Luke Green

Luke Green
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-12-12) December 12, 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Guelph United
Youth career
Suburban FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– St. Francis Xavier X-Men 35 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020 HFX Wanderers 1 (0)
2021 Calgary Foothills 0 (0)
2022 Electric City FC 10 (0)
2024– Guelph United 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 5, 2024

Luke Green (born December 12, 2002) is a Canadian professional soccer player, who currently plays for Guelph United in League1 Ontario.

Early life

Green grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and played youth soccer for local club Suburban FC.[1]

University career

In 2021, he began playing attending St. Francis Xavier University, playing university soccer for the men's team.[2] In 2023, he was named an AUS Second Team All-Star.[3] In 2024, he was named an AUS First Team All-Star.[4]

Club career

In February 2019, Green was invited to the training camp for Canadian Premier League side HFX Wanderers.[1] On 31 July 2020, Green signed a developmental contract with the Wanderers.[5][6] He made his debut on September 15 against Pacific FC.[7] He was later invited again to participate in their 2022 training camp.[8]

In June 2021, Green was unveiled as part of the Calgary Foothills for their upcoming season.[9]

On March 23, 2022, Green signed with Electric City FC of League1 Ontario.[10][11] Later in 2022, and again in July 2023, he was named to the roster for the HFX Wanderers U23 team that would be composed of a group of local players to play a pair of friendlies against Première ligue de soccer du Québec clubs.[12][13]

In 2024, he signed with Guelph United FC in League1 Ontario.[14]

Honours

HFX Wanderers

References

  1. ^ a b Hampshire, Gareth (February 28, 2019). "Luke Green invited to HFX Wanderers Camp". Suburban FC. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Luke Green StFX profile". St. Francis Xavier University Athletics.
  3. ^ "X-Men Soccer receive three AUS major awards; five all-star selections". St. Francis Xavier University Athletics. October 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "Five X-Men named AUS soccer all-stars". St. Francis Xavier University Athletics. October 23, 2024.
  5. ^ "HFX Wanderers FC add youth with signing of defenders Jake Ruby and Luke Green". Canadian Premier League. July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  6. ^ Jacques, John (July 31, 2020). "Halifax Wanderers Complete Roster With Defensive Duo". Northern Tribune.
  7. ^ Jacques, John (March 23, 2022). "Electric City FC Adds Luke Green". Northern Tribune.
  8. ^ "HFX Wanderers Invite Suburban's Lewis Dye & Luke Green to 2022 Training Camp". Suburban FC. October 11, 2021.
  9. ^ @FoothillsFCU23 (June 21, 2021). "We couldn't be more thrilled to announce our Foothills FC 2021 Roster! ☀️ Featuring new young local talent & exciti…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "ECFC Signs St. FX Pair including Former CPL player Luke Green and U Sports All-Rookie Brynn Jurus". Electric City FC. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  11. ^ "Luke Green L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  12. ^ LeBlanc, Corey (August 1, 2023). "X-Men foursome taking advantage of professional opportunity".
  13. ^ Jacques, John (July 24, 2022). "A Deep Dive Into The Halifax Wanderers U-23 Roster". Northern Tribune.
  14. ^ "Guelph United signs former Halifax Wanderers defender Luke Green". Guelph United FC. February 2, 2024.