Jason Willan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jason Willan

September 9, 1971

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1971

Place of Birth: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Jason Willan

  • Jason WIllan is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the USL A-League and the National Professional Soccer League.
  • He was the 1996 NPSL Rookie of the Year. Willan graduated from Franklin High School.
  • Growing up, he played for the Milwaukee Sport Club and Croatian Eagles.
  • In 1995, Willan signed with the Detroit Rockers of the National Professional Soccer League.
  • After scoring forty goals in thirty-four games, Willan was selected as the 1996 NPSL Rookie of the Year.
  • Willan played for the Rockers until 1998.
  • That year, he moved to the Milwaukee Wave.
  • By that time, he was also playing outdoor soccer for the Milwaukee Rampage of the USL A-League.
  • In October 1999, Willan was arrested for third drunk driving incident in a year.
  • He was sentenced to 150 days confinement, forcing him to miss a handful of games for both the Wave and Rampage.
  • However, the judge eventually allowed him a work-release program which allowed him to resume his career while also serving his jail time.
  • Willan went on to play twenty-six games for the Rampage that season.
  • In 2001, he played two games for the Rampage before being released by the team on May 5, 2001 for “conduct detrimental to the success of this franchise”.
  • The Wave also released him after he appeared in only thirteen games, scoring only two goals during the 2000-2001 NPSL season.
  • In 1999, Willan had begun to train and play with the Croatian Eagles of Milwaukee when not with his professional clubs.
  • He would continue to do so until 2013.
  • In 2003, he finished his professional career with the Minnesota Thunder of the USL A-League.

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