Battery Signs Greg Simmonds 19/02/04
The Charleston Battery has agreed to terms with forward Greg Simmonds for the 2004 season. Simmonds, 6'3, 190lbs., 28 yrs. spent the 2003 season with the Richmond Kickers. He tallied 4 goals and 3 assists, with the Kickers, in 27 games played. The Charleston Battery has also signed defender Henrik Jensen and midfielder Andreas Bechmann for the upcoming campaign. Both players participated in the first week of pre-season player trials in December.
"Henrik and Andreas both showed great promise in our trials which once again proved to be extremely successful," Charleston Battery head coach, Chris Ramsey. "These are two players that we believe are going to be hungry to prove themselves at this level. Greg Simmonds obviously has a lot of quality and he is capable of making an impact if he can get psychologically focused on the job in hand."
Simmonds began his pro-career in 1999 with the Hershey Wildcats where he scored 16 goals and added six assists for 38 points, and was named A-League Rookie of the Year.
A native of Jamaica, Simmonds spent two seasons at Hershey before joining MLS's Miami Fusion in 2001, recording two assists in nine games played. While with Miami in 2001 Simmonds played two games on-loan for Charleston, scoring one goal, 07/27/01 vs. Cincinnati.
Simmonds spent the 2002 season with the Rochester Raging Rhinos where he was twice named A-League Player of the Week. Simmonds' career totals include 42 goals and 22 assists for 106 points in five professional seasons; he has represented Jamaica at the full National Team level.
Battery signs two from pre-season trials The Charleston Battery has signed defender Henrik Jensen and midfielder Andreas Bechmann for the upcoming campaign. Jensen, 6'1, 150 lbs., 26 yrs, and Bechmann, 6'3, 170 lbs., 22 yrs., are both natives of Denmark and come to the Battery from Danish Division I team, Vejle Boldklub Elitfodbold A/S. Both players participated in the first week of pre-season player trials in December.
Charleston Battery players under contract for 2004: Chris Bagley, Andreas Bechmann , Ted Chronopoulos, Paul Conway, Linval Dixon, Nick Downing, Chris Doyle, Justin Evans, Chris Goos, Michael Green, Josh Henderson, Dusty Hudock, Kevin Jackson, Henrik Jensen , Steve Klein, Aleksey Korol, Greg Simmonds and Mark Watson
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