{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1990)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jared Jeffrey | image = DC United vs. Deportivo Árabe Unido (9).jpg | caption = Jeffrey with D.C. United in 2015 | fullname = Jared Michael Jeffrey<ref name="FIFA">{{cite web |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: United States|url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/10/28/62/fwyc_2009_squadlists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=22 |date=October 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013164551/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/10/28/62/fwyc_2009_squadlists.pdf |archive-date=October 13, 2009 }}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|6|14}} | birth_place = Dallas, Texas, United States | height = {{height|m=1.78}} | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 2005–2007 | youthclubs1 = IMG Soccer Academy | youthyears2 = 2007–2008 | youthclubs2 = Dallas Texans | youthyears3 = 2008–2010 | youthclubs3 = Club Brugge | years1 = 2010 | clubs1 = 1. FSV Mainz 05 | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2010–2013 | clubs2 = 1. FSV Mainz 05 II | caps2 = 87 | goals2 = 4 | years3 = 2013–2018 | clubs3 = D.C. United | caps3 = 68 | goals3 = 5 | years4 = 2014–2015 | clubs4 = → Richmond Kickers (loan) | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2005–2007 | nationalteam1 = United States U17 | nationalcaps1 = 39 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | nationalyears2 = 2007 | nationalteam2 = United States U18 | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2008–2009 | nationalteam3 = United States U20 | nationalcaps3 = 11 | nationalgoals3 = 1 | nationalyears4 = 2012 | nationalteam4 = United States U23 | nationalcaps4 = 2 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | club-update = October 30, 2018 | ntupdate = June 1, 2014 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{USA}}}} {{Medal|RU|CONCACAF U-20 Championship|2009}} | totalgoals = 10 | totalcaps = 164 }}

'''Jared Michael Jeffrey''' (born June 14, 1990) is an American former professional soccer player.

==Career==

===Youth=== Jeffrey was born in Dallas, Texas. After winning the Parade Boys Soccer National High School Player of the Year in 2008, Jeffrey signed with Club Brugge KV of Belgium.<ref name=DCUnitedSigning>{{cite web|title=D.C. United picks up Jared Jeffrey in waiver draft|url=http://www.dcunited.com/news/2013/07/dc-united-picks-up-jared-jeffrey-in-waiver-draft|work=D.C. United|access-date=July 27, 2013|archive-date=August 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823031447/http://www.dcunited.com/news/2013/07/dc-united-picks-up-jared-jeffrey-in-waiver-draft|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Senior=== After the 2009 U-20 Men's World Cup, Jeffrey was sold to FSV. Mainz 05 of the Bundesliga under Thomas Tuchel in the winter transfer period in 2010. He played there for {{frac|3|1|2}} seasons, mostly appearing for the reserve side.

===D.C. United=== On July 3, 2013, it was announced that Jeffrey had been picked up by Major League Soccer side D.C. United in a waiver draft.<ref name=DCUnitedSigning/> He debuted for D.C. United on July 27 against the New England Revolution in which he started and played 79 minutes as D.C. United lost the match 1–2.<ref>{{cite web|title=DC United 1, New England Revolution 2 {{!}} MLS Match Recap |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-07-27-DC-v-NE/recap |work=Major League Soccer |access-date=July 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730210639/http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-07-27-DC-v-NE/recap |archive-date=July 30, 2013 }}</ref> On August 3, Jeffrey scored his first goal with his new club, netting a pass from Conor Doyle to give United a 3–1 lead against Montreal Impact. United would go on to win by the same scoreline.<ref name="DCvMTL 08-03-2013">{{cite web|title=DC United 3, Montreal Impact 1 {{!}} MLS Match Statistics |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-08-03-DC-v-MTL/stats |work=Major League Soccer |publisher=MLSSoccer.com |access-date=August 4, 2013 |date=August 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806232613/http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-08-03-DC-v-MTL/stats |archive-date=August 6, 2013 }}</ref>

Jeffrey retired at the end of their 2018 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dcunited.com/news/dc-united-announce-contract-options|title=D.C. United announce contract options &#124; DC United|website=dcunited}}</ref>

==International== Jeffrey had represented the United States at the under-17, under-20, and the under-23 levels.<ref name=DCUnitedSigning/> Jeffrey spent five semesters in the U-17 men's national team residency program, where he led all players with 39 caps. Jeffrey played for the U.S. U-17 men's national team in 2007 U-17 FIFA World Cup, making four starts as the US reached the Round of 16. The midfielder tallied once with a late penalty against Tunisia in the group stages. He captained the under-17 side during the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup and had played for the u20 side during the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.<ref name=DCUnitedSigning/> He also was a member of the 2012 U-23 Men's team that failed to qualify for the Olympics.

==Career statistics== {{updated|July 5, 2017}}<ref>{{Soccerway|jared-jeffrey/53408}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|MLS Cup !colspan="2"|US Open Cup !colspan="2"|CONCACAF !colspan="2"|Total |- !Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|D.C. United |2013 |10||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||10||2 |- |2014 |10||0||0||0||1||0||3||0||14||0 |- |2015 |2||0||0||0||2||0||4||1||6||1 |- |2016 |21||2||1||0||1||0||0||0||23||2 |- |2017 |24||1||0||0||1||0||0||0||25||1 |- !colspan="2"|Career total !67!!5!!1!!0!!5!!0!!7!!1!!78!!6 |}

==Honors==

===D.C. United=== *'''Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (1):''' 2013

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{MLS player|jared-jeffrey}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130701051940/http://www.ussoccer.com/teams/u-23-mnt/j/jared-jeffrey.aspx U.S. Soccer bio]

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