Dustin Swinehart

Dustin Swinehart (born July 1, 1974 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American soccer player who currently plays for USASA amateur team CASL Elite. He spent virtually his entire professional career playing with the Charlotte Eagles Swinehart was named the Director of Community Relations for Charlotte MLS in January 2020.

Career

College
Swinehart grew up in Worthington, Ohio and played college soccer at Miami University from 1992 to 1995. He finished his college career with 32 career goals, a school record.

Professional
In 1998, Swinehart signed with the Charlotte Eagles in the USISL, where he remained, with the exception of two brief loan periods with the Richmond Kickers in 2004 and 2005.

Swinehart was named the MVP of the 2000 USL Second Division championship game, and in 2001, after the Eagles moved up to the USL First Division, he was named to the USL-1 All League First Team. In 2004, after the Eagles returned to the USL Second Division, Swinehart considered retiring, but decided to continue with the team.  He was named to the USL-2 All League first team in 2005, 2006 and 2008, while in 2008 he was also named as the USL-2 MVP.

On March 10, 2010, Swineheart announced his retirement from professional soccer.  At his retirement, he was the Eagles' all-time leading goal scorer and  was with the team longer than any other player.  He was six time First Team All-League, and was part of two National Championship squads with the Eagles.

Swinehart played the amateur team CASL Elite in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2010; his team won their regional qualification group (which also featured NPSL teams FC Tulsa and Atlanta FC) before falling 4-2 to USL Second Division pro side Charleston Battery in the first round of tournament proper.

References

External links
Charlotte Eagles bio
September 2004 Interview

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Category:American soccer players
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Category:USISL players
Category:USL First Division players
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Category:People from Worthington, Ohio
Category:Miami RedHawks men's soccer players
Category:Association football forwards
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Category:Soccer players from Ohio