Jay Heaps

Jay Heaps in MLS Cup 2006

Jay Heaps ( born August 2, 1976 as John F. Heaps IV in Nashua, New Hampshire) is a former football player at the position of a defensive player who was used in part as a midfielder and was trained in youth as a striker. He is one of the most frequently used players throughout the Major League Soccer ( MLS), the top division in the North American Football.

For the two MLS franchises Miami Fusion and New England Revolution, he went to a total of 314 appearances in the regular season. In 2009 he came to his international debut for the United States and brought it in the same year to a total of four scoreless international appearances.

Today he is as a co- commentator for the Games of the New England Revolution in use and also works at Morgan Stanley based in Boston.

3.1 Longmeadow High School
3.2 Miami Fusion
3.3 New England Revolution
3.4 national team
3.5 Custom

Club career

Career start in Massachusetts

His actual career began born as John F. Heaps IV in Nashua in the U.S. state of New Hampshire defender in the neighboring federal state of Massachusetts, where he spent his time at the Longmeadow High School in his hometown of Longmeadow later. There he was active mostly in the school's basketball team, where he acted as a point guard and was twice honored at this position as an all- Massachusetts -Point Guard. After his time at Longmeadow High he came to Duke University to Durham, North Carolina, where he was trained as in his high school days as a striker. Already at this time he was one of the best and most up and coming college players in the United States, which he presented as a three-time finalist for the Hermann Award, which is awarded annually to the best college player or the best college player of the test. In addition, he was honored in his senior year, as the best players in the country, with the Missouri Athletic Club Award and received in the same year an award as a GTE Academic All-American. In the team, he scored the game- often some duck goals and finished his collegiate career with 45 goals as dritttorgefährlichster player Duke Devils, the nickname of the teams of all time. In addition, he ranked in the standings to 4th at 37 contributed assists and ranked 2nd at 127 reached scorer points. In addition, he was awarded during his football career at Duke University with numerous other awards and managed in a number of other selections, including four times in the " All- ACC First Team" etc. During his time at Duke University was heaps in the first three and a half years in basketball team active, which was also coached by long- time coach Mike Krzyzewski, and put his basketball career down only half a year before the end of his studies in order to concentrate more on his career as a football player. Although he was very successful in basketball, is Heaps decided for a later career as a professional football player. During his time in the university's sports department also twice the internal school Glenn E. " Ted " Mann Award, he was awarded (1997 and 1998).

Draft to Miami Fusion

After completing his collegiate career Jay Heaps came across the MLS College Draft in 1999 in the first round as the second pick behind Jason Moore and before the later International Richard Mulrooney to the then still existing MLS franchise Miami Fusion. Previously, he was already at Feyenoord Rotterdam on trial, but could not convince it. With the merger, Heaps could quickly establish itself as one of the regulars actors and even scored against the former MetroStars his first professional hit in his professional debut on 20 March 1999. By the end of the season he came in 29 out of 30 possible gewesenen championship games for use, scoring a total of three goals and had one assist. During his 29 season performances, he was even in 28 from the start on the grass and brought it also to the most use of all the rookies minutes, which he earned at the end of the season including the Award as " MLS Rookie of the Year." In addition, he was with his three hits the second best scorer of the team, as well as the second most used players from Miami Fusion and was also carrying the second highest points scorer of the team. After his successes in his rookie year Heaps closed already for the game 2000 on his successes. He was used again in 29 league games, all of which he graduated from the outset, and achieved a Karrierenbestmarke of five goals and also made five assists. Due to its services around the team, he was awarded at the end of the season as " MLS East All-Star ," which earned him a place in the MLS All -Star Game of 2000 brought, as at that time players in the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference competed against each other. Heaps was employed in the entire second half, scored one goal and made one assist; the game ended in a high-scoring 9:4 success of the " Eastern Conference ". In addition, the team managed this season's rise in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, as they made it to the finals, where they eventually retired with 1:2 against the Chicago Fire SC. Up to and including the finale graduated heaps to all cup games his team from the start and over the full duration.

A performance hit experienced heaps at the start of the 2001 season, when he was only scarcely found to match practice at Miami Fusion and it yielded just four start to the season until his move during the current season with a total of 13 missions. Even this he remained scoreless in all his encounters and could only contribute an assist. Although heap was no longer in the squad for the end of the season, he had a certain share in the victory of the regular season in the Eastern Conference at the end of the football year, and the receipt of the MLS Supporters' Shield, the team was also end of the season because of their fair-play. Even during the season Jay Heaps returned to his original home state of Massachusetts, in which he was raised, back and signed a contract with this New England Revolution. The change came on 20 June 2001 concluded by an exchange with the defender Brian Dunseth New England Revolution, who came to take heaps Miami Fusion, which in the same year broke up for financial reasons.

Rapid establishment with the Revs

His debut at New England Revolution, he was on the same day against the Colorado Rapids when he ran aground as a substitute in the second half. By the end of the season he came for the Revs in 15 championship matches are used, where it was used the same in 13 games from the start. Under his former coach Fernando Clavijo Heaps also celebrated its first successes with the MLS franchise in Foxborough, Massachusetts. He managed the team to the finals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2001, left there, however, with 1:2 against Los Angeles Galaxy after looking was already in the final game for a long time with a 1-0 lead. He also became very successful celebrate with the team in the following season, 2002, when he emerged season in the Eastern Conference with the team as the winner of the Regular, also won the subsequent play-offs and moved for the first time in their club history in the MLS Cup. There was heaps which was previously not used in Miami Fusion on offensive positions and the Revs mostly on the position of right-back was used, establishing itself as one of the regulars. In 28 league games completed he scored two goals and had six assists, twice as much as last season with the Revs. In the subsequent game 2003 Heaps was the most frequently used players on the team and was also marked with three goals and an assist from defender Most dangerous goal scorer as the team. In addition, the right winger got in this season, his first red card in the dress of the New England Revolution. Notable successes with the team he was in this, as well as next year not celebrating.

In 2004 Heaps was most of the time the Revs secures its place in the regular season and in the play- offs. At 28 completed games he could look back on a record of a goal and two assists. He scored his only goal in the first game against LA Galaxy. It was not until the 2005 season came with heaps of his team, which was later taken over by the long- time coach Steve Nicol from 2002, to more substantial achievements. The team managed to do something they had already done in 2002, winning the Regular Season and the Play-off as well as a finalist in the MLS Cup, and was also still the MLS Supporters' Shield win. This season is also regarded as the best in his entire career as a professional football player. After Umformierung the entire team from a 4-4-2 to a 3 -5- 2 system came Heaps on his position as right-back to even better effect. Overall, he did it in this game year on 31 championship appearances, one goal and five assists. Followed in 2006 for Jay Heaps also quite a successful year. This New England Revolution with Heaps, Avery John, Michael Parkhurst and James Riley had one of the best defenses in the entire league, which had to accept the lowest number of goals the entire MLS throughout the course of the season with 35 goals.

As in the previous season, Heaps was once again used in 31 league games in which he stood once more in each case over the full playing time on the field. In this he succeeded four assists, he himself remained scoreless, however. With the team since his team affiliation he won for the third time already the play-offs and was thus represented a second time in MLS Cup, which was, however, again not won. In the game he missed the last penalty of his team against the experienced Pat Onstad, which in turn Houston Dynamo for the first time made in their Club history to the North American soccer champions. Nevertheless, he put in this season on various internal team records. So it was with 165 inserts and some 14,274 completed minutes to the most frequently used players the Revs and shared at this time with 155 games from the beginning to the internal team record with Joe Franchino.

Catchment in the MLS Top 10

2007 was heaps again active in his position as a right winger, but increasingly acted more defensively than they were in previous years. Overall, he completed until the end of season 28 scoreless championship games in which he only contributed one assist. He also fell on 19 August 2007 at the game against the Kansas City Wizards after you have completed half time due to injury from, which meant his first injury- conditional absence during his career with the Revs. Through this calf injury he finally missed even more games in the current season, in which he also scored one goal among others, but for the first and only time in his pro career without assist of stayed. Although his lengthy outage managed heap this season in the top 10 richest player on the use of the Major League Soccer after minutes ( 22,493 ). In addition, he managed the team for the fourth and also the last time for him as the winner of the play-offs in the MLS Cup, you could not win for the fourth time and again only just retired. Nevertheless, it was celebrated with a victory in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup 2007 is an essential and great success, as it defeated the FC Dallas 3-2. For New England Revolution this also marked the first win this petition, after they had participated in the past by several times. In addition, Heaps was brutally fouled this year by the Costa Rican football player Andy Herron during a game of MLS Primetime Thursday against the Columbus Crew, as felled him to the Costa Ricans with an elbow to the face. Although he was not warned by the referee, Herron was subsequently suspended for four games and had to pay a fine of $ 3,000.

After topping the league and thus a reduced number of games to be completed Heaps was used in 2008 in all 30 championship matches of his team and acted once more in all matches over the full duration. He was the only player from New England Revolution and only one of two players the entire MLS, which came to such a conclusion. Over the entire season, he even at 38 duty stakes ( regular season, playoffs, Super League and CONCACAF Champions League). During his 38 matches he has been used in many different defensive positions and spent it, although its relatively small size of 175 cm, a large part of the season as a central defender. This year he was employed in four of five games of the North American Super League in 2008 and missed by a red card in the semifinal against Atlante, the final match against Houston Dynamo, who could decide the Revs on penalties 6-5 for itself. As MLS Cup finalists the previous season Heaps was justified with his team also to participate in the CONCACAF Champions League 2008 /09, where he was in both games of his team, used in the Preliminary Round, the actual qualifying round and against the strong playing Joe Public FC clearly eliminated with a total score of 1:6.

Then Jay Heaps was starting his own team in the 2009 season, in which it brought the striker trained and been converted into a defender Heaps on 25 season appearances. Here he succeeded in including a goal and four assists. After a largely successful career Heaps ended in early December 2009 his active career as footballer after he brought it even earlier this year to his debut for the U.S. national soccer team. As of March 20, 2011 Jay Heaps is ranked 314 league games on Rank 9 of the ten most frequently used players the MLS. In the category " Most games from the beginning ," he ranked with 299 games behind Steve Ralston (372), Kevin Hartman ( 349 ) and Chris Henderson ( 304) in fourth place. Additionally, he's completed with 27 363 minutes of the game (without individual injury time) behind Ralston and Hartman on the league -wide third place. During his 314 league games completed he committed a total of 413 fouls, giving him once again a place in the top ten category " Fouls committed " earned. Furthermore, he got past Pablo Mastroeni (75 ), Mike Petke (69) Carey Talley (67) and Diego Gutierrez (63 ) with 63 pieces the fourth and fifth most yellow cards in the course of his MLS career. He also ranked in the category " Most games ", " Most games from the beginning " and " Longest Game Minute" each on the first place in the team-internal ranking of the New England Revolution.

National team career

His career in the youth teams of the American Football Association began around 1995 or earlier, when he was inducted into the U- 17 team of the United States. In the years that followed, inter alia, to convene in the junior squad of the U.S., where he also came to his missions. Still in his first year as a pro in Miami Fusion Heaps was first convened in the squad of the U.S. national team for a match against Jamaica on 8 September 1999, where he however did not play. In the years that followed, especially in 2005 and 2006, followed by other convocations Heaps ', which, however, never brought it to use one. It was not until finally almost ten years after its first convocation it worked with his national team debut after he was previously brought to the 23 -man squad for the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009. His debut in the then 32 -year-old finally 11 July 2009 in the third group game, a 2-2 draw against Haiti, in his hometown of Foxborough, when he finished his former defensive position over the entire game. Another 90 -minute missions followed in the quarterfinals against Panama and in the semifinal against Honduras. In the subsequent final match Heaps was also used from the start and had to leave the encounter in a heated encounter in the 88th minute after a second yellow card. The Americans were rejected by the Mexicans clearly with 0:5 in their place. For heaps marked the final game, by which the United States nevertheless still achieved the silver medal, the last international game of his career after he first debuted about two weeks for the national team.

Achievements

Longmeadow High School

2x " All- Massachusetts -Point Guard "

Miami Fusion

New England Revolution

4x finalist for the MLS Cup: 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007
4x winner of the play-offs in the MLS Eastern Conference: 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007
1x finalist for the MLS Supporters' Shield: 2005
1x finalist in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2001
1x winner of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2007

National

Individually

4x election to the " All- ACC first- team ": 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998
3x Hermann Award Finalist: 1995, 1996 and 1997
1x " Soccer America National Freshman of the Year": 1995
1x "ACC Freshman of the Year": 1995
1x award as GTE Academic All-American: 1998/99
1x award for " NSCAA Scholar - Athlete of the Year": 1998
1x award for " MLS Rookie of the Year ": 1999
1x award for " East MLS All- Star": 2000
Additional minor successes and selections ( high school and college )

Families / Private / Trivia

In addition to his career as a football player Heaps also frequently was hired as a model.

He and his wife Danielle Jay Heaps has a small son and a daughter about two years younger.

His main course of study at Duke University was history.

After the end of his career as Active Heaps did not turn the football back and was already in the spring of 2010, his other career move as a co- commentator of games the New England Revolution known. Here in appearance, he shall meet with the television and radio commentator Brad Feldman in television and radio broadcasts.

Even after his official End of career as a professional football player Heaps is to remain active as a footballer and plays, among others, in an over -30 men's league. He also plays in his spare time, often even basketball.

Today he works as a banker at Morgan Stanley based in Boston.

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