Stephen Armstrong

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1976|07|23}}

| birth_place = Birkenhead, England

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| position = Forward

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| youthyears1 = 1996–1999

| youthclubs1 = Butler Bulldogs

| years1 = 1998–2000

| clubs1 = Mid-Michigan Bucks

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| years2 = 2000

| clubs2 = Västra Frölunda

| caps2 = 12

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2000–2001

| clubs3 = Watford

| caps3 = 3

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2001

| clubs4 = D.C. United

| caps4 = 15

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2002–2003

| clubs5 = Kansas City Wizards

| caps5 = 55

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2004

| clubs6 = Michigan Bucks

| caps6 = 5

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2005

| clubs7 = Columbus Crew

| caps7 = 7

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2006–2011

| clubs8 = Charleston Battery

| caps8 = 118

| goals8 = 26

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Stephen Armstrong (born 23 July 1976) is an English former footballer who spent the majority of his career with clubs in the United States.

Career

=College and amateur=

Armstrong was born in Birkenhead, England and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. He came to the United States to attend Butler University in Indiana and finished as the school's third all-time leading scorer with 43 goals and 16 assists. During his college career Armstrong also played for the Mid-Michigan Bucks in the Premier Development League.

[http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/transactions/129194.html Battery re-sign Alavanja] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130153047/http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/transactions/129194.html |date=30 November 2006 }}

=Professional=

Armstrong was selected in the second round – 13th overall – of the 2000 MLS SuperDraft by D.C. United{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2000/02/06/superdraft_roundup/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817020927/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2000/02/06/superdraft_roundup/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 August 2000 | publisher=CNN| title=MetroStars take Shak No. 1 at MLS SuperDraft | date=7 February 2000}} but he decided to begin his professional career in Sweden with Västra Frölunda instead before moving to English First Division side Watford on a free transfer in October 2000. He made three appearances for the club, all as a substitute, before being released at the end of the 2000–01 season.[http://www.bsad.org/gone/armstrng2.html Gone but not forgotten: Stephen Armstrong]

He eventually returned to play for D.C. United, sixteen-months after the draft.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2001/08/15/armstrong-on-hand-hasnt-quite-arrived/c5bc983d-860d-4b1c-963a-8cf5c4c06bc6/?noredirect=on|title=Armstrong on Hand, Hasn't Quite Arrived|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=15 August 2001|accessdate=4 February 2019}} Armstrong was traded to Kansas City for Brandon Prideaux on 11 January 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3114841|title=D.C. United Re-signs Brandon Prideaux|publisher=OurSports Central|date=7 January 2005|accessdate=3 December 2017}} He spent two years with the Wizards, appearing in regular season and playoff each year.

Armstrong missed the 2004 Major League Soccer season while recovering from ACL surgery on his right knee.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} He joined the Columbus Crew in 2005. At the beginning of the 2006 season Armstrong signed with A-League club Charleston Battery, where he would spend the remainder of his outdoor career, and served as an assistant coach during his final season with the club.

Honours

Charleston Battery

USL Second Division: 2010
USL Second Division Regular Season: 2010

Individual

MISL Rookie of the Year: 2006–07

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20060726171815/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/team_roster.asp?pid=1645 Charleston Battery bio]
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Category:1976 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Birkenhead

Category:Butler Bulldogs men's soccer players

Category:Charleston Battery players

Category:Chicago Storm (MISL) players

Category:Columbus Crew players

Category:D.C. United players

Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States

Category:English men's footballers

Category:English people of Scottish descent

Category:English people of South African descent