Darren Mattocks

 ( 1990 Births ) 

Darren Dimitri Mattocks (born 2 September 1990) is a Jamaican professional footballer who last played as a forward for Phoenix Rising FC and the Jamaica national football team.

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College career Mattocks played for the Akron Zips where he made 47 appearances and scored 39 goals over two years. He was nominated for several awards during his tenure, including one to the first-year All-American teams by several different media outlets.

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Professional career

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC Mattocks was selected by Vancouver Whitecaps FC with the second overall pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft.

He made his club debut on opening day against the Montreal Impact coming off the bench. Soon after his club debut he suffered severe burns from a cooking accident and missed almost two months before returning to the line-up on 9 May against FC Edmonton when he scored his first goal for the Whitecaps in the 93rd minute.

Mattocks scored his first MLS goal on 26 May 2012 against the Portland Timbers. Mattocks scored six goals in his first nine MLS appearances in 2012. In the Whitecaps' first ever playoff game versus the LA Galaxy, Mattocks scored the first ever playoff goal for the Vancouver Whitecaps in the fourth minute of play. He earned the team's Golden Boot award that year with seven goals, and MLS listed him as the best young player in the league in its 2012 "24 under 24" list. For the 2013 season, MLS listed Mattocks at no. 12 on its annual "24 under 24" list of best young players.

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Portland Timbers Mattocks was traded in March 2016 to Portland Timbers in exchange for targeted allocation money and general allocation money.

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D.C. United On 10 December 2017, Mattocks, after having his contract option rejected by Portland, was traded to D.C. United in exchange for an international roster slot. D.C. United exercised Mattocks' option for 2018, but he lost his starting role after Wayne Rooney arrived in the mid-summer as a Designated Player.

On 11 March 2018, Mattocks scored his first MLS regular season goal for D.C. United. He scored the only goal for D.C. United in the 3–1 loss against Atlanta United. In his time with DC United, he appeared in 25 games and scored 10 goals.

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FC Cincinnati In December 2018, Mattocks was drafted by FC Cincinnati in the 2018 MLS Expansion Draft.

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Al-Merrikh After nearly a year without a club, Mattocks joined Sudan Premier League side Al-Merrikh SC in February 2021, ahead of their CAF Champions League campaign.

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Phoenix Rising FC Mattocks signed with Phoenix Rising FC of the USL Championship on August 18, 2021.

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International career Mattocks made his international debut for Jamaica in 2012, coming on in the 55th minute in a 2–0 win over El Salvador. He scored three times during the 2014 Caribbean Cup, making him the tournament's joint top scorer, as Jamaica won the tournament for the sixth time.

In 2015, Mattocks was included in Jamaica's squads for the Copa América and CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments. On 22 July 2015, Mattocks scored the opening goal in the 2–1 semi-final victory over the United States in Atlanta, Georgia, as the Reggae Boyz qualified for their first ever Gold Cup final. He also scored in the 3–1 defeat to Mexico in the final in Philadelphia.

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Personal life Mattocks received his U.S. green card in May 2014, which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.

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Career statistics

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Club

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Vancouver Whitecaps	2012	9
	2013	3
	2014	6
	2015	4
Portland Timbers	2016	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	21	1
	2017	24	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	26	2
D.C. United	2018	20	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	9

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International goals

Score and result list Jamaica's goal tally first.

Friendly
	5–0
2014 Caribbean Cup
	3–0
	2–0
Friendly
	3–0
2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
	1–1
2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
	2–1
2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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External links

• Akron Zips bio

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