# Kyle Swords

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{{Short description|American soccer player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name     = Kyle Swords
| image       = 
| caption     =
| fullname    = Kyle Matthew Swords
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1974|8|22}}
| birth_place = [Dayton, Ohio](/source/Dayton%2C_Ohio), United States
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| height      = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}
| position    = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| youthyears1 = 1992–1996
| youthclubs1 = [James Madison Dukes](/source/James_Madison_Dukes_men's_soccer)
| years1    = 1997–2001
| clubs1    = [Hershey Wildcats](/source/Hershey_Wildcats)
| caps1     = 117
| goals1    = 6
| years2    = 1997–2001
| clubs2    = [Harrisburg Heat](/source/Harrisburg_Heat_(NPSL%2FMISL)) (indoor)
| caps2     = 119
| goals2    = 33
| years3    = 2002
| clubs3    = [Charleston Battery](/source/Charleston_Battery)
| caps3     = 24
| goals3    = 0
| years4    = 2003
| clubs4    = [Baltimore Blast](/source/Baltimore_Blast) (indoor)
| caps4     = 6
| goals4    = 1
| years5    = 2004
| clubs5    = [Harrisburg City Islanders](/source/Harrisburg_City_Islanders)
| caps5     = 15
| goals5    = 1
| totalcaps  = 281
| totalgoals = 41
| manageryears1 =
| managerclubs1 =
}}
'''Kyle Swords''' (Swordsy) is a retired American [soccer](/source/soccer) defender who played professionally in the [USL A-League](/source/USL_A-League) and [National Professional Soccer League](/source/NPSL_II).

Swords was born in [Dayton, Ohio](/source/Dayton%2C_Ohio). He attended [Wayne High School](/source/Wayne_High_School_(Ohio)) (class of 1992) in the Dayton suburb of [Huber Heights](/source/Huber_Heights%2C_Ohio) and was an inaugural member of the Wayne Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://s3.amazonaws.com/vnn-aws-sites/1331/files/2015/10/f87d5ec4d0144c58-WAYNE-HS-ATHLETIC-HALL-OF-FAME-MEMBERS.pdf| title="Wayne HS Athletic Hall Of Fame Members"| access-date=April 12, 2017}}</ref>

Swords attended [James Madison University](/source/James_Madison_University), playing on the men's soccer team from 1992 to 1996. In 1997, he turned professional with the expansion [Hershey Wildcats](/source/Hershey_Wildcats) in the [USISL A-League](/source/USISL_A-League). Swords would play every season of the Wildcats five-year existence.  In 2001, the Wildcats fell to the [Rochester Rhinos](/source/Rochester_Rhinos) in the [2001 A-League](/source/2001_A-League) championship.  Swords was the A-League.com Defender of the Year that same season.  Swords also played indoor soccer beginning in the fall of 1997.  That year, he joined the [Harrisburg Heat](/source/Harrisburg_Heat_(NPSL%2FMISL)) of the [National Professional Soccer League](/source/NPSL_II).  He was selected to the 1997-98 All Rookie Team and is a member of the Harrisburg Heat All-Decade Team.  The Heat traded him to the Baltimore Blast following the 2000–2001 season and the Wildcats withdrew from the league in the fall of 2001.  On January 11, 2002, Swords signed with the [Charleston Battery](/source/Charleston_Battery) for the 2002 season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.charlestonbattery.com/news02/011102.htm |title=Battery signs two more for 2002 |access-date=2013-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040909001425/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/news02/011102.htm |archive-date=2004-09-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  On February 1, 2003, he joined the [Baltimore Blast](/source/Baltimore_Blast) for the second half of the [Major Indoor Soccer League](/source/MISL_II) season.<ref>[http://lubbockonline.com/stories/020103/pro_0201030080.shtml February 1, 2003 Transactions]</ref>  The Blast won the league title, that season. In 2004, Swords finished his career with a single season with the [Harrisburg City Islanders](/source/Harrisburg_City_Islanders) of the [USL Second Division](/source/USL_Second_Division).

Following his retirement from professional soccer, Swords entered the coaching ranks. From 2004 to 2007, he coached the Loyola Blakefield High School boys' team, winning the 2005 Maryland state champs. He later served as a volunteer assistant with the University of Cincinnati women's team.<ref>[http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/swords_kyle00.html Cincinnati Bearcats: Kyle Swords]</ref>

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120603183315/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/history_pregister.asp?pid=149 Charleston Battery: Kyle Swords]

==References==
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Category:Living people
Category:1974 births
Category:American men's soccer players
Category:Baltimore Blast (2001–2008 MISL) players
Category:Charleston Battery players
Category:Harrisburg Heat players
Category:Penn FC players
Category:Hershey Wildcats players
Category:James Madison Dukes men's soccer players
Category:Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008) players
Category:National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players
Category:USL First Division players
Category:USL Second Division players
Category:People from Huber Heights, Ohio
Category:Sportspeople from Dayton, Ohio
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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