Justin Bryant

Justin Bryant
Personal information
Full name	Justin Bryant
Date of birth	August 24, 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Florida, United States
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Football (Soccer) goalie
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988	Borehamwood FC
1988	Orlando Lions
1989	Dunfermline Athletic
1990–91	Borehamwood FC
1995	Cocoa Expos
Managerial career
1991–1993	Radford University (assistant coach)
1994	Queens College (assistant coach)
1997–2005	Elon College (assistant coach)
2013–15	North Carolina State (Director of Goalkeeping)
2017	UNC Wilmington (assistant coach)
2018–Current	North Carolina State (Director of Goalkeeping)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 December 2006

Justin Bryant (born August 24, 1966, in Melbourne, Florida) is an American writer and former soccer goalkeeper.

Youth and college

Bryant grew up in Florida, and attended Radford University in Radford, Virginia. While at Radford, he played on the men's soccer team from 1984 to 1986.

Soccer

Bryant elected to pursue a career as a professional soccer goalkeeper. In 1987, he moved to England and signed with Boreham Wood FC. He made his debut in a 3–0 win against Leatherhead on March 12. While playing for Borehamwood, he had an extended trial at Brentford FC and played as a trialist in several friendlies. He returned to the U.S. that same year to play for the Orlando Lions of the recently established American Soccer League. In 1989, he moved to Scotland to play for Dunfermline Athletic but was unable to obtain a work permit. In 1990, he returned to Boreham Wood FC, where he made 23 appearances for the reserve team. In 1995, he spent a single season with the Cocoa Expos in the U.S., making over 20 first-team appearances. The Expos reached the USISL Premier League final, where they lost 3–1 to the Richmond Kickers.

Writing

In 1996, Bryant decided to give up his playing career, and moved to Elon College and completed his bachelor's degree in English. The college then hired him as the assistant coach for the women's soccer team. Based on an idea for a book he had conceived while visiting his father in South Africa, he wrote a novel, Season of Ash, published in 2004 by ENC Press, and has continued to write, producing short fiction published in such literary journals as Thin Air, Chiron Review, The Rockhurst Review, and Snowbound. His work has also been anthologized by Gorsky Press, Spotted Cow Press, and Key Porter Books. He has written about soccer for XI Quarterly, The Howler Magazine, Green Pitch Magazine, Red Issue, and Bookable Offense. He is a graduate of the MFA Creative Writing program at New York University, where he did his thesis with E. L. Doctorow. He currently writes a column in Goalkeeper Magazine. In June 2013, Bryant published his second book, the autobiographical "Small Time: A Life in the Football Wilderness", documenting his travails as a young, professional goalkeeper. He lives in Raleigh, NC with his partner Sarah and their two rescue dogs, Roxy and Bryce.

External links

Authority control databases
International	VIAF WorldCat
National	United States