Phil Karn (soccer)

Phil Karn
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-06-03) June 3, 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Roslyn, Pennsylvania, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
1994–1995 Drexel Dragons
1996–1997 Penn State Nittany Lions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 Reading Rage (14)
1999–2002 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 95 (23)
2003 Reading United 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Phil Karn is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the USL A-League.

In 1994, Karn graduated from Abington High School.[1] In 1994, Karn began his collegiate career at Drexel University. He transferred to Penn State University in 1996.[2][3] In 1998, Karn turned professional with Reading Rage of the USISL D-3 Pro League, earning Second Team All League. His fourteen goals that season led to his moving up to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL A-League. Karn spent four seasons with the Riverhounds, then returned to Reading for the 2003 season. In February 2001, the Columbus Crew selected Karn in the sixth round (63rd overall), but was released on March 19, 2001.[4][5]

He is the assistant youth director for the Philadelphia Union.[6]

  1. ^ Abington’s Phil Karn will head to Drexel
  2. ^ Booters eye inexperienced Drexel Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today
  3. ^ Nittany Lions men’s soccer records
  4. ^ 2001 MLS SuperDraft Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ MLS Transactions Update (March 19, 2001)
  6. ^ Philadelphia Union staff