead }} Heath made four appearances during the 2019 NPSL season, which is only played during the summer, and the team successfully defended their title and won the league. Heath subsequently made the jump with the team to the inaugural season of the National Independent Soccer Association, however he did not make the bench for the team's first match against the Philadelphia Fury.
On 7 January 2020 it was announced that Heath re-signed with the team for the 2020 season, meaning that he would move with the team from NISA to the USL Championship.{{Cite web|url=http://www.miamifc.com/news/2020/01/07/four-return-to-the-miami-fc-for-2020-season|title=FOUR RETURN TO THE MIAMI FC FOR 2020 SEASON|website=www.miamifc.com|access-date=2020-01-08}}
Following several months away from playing Heath announced his retirement from professional football on 1 January 2022.
Personal life
Harrison Heath is the son of retired footballer and former head coach of Minnesota United FC, Adrian Heath.{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/soccer/blog/os-orlando-city-signs-harrison-heath-son-of-coach-adrian-heath-20140717,0,649269.post|title=Orlando City signs Harrison Heath, son of coach Adrian Heath – Orlando Sentinel|publisher=orlandosentinel.com|accessdate=11 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812214507/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/soccer/blog/os-orlando-city-signs-harrison-heath-son-of-coach-adrian-heath-20140717,0,649269.post|archive-date=12 August 2014|url-status=dead}} Harrison holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-city-lions/on-the-pitch/os-orlando-city-international-spots-green-cards-20140926-post.html|title=Orlando City sorts out international roster spots and green cards|author=Orlando Sentinel|date=26 September 2014|work=OrlandoSentinel.com}}
He married Kaylyn Kyle. They welcomed their first child in June 2018, Hayden Jack Heath.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BeOn7kTAVzY/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/kaylynkyle/1697469726801878232 |archive-date=25 December 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Kaylyn Kyle Heath on Instagram: "❤️ Baby Heath coming June 2018 ❤️ . . . . #expecting #pregnant #pregnantandperfect #pregnancyannouncement #pregnancy #fitpregnancy…"|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}
Career statistics
{{updated|4 October 2020|{{MLS player|harrison-heath}}}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|Cup{{efn|All appearances in the U.S. Open Cup}} !colspan=2|Continental !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Orlando City U-23
|2012{{cite web|url=http://soccerstats.us/bios/harrison-heath/|title=Harrison Heath at SoccerStats.us|website=SoccerStats.us|publisher=SoccerStats.us|accessdate=29 July 2020}} |PDL |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Orlando City (USL)
|2014 |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1{{efn|Appearance in the USL Cup playoffs|name=USLP}} | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| rowspan=3|Orlando City
|2015 |rowspan=2|MLS |3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2016
|3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 5 | 0 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Orlando City B (loan)
|2016 |USL |12 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1{{efn|name=USLP}} | 0 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Atlanta United
|2017 |MLS |1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sacramento Republic (loan)
|2017 |USL |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota United
|2018 |MLS |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| rowspan=4|Miami FC
|2019 |NPSL |4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 2{{efn|Appearances in the NPSL playoffs}} | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20
|NISA |5 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1{{efn|Appearance in the NISA playoffs}} | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2020
|USL Championship |16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 1 | |
| colspan=3|Career total
!59 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 2 |
{{notelist}}
Honours
;Orlando City
;Miami FC
References
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External links
{{Portal|Association football|Biography|Sports|Staffordshire}}
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- [https://www.miamifc.com/HarrisonHeath Miami FC profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003114907/https://www.miamifc.com/harrisonheath |date=3 October 2021 }}
- {{USL Championship player|harrison-heath}}
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Newcastle-under-Lyme
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Houston Dynamo FC players
Category:Orlando City U-23 players
Category:Norwich City F.C. players
Category:Orlando City SC (2010–2014) players
Category:Orlando City SC players
Category:Orlando City B players
Category:Atlanta United FC players
Category:Sacramento Republic FC players
Category:Minnesota United FC players
Category:Major League Soccer players
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Category:National Independent Soccer Association players
Category:National Premier Soccer League players
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Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
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