Mirsad Huseinovic
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | November 26, 1968 | ||
| Place of birth |
Plav, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1992 | Brooklyn College | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Brooklyn Italians | ||
| 1995 | New York Centaurs | ? | (1) |
| 1996 | MetroStars | 1 | (0) |
| Greek American AA | |||
| International career | |||
| 1992 | United States | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mirsad Huseinovic (born November 26, 1968) is a U.S. soccer player. He spent one season in the American Professional Soccer League and one game Major League Soccer. He also earned one cap with the U.S. national team.
Youth and college
[edit]Huseinovic moved to the United States from Montenegro with his family when he was five. His family settled in Brooklyn where he learned to play soccer from his father. He attended New Utrecht High School, graduating in 1987. He then attended Brooklyn College from 1988 to 1992 where he played on the men's soccer team. While playing with Brooklyn, he also played with several teams in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League (CSL), including Gjoa and the Albanians.[1]
Professional
[edit]Huseinovic played at least two years with the Brooklyn Italians, winning the 1991 U.S. Open Cup with them. In April 1993, the San Diego Sockers selected him in the fourth round of the Continental Indoor Soccer League draft.[1] On April 12, 1995, Huseinovic signed with the New York Centaurs of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL). While with the Centaurs, he played with his cousin Sadri Gjonbalaj.[2] On July 4, 1996, the MetroStars of Major League Soccer acquired Huseinovic. He played one game, a total of 45 minutes, with the MetroStars before being released.[3] Since then, he has continued to play with the Greek American AA of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League.[2]
National team
[edit]Huseinovic earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a scoreless tie with Costa Rica on February 12, 1992. Head coach Bora Milutinović put him on as second-half substitute for Jorge Acosta.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Socks' Draftees — The Sockers' selections in the CISL Collegiate / Amateur Draft. San Diego Union-Tribune, Thursday, April 8, 1993.
- ^ Open Door Shuts: G-A Atlas eliminated from U.S. Open Cup Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine.
- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Plav, Montenegro
- Bosniaks of Montenegro
- American people of Bosniak descent
- American Professional Soccer League players
- American men's soccer players
- Brooklyn Italians players
- Greek American AA players
- New York Red Bulls players
- Major League Soccer players
- New York Centaurs players
- Yugoslav emigrants to the United States
- United States men's international soccer players
- Men's association football midfielders
- New Utrecht High School alumni
- Brooklyn College alumni
- 20th-century American sportsmen