# Judah Cooks

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American soccer player-coach

Judah Cooks Personal information Date of birth (1976-11-29) November 29, 1976 (age 49) Place of birth Washington, D.C., U.S.[1] Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Position Midfielder College career Years Team Apps (Gls) 1996–1997 Maryland Terrapins Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1998–2001 D.C. United 26 (2) 1998–2000 → MLS Pro-40 (loan) 28 (1) 2001 Charleston Battery 5 (0) 2001 → Miami Fusion (loan) 1 (0) 2001 Milwaukee Rampage 2002 Atlanta Silverbacks 2003 Syracuse Salty Dogs 16 (0) International career United States U17 4 (4) United States U23 Managerial career 2008–2017 D.C. United U-18 * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Judah Cooks** is an American retired [soccer](/source/Soccer) [midfielder](/source/Midfielder) and former coach of the [D.C. United Academy](/source/D.C._United_Academy) U-18 team. He played professionally in [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer) and the [USL A-League](/source/USL_A-League) and was a member of the [United States men's national under-17 soccer team](/source/United_States_men's_national_under-17_soccer_team) at the [1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship](/source/1993_FIFA_U-17_World_Championship).

## Youth

Cooks graduated from [Walt Whitman High School](/source/Walt_Whitman_High_School_(Bethesda%2C_Maryland)) where he was a two-time high school All-American soccer player.[2][3] In addition to his outstanding high school career, Cooks also played all four games for the [United States men's national under-17 soccer team](/source/United_States_men's_national_under-17_soccer_team) at the [1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship](/source/1993_FIFA_U-17_World_Championship), scoring four goals. Cooks signed a letter of intent to attend and play soccer at [Rutgers University](/source/Rutgers_University). In the fall of 1995, Cooks entered the [University of Maryland](/source/University_of_Maryland). Cooks played two seasons with the Terps (1996–1997) before leaving school early to turn professional.[4] His younger brother [Micah Cooks](/source/Micah_Cooks) also played professionally at [D.C. United](/source/D.C._United), both of them playing on the same team from 2000 through 2001.

## Professional

In January 1998, Cooks signed a [Project-40](/source/Project-40) contract with [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer). The league then placed him with [D.C. United](/source/D.C._United).[5] In 1998 and 1999, Cooks played for both Project 40 in the [USISL A-League](/source/USISL_A-League) and D.C. United in MLS. On May 4, 2001, United waived Cooks.[6] He signed with the [Charleston Battery](/source/Charleston_Battery) of the USL A-League. In June 2001, the Battery sent him on loan to the [Miami Fusion](/source/Miami_Fusion) for one game.[7] Cooks played five games for the Battery, then moved to the [Milwaukee Rampage](/source/Milwaukee_Rampage) at the end of the season. In 2002, he played for the [Atlanta Silverbacks](/source/Atlanta_Silverbacks) and in 2003 for the [Syracuse Salty Dogs](/source/Syracuse_Salty_Dogs).

## Coaching

In February 2017, Cooks joined Washington Capital United as the technical director of coaching after serving as coaching at Weston FC in Florida.[8][9]

In March 2024, Cooks was hired as the head coach at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, MD.[10]

## Honours

### Club

**D.C. United**

- [MLS Cup](/source/MLS_Cup): [1999](/source/MLS_Cup)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Haydon, John (January 27, 1998). ["Maryland's Cooks Assigned to D.C. United by Project 40"](https://umterps.com/news/2013/4/9/208125516). *[Maryland Terrapins](/source/Maryland_Terrapins_men's_soccer)*. Retrieved April 28, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["1993 High School All Americans"](https://web.archive.org/web/20101218163421/http://nscaa.com/alltime-detail-hs.php?it=II&yr=1993). Archived from [the original](http://nscaa.com/alltime-detail-hs.php?it=II&yr=1993) on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2011-08-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["1994 High School All Americans"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111002043414/http://nscaa.com/alltime-detail-hs.php?it=II&yr=1994). Archived from [the original](http://nscaa.com/alltime-detail-hs.php?it=II&yr=1994) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-08-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Maryland Terrapins All Time Roster](http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-soccer/history/all-time_roster.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111027162459/http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-soccer/history/all-time_roster.html) 2011-10-27 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Maryland’s Cooks assigned to D.C. United by Project 40](https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-58330959)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [2001 Transactions](https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/mls/transactions.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Orange Bowl Aura Thrills Coach, Team](https://archive.today/20120709050550/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2001-06-30/news/0106300143_1_ray-hudson-fusion-orange-bowl)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Unger, Evan (2020-11-19). ["Player to Coach: Judah Cooks"](https://www.edpsoccer.com/news_article/show/1133420-player-to-coach-judah-cooks). *EDP Soccer*. Retrieved 2022-07-19.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [http://capitalfc.org/news/2017/1/9/capitalfc-welcomes-judah-cooks-as-new-technical-director-of-coaching](http://capitalfc.org/news/2017/1/9/capitalfc-welcomes-judah-cooks-as-new-technical-director-of-coaching) [*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [https://demathastagline.com/5856/sports/transition-from-coach-quinn-to-coach-cooks/](https://demathastagline.com/5856/sports/transition-from-coach-quinn-to-coach-cooks/)

## External links

- [D.C. United: Judah Cooks](https://web.archive.org/web/20101205215010/http://www.dcunited.com/player/judah-cooks)

- [Charleston Battery: Judah Cooks](https://web.archive.org/web/20111025173035/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/history_pregister.asp?pid=30)

- [FIFA: Judah Cooks](https://web.archive.org/web/20090314073907/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=195131/index.html)

- [\[1\]](http://capitalfc.org/news/2017/1/9/capitalfc-welcomes-judah-cooks-as-new-technical-director-of-coaching)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

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