Jim Easton Jr.

James Easton
Personal information
Full name James Howatson Easton
Date of birth (1965-06-03) June 3, 1965
Place of birth Dumbarton, Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1981 Sutherland High School (Vancouver)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982 Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) 3 (0)
1982 Tampa Bay Rowdies 6 (0)
1984-1987 Dundee United
– New Westminster Q.P.R.
1987–1994 Vancouver 86ers 77 (24)
National team
1982 Canada U20 3 (0)
1987–1992 Canada 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

James Howatson Easton (born June 3, 1965) is a retired Canadian soccer midfielder who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, the Scottish First Division the Canadian Soccer League and for the Canada men's national team.

Senior career

Easton was drafted, as a 16-year-old, by the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the NASL on December 14, 1981 and had previously trained with Leicester City in England.[1] After training with Tampa Bay's reserve team in 1982 and in Brazil at São Paulo FC with three other young Rowdies' players,[2][3] Easton finally cracked the line-up with the Rowdies senior squad in 1983, making six appearances that season. Earlier in the year, he also appeared in several matches during Tampa Bay's indoor campaign, that had culminated with them winning the 1983 title.[4][5][6][7]

After the Rowdies folded in 1984 Easton signed with Dundee United FC of the Scottish First Division where he played three seasons. He later played for the New Westminster Q.P.R. squad that was runner-up for the 1987 Canadian national championship. He was selected as a 1987 CSL All-star for the Vancouver 86ers after netting 7 goals in the 20 match season.[8] Easton was also a part of the 86ers' 46-match unbeaten run (36 wins, 9 draws) that spanned parts of the 1988 and 1989 seasons and are now in the BC Hall of Fame.[9] In 77 career matches for the 86ers, he netted 24 goals, good for sixth all-time.[10]

National team

In 1982 at age 17, Easton appeared in 3 matches for the Canadian under 20 squad. Between 1987 and 1992 he appeared in six matches for the Canadian MNT.[11] He was considered by many to be the best purely technical player Canada ever produced, but numerous injuries cut his career short.[12]

Personal life

Easton holds an M.A. and an M.B.A., and as of 2011 is the Managing Director of the San Francisco-based ReThink Management Group, which focuses primarily on sports consulting.[13][14]

His father, Jim Easton, played for several Scottish sides, including Hibernian and Dundee, before playing one season in the NASL and later managing the original Vancouver Whitecaps during the Whitecaps' first two seasons.

In 2018, the upcoming Canadian Premier League announced that Easton had been named Vice-President of Soccer Operations.[15]

References

  1. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19811215&id=ZZ0cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F2gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6734,8536970
  2. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19821214&id=KnRIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q10DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6907,6168861
  3. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19820518&id=P6VOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PvsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4302,1126997
  4. ↑ http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/E/Easton.Jim.htm
  5. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19830212&id=t29QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E1kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7138,3267035
  6. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19830214&id=uG9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E1kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7147,3540195
  7. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19830226&id=XpQsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uvsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6892,3332467
  8. ↑ http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1987.html#CSL
  9. ↑ http://www.bcsportshalloffame.com/inductees/inductees/bio?id=44&type=team
  10. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  11. ↑ http://canadasoccer.com/?t=roster&pid=1053
  12. ↑ https://mondaymorningcentreback.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/d2-survey-a-new-professional-canadian-second-division/
  13. ↑ https://secure.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=42545&search=&show=&month=10&year=2011&search_where=
  14. ↑ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/canadian-soccer-association-officials-envision-new-league-similar-to-chl/article8207672/
  15. ↑ "James Easton Named Head of Soccer Operations for the Canadian Premier League". canpl.ca. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
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