Jason Massie

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jason Massie

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1984|1|13}}

| birth_place = Liverpool, England

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| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

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| youthyears1 = 1996–2004

| youthclubs1 = Liverpool

| youthyears2 = 2007–2008

| youthclubs2 = Rio Grande Red Storm

| years1 = 2005–2006

| clubs1 = Prescot Cables

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| goals1 =

| years2 = 2007–2008

| clubs2 = Cape Cod Crusaders

| caps2 = 30

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2009

| clubs3 = Harrisburg City Islanders

| caps3 = 13

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2010

| clubs4 = GPS Portland Phoenix

| caps4 = 15

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2010–2011

| clubs5 = Marine

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| years6 = 2010–2011

| clubs6 = → Prescot Cables (loan)

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| years7 = 2011–2012

| clubs7 = GPS Portland Phoenix

| caps7 = 28

| goals7 = 6

| years8 = 2013

| clubs8 = Kingston FC

| caps8 = 20

| goals8 = 10

| years9 = 2014

| clubs9 = Cataraqui Clippers

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| totalcaps = 106

| totalgoals = 22

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Jason Massie (born 13 September 1984) is an English former footballer.

Career

=College and amateur=

Massie was a member of the schoolboy academy at storied English football club Liverpool, working his way from the U12 team to play a few times with the club's reserves.

After a short stint with English non-league side Prescot Cables in the Northern Premier League, Massie moved to the United States to attend and play college soccer at the University of Rio Grande. He earned NAIA All-Region honors in 2007 and All-Conference accolades in 2007 and 2008, and was also an Honorable Mention All-American both years.

During his college years Massie also played in the USL Premier Development League with the Cape Cod Crusaders.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/roster/22306.html |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |access-date=9 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517144830/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/roster/22306.html |archive-date=17 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}

=Professional=

Massie turned professional in 2009 when he signed with the Harrisburg City Islanders in the USL Second Division.{{Cite web |url=http://usl2.uslsoccer.com/transactions/318998.html |title=Harrisburg signs six for 2009 |access-date=9 October 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720014656/http://usl2.uslsoccer.com/transactions/318998.html |archive-date=20 July 2012 |url-status=dead }} He made his professional debut on 18 April 2009 in Harrisburg's opening day 2–2 tie with the Richmond Kickers,{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2009/1052035.html |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |accessdate=2013-04-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004045709/http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2009/1052035.html |archivedate= 4 October 2012 }} and went on to make 13 appearances for the team before being released at the end of the season.

Having been unable to secure a professional contract elsewhere, Massie signed to play with USL Premier Development League expansion franchise GPS Portland Phoenix in 2010;{{cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/20204270.html#ROSTER |title= United Soccer Leagues (USL)|website=www.uslsoccer.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020020911/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/20204270.html |archive-date=20 October 2014}} the Phoenix are owned by the same parent company that ran the Cape Cod Crusaders.

After a brief stint back in England playing Northern Premier League side Marine, Massie returned to play for GPS Portland Phoenix in 2011. On 19 February 2013 he signed with Kingston FC of the Canadian Soccer League.{{Cite web|url=http://kingstonfc.ca/massie-murphy-sign-with-kingston-fc/|title=Massie, Murphy sign with Kingston FC - Kingston FC - The Official Website of Kingston's Professional Men's Soccer Club|date=2013-02-20|website=Kingston FC - The Official Website of Kingston's Professional Men's Soccer Club|language=en-US|accessdate=2016-05-01}} During his tenure with Kingston he helped the club clinch the regular season championship. In the playoffs the club reached the CSL Championship finals where they faced SC Waterloo, but were defeated by a score of 3–1.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports13/13csl149.htm|title=November 3, 2013 CSL Final--Kingston FC vs SC waterloo (by Rocket Robin)|last=Glover|first=Robin|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|accessdate=2016-05-01}} On 1 May 2015 he signed with Cataraqui Clippers of League1 Ontario.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thewhig.com/2014/05/01/clippers-set-to-debut-in-new-league|title=Clippers set to debut in new league|last=Graham|first=Doug|website=The Kingston Whig-Standard|accessdate=2016-05-01}}

=International=

Massie played for the England U17s team, but has never played for any of his country's senior teams.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

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