Joel John Bailey

{{Short description|Canadian association football player (born 1980)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Joel Bailey

| image = Joel J Bailey 1.jpg

| image_size = 175px

| caption =

| fullname = Joel John Bailey

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|2|17}}

| birth_place = San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 =

| college1 = Wheeling Jesuit Cardinals

| years1 = 2003–2005

| years2 = 2004–2006

| years3 = 2005–2006

| years4 = 2007

| years5 = 2007

| clubs1 = Cleveland Force (indoor)

| clubs2 = Montreal Impact

| clubs3 = Baltimore Blast (indoor)

| clubs4 = Vancouver Whitecaps

| clubs5 = Carolina RailHawks

| caps1 = 40

| caps2 = 43

| caps3 = 33

| caps4 = 14

| caps5 = 6

| goals1 = 14

| goals2 = 6

| goals3 = 12

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 1

| totalcaps = 136

| totalgoals = 33

| nationalyears1 = 2007

| nationalteam1 = Trinidad and Tobago

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Joel John Bailey (born February 17, 1980) is a Canadian forward who last played for the Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division. He played three seasons in Major Indoor Soccer League.

Club career

=Indoor=

File:Joel Bailey indoor.jpg

Bailey began his indoor soccer career in 2003 with the now defunct Cleveland Force of Major Indoor Soccer League. On March 29, 2005, the Force traded Bailey and Sipho Sibiya to the Baltimore Blast for Neil Gilbert and Allen Eller.{{Cite web |url=http://www.misl.net/news/?cat=1&id=3985 |title=March 29, 2005 Blast Press Release |access-date=5 April 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110516213557/http://www.misl.net/news/?cat=1&id=3985 |archive-date=16 May 2011 |url-status=dead }} During the 2005–2006 season, Bailey played twenty-nine games with the MISL championship winning Blast and he left indoor soccer at the end of the season.{{Cite web |url=http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/misl06.txt |title=MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL REPORT – 2005-2006 |access-date=23 October 2008 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063931/http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/misl06.txt |url-status=dead }}

=Outdoor=

File:Joel John Bailey Impact.jpg

He began his outdoor career with the Montreal Impact in 2004 where he finished fourth in scoring and helped the Impact win the championship. In 2005, he signed a two-year contract, but was waived at the end of the 2006 season.File:Joel Bailey training.jpg He signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2007, and was traded mid-season to the RailHawks in exchange for Sola Abolaji.

International career

Bailey made his debut for Trinidad and Tobago in a January 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifying match against Martinique, coming on as a substitute for Darryl Roberts. He has earned a total of 4 caps.