1. Darren Sawatzky spent four seasons in Major League Soccer, one season in the Major Indoor Soccer League, one in USISL and five in the United Soccer Leagues.
18 Facts About Darren Sawatzky
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Darren Sawatzky currently holds several coaching positions at the high school, collegiate and professional levels and was the Director of Youth Development for Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer.
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Darren Sawatzky attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Federal Way, Washington.
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Darren Sawatzky played for the University of Portland Pilots soccer team from 1991 to 1994, finishing his career tenth on the career scoring list.
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Darren Sawatzky graduated from Portland with a bachelor's degree in organizational communication.
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In 1995, Darren Sawatzky signed with the expansion Oregon Surge in USISL.
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Darren Sawatzky had trials with Mexican clubs UNAM Pumas and Leon in 1995, but did not earn a contract with either team.
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Darren Sawatzky played nineteen games, scoring four goals that season.
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Darren Sawatzky then signed with the Charleston Battery, playing nineteen games in the 1998 season.
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Darren Sawatzky played fourteen games for the Rapids in 1999, then was waived on November 24,1999.
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Darren Sawatzky tied for third in the league with sixteen goals, earning first team All Star recognition.
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Darren Sawatzky then moved to the Kansas City Comets of Major Indoor Soccer League.
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Darren Sawatzky saw declining minutes with the Sounders over the next two seasons and on July 23,2004, he announced his intentions to retire at the end of the season to devote himself full-time to coaching.
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Darren Sawatzky began coaching in 1991 with the Tualatin Hills Soccer Club.
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On February 21,2007, Darren Sawatzky joined the Seattle Sounders as an assistant coach.
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Darren Sawatzky serves as the Director of Coaching for HPFC, a youth club in Washington State.
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Darren Sawatzky coached and helped almost every team for the HPFC boys and girls club teams, including HPFC Boys 94 blue and HPFC Girls 95 Blue.
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On December 12,2018, Darren Sawatzky was named the head coach of FC Tucson in USL League One.