Jacob Kent Sagare (born April 5, 1980, in Yakima, Washington) is an American former soccer player who is on the coaching staff of Washington Rush.

Jake Sagare
Personal information
Full name Jacob Kent Sagare
Date of birth (1980-04-05) April 5, 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Yakima, Washington, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder/Forward
Team information
Current team
Washington Rush
(Coach)
Youth career
1998–2000 Washington Huskies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Yakima Reds
2001 Seattle Sounders Select 10 (3)
2002 Portland Timbers 27 (5)
2003 Grimsby Town 1 (0)
2003 Portland Timbers 20 (4)
2003–2004 Halifax Town 11 (0)
2004 Portland Timbers 25 (1)
2005 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 (0)
2005 Yakima Reds 1 (0)
2005–2006 Seattle Sounders 29 (0)
2008–2010 Yakima Reds 24 (5)
Total 150 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He has previously played in the English Football League for Grimsby Town and Halifax Town, as well as playing for Portland Timbers, Vancouver Whitecaps and Seattle Sounders.

Playing career

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College and amateur

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Sagare is naturally a striker, but in recent seasons he has opted to play as a midfielder. As a youngster, Sagare played college soccer at the University of Washington and his home town club the Yakima Reds of the USISL. In 2001, he played for a select team in a game for the Seattle Sounders before getting his break with a move to join the Portland Timbers of the old A-League.

Professional

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In 2003, Sagare was scouted by English club Grimsby Town, who at the time were playing in the First Division, the second tier of the English game. In February, he joined the Mariners from Portland on a free transfer after negotiating a short-term contract with player/manager Paul Groves; Jake needed no international clearance to play in England due to his dual nationality.

Sagare was signed as a striker and rarely featured in the first team with the club having such players as Michael Boulding, Steve Livingstone and Darren Mansaram contracted. On 26 April 2003, with Grimsby already relegated Sagare and other fringe players such as Graham Hockless were handed a chance, with this Sagare made his first and only senior appearance against Reading at the Madjeski Stadium.

At the end of the season, Sagare was not offered a new contract and released from the club. He briefly spent a week on trial with Chesterfield before returning to the States play for the Portland Timbers in the summer. However, in late September he returned to England to sign with Conference Premier side Halifax Town.[1] He would go on to play in 11 games for The Shaymen before being released in May 2004.

On his return to the States, Sagare had a successful third spell with Portland Timbers, before going on to join the Vancouver Whitecaps briefly in 2005. He also notably had a decent two-year stay with the Seattle Sounders before returning to his home town club, Yakima Reds, to compete in the USL Premier Development League. He is also coach of the West Valley High School boys varsity soccer team.

Coaching career

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In 2011 Sagare became the director of coaching for the Sun City Strikers, and in February 2012 joined Washington Rush as a youth team coach.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Transfers in 2003/2004 Archived 2010-10-11 at the Wayback Machine Soccerbase
  2. ^ "About US Soccer".
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