Wolde Sealassie Harris (born 26 January 1974 in
Kingston) is a
Jamaican football striker who played professionally in
Major League Soccer and was the
1996 A-League Rookie of the Year. He earned twenty-eight
caps with the
Jamaican national team.
Club career
Harris played
college soccer for his freshman year at the
University of Connecticut and then transferred to
Clemson University, leaving as the college's all-time leading scorer. He joined MLS for the first time in 1997, after spending 1996 with the
Colorado Foxes, leading the
A-League in goals with 17. Harris played three seasons with the
Colorado Rapids, scoring 13 goals in 1998. In 2000, he was traded to the
New England Revolution for draft picks. Wolde's best season with the Revs was his first, when he scored 15 goals. Harris would spend three and a half season in New England, before a trade to the
Kansas City Wizards midway through 2003. He spent 2004 with
Swedish club
Bodens BK before coming back to MLS and Colorado in 2005. He was released by the Rapids following the 2005 season. In eight years in MLS league play, Harris scored 51 goals and added 31 assists. He signed for
Salvadoran outfit
Club Deportivo FAS in August 2006.
International career
Harris has also played for the
Jamaican national team, but has never been a regular. He played his last international in 2002 against
Guadeloupe, earning over 25 caps.
Coaching career
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