Dahir Mohammed

Dahir Mohammed is a retired Ethiopian-American football (soccer) defender who played two seasons in Major League Soccer.

Dahir Mohammed
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-03-17) March 17, 1973
Place of birth Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
1991–1994 C.W. Post College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Long Island Rough Riders (3)
1998 New England Revolution 7 (0)
1998 → MLS Pro 40 (loan) 2 (0)
1998 → Connecticut Wolves (loan) 1 (0)
1999 Staten Island Vipers 22 (2)
2000 Long Island Rough Riders 17 (2)
2000 → MetroStars (loan) 3 (0)
2002 Connecticut Wolves 8 (0)
2004 Long Island Rough Riders 17 (0)
National team
US U-23
Teams managed
2007 Brooklyn Knights
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mohammed moved to the United States as a boy. He played for the Mineola Portuguese Soccer Club.[1] Mohammed attended C.W. Post College where he played on the men's soccer team from 1991 to 1994. He was the 1994 New York Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year. In 1996, Mohammed played one game for the Pennsylvania Natives in an exhibition game against the MetroStars.[2] In 1996, Mohammed signed with the Long Island Rough Riders of the USISL. In August 1997, Mohammed scored the winning goal as the Rough Riders defeated the New England Revolution in a 1997 U.S. Open Cup game.[3] On February 1, 1997, the Revolution selected Mohammed in the first round (fifth overall) of the 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft.[4] He played for the Revolution until waived on November 2, 1998. In April 1999, he joined the Staten Island Vipers.[5] He spent 2000 with the Rough Riders,[6] but played three games on loan with the MetroStars. In 2002, he played for the Connecticut Wolves. In 2004, he was with the Rough Riders, now in the USL Second Division. Mohammed also played for the US U-23 national team.

In 2007, Mohammed coached the Brooklyn Knights.

References
  1. Elmont Soccer Club: Notable Players
  2. Metros vs Pennsylvania Natives: a look back
  3. ROUGH RIDERS DEFEAT REVOLUTION IN OVERTIME The Hartford Courant - Saturday, August 2, 1997
  4. MOHAMMED AMONG SIX SELECTED IN DRAFT BY REVOLUTION STRIKER TORRES ALSO HAS A CHANCE TO STICK Boston Globe - Monday, February 2, 1998
  5. April 6, 1999 Transactions
  6. 2000 Long Island Rough Riders
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