Jason Cairns

Jason Cairns
Personal information
Place of birth	United States
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1994–1997	The College of New Jersey
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–1999	Cincinnati Riverhawks
2000–2001	New Jersey Stallions
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jason Cairns is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally for the Cincinnati Riverhawks and the New Jersey Stallions.

Raised in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, Cairns played prep soccer at Point Pleasant Beach High School.^[1]

Cairns grew up playing for Jersey Shore Boca youth teams.^[2] In 1994, he entered Trenton State College (renamed The College of New Jersey in 1996) where he was a 1995 NSCAA Division III Second Team All American soccer player. That season, Cairns and his teammates won the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship and Cairns was selected as an NSCAA Division III First Team All American. In 1997, he was again named to the Division III First Team and was the 1997 NSCAA Division III Player of the Year.^[3]

In 1998, the Cincinnati Riverhawks selected Cairns in the second round (32nd overall) of the 1998 A-League Draft.^[4]^[5] In 1998, he was Second Team All League. In 2000, Cairns moved to the New Jersey Stallions of the USL D-3 Pro League where he spent two seasons.

In December 1997, the Philadelphia KiXX drafted Cairns in the first round of the National Professional Soccer League.^[6] However, Cairns never played indoor soccer professionally.

References

^ "Cairns keys Trenton State College offense", Asbury Park Press, November 15, 1995. Accessed February 22, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Sophomore forward Jason Cairns, Point Pleasant Beach, led the Trenton State College men's soccer team in scoring during the regular season. Cairns scored 10 goals and a school-record 12 assists for 32 points. In his two years at TSC, Cairns, a Point Pleasant Beach High School graduate, scored 21 goals and 23 assists, along with seven game-winning goals."
^ Hall of Fame Bound, New Jersey Boca. Accessed February 22, 2025. "Two former Jersey Shore Boca standouts, Jason Cairns and Gary Lindstra, will be included in the 2011 College of New Jersey Hall of Fame ceremony when their 1996 TCNJ national championship men’s soccer team is enshrined on Friday, October 21 as a Team of Distinction."
^ "NSCAA College Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
^ "1998 A-League Draft". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
^ Cairns helps Riverhawks
^ 1997 National Professional Soccer League draft

[1] "Cairns keys Trenton State College offense", Asbury Park Press, November 15, 1995. Accessed February 22, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "Sophomore forward Jason Cairns, Point Pleasant Beach, led the Trenton State College men's soccer team in scoring during the regular season. Cairns scored 10 goals and a school-record 12 assists for 32 points. In his two years at TSC, Cairns, a Point Pleasant Beach High School graduate, scored 21 goals and 23 assists, along with seven game-winning goals."

[2] Hall of Fame Bound, New Jersey Boca. Accessed February 22, 2025. "Two former Jersey Shore Boca standouts, Jason Cairns and Gary Lindstra, will be included in the 2011 College of New Jersey Hall of Fame ceremony when their 1996 TCNJ national championship men’s soccer team is enshrined on Friday, October 21 as a Team of Distinction."

[3] "NSCAA College Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-06.

[4] "1998 A-League Draft". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-05-06.

[5] Cairns helps Riverhawks

[6] 1997 National Professional Soccer League draft

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