Even the "Lesser Lights"! A US club player at Wat

pettyfog · Jan 26, 2005

Against all odds?

LONDON -- He is a long way from Green Bay, Wis., where he played high school soccer, just another sport thrown into the mix with basketball and track and field.

Now, after a roundabout route that so many soccer players must travel, Jay DeMerit finds himself in the starting lineup for an English League Cup semifinal game against one of England's storied teams.

"I'm kind of proud that I've done it my way,'' DeMerit said. "I took a chance coming here and to finally be living this is amazing.''

DeMerit played soccer at Bay Port High School. He didn't start playing the game seriously, however, until he was 18 and went to the University of Illinois at Chicago because other soccer schools weren't interested.

Never selected for a national team of any kind by the U.S. Soccer Federation, the 25-year-old central defender will start for Watford in Tuesday's game against Liverpool.

It's as if an English kid from Newcastle took up football -- American style -- and one day ran from the tunnel in helmet and shoulder pads to start a game at Lambeau Field.
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