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Joshua Yaro (born 18 November 1994) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for St. Louis City SC in Major League Soccer.
Mar 24, 1994 · Joshua Yaro, 30, from United States St. Louis CITY SC, since 2022 Centre-Back Market value: €450k * Mar 24, 1994 in Kumasi, Ghana.
- United States
- Kumasi
Nov 18, 1994 · Yaro was named St Louis CITY2’s captain for the inaugural MLS NEXT Pro season. He made 25 appearances (24 starts), leading CITY2’s defense to seven shutouts, which was tied for sixth in the league.
Jan 6, 2016 · Georgetown defender Joshua Yaro, the potential No. 1 overall pick in this month’s SuperDraft, has signed a Generation adidas contract with Major League Soccer and will be on the list of...
- He Started Playing Club Soccer Because of A Little Sibling Jealousy.
- Soccer Isn’T What Brought Him to The States, Though — Academics did.
- His Boarding School Wasn’T Known For Athletics, But He Helped Change that.
- His Latest Academic Passion Is Medical Anthropology.
- Here’s A Reading recommendation.
- Despite All The Hype, He Likes to Stay Cool and Collected.
- On The Field, His All-Time Soccer Idol Is Rio Ferdinand.
- One of His Friends from Home Also Entered MLS Through Generation Adidas.
Yaro is the youngest of four chidren in the family, with an older sister and two older brothers. He started playing street soccer in his native Ghana but didn’t consider anything more serious until he wanted to catch up to his brothers. “I remember coming home one day and they had cleats and everything, and I didn’t get them, so I wanted them too, ...
His parents, former heads of schools in Ghana, sent him to a small boarding high school outside of Santa Barbara, the Cate School. “I was really far from my family, and the school provided me with family. That’s why I say I technically live in Santa Barbara, because when I can’t go home to Ghana on breaks, I stay there. It’s been about a year and a...
“It’s a really good private school, but it’s not known for sports — there are only about 270 kids there. But interestingly enough, our soccer team starting picking up. We ended up winning our division, and we went on to win the CIF, which is California Interscholastic Federation, the biggest trophy you could win in California for our division. For ...
He delayed signing a Generation adidas contract until the last possible college semester, so he can still pick up with his double-major degree at Georgetown in the future. “I went into Georgetown knowing I wanted to study international relations, but then I was picking out classes for the fall, and I read a course description of a medical anthropol...
“There’s a really famous book called, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. It’s a family that migrates to the US, and the daughter is epileptic. The family thinks it’s a spirit that catches your soul and that’s what causes illness, and their new doctor in California tells them, ‘No, this is what it is, and this is how you treat it.’ Long story...
“As much as I can, I try to stay calm. Everyone’s trying to speed up and is super giddy on the field, but that’s one of my strengths.”
“I grew up watching him, and he’s a center back, and has same style – he’s calm, he has good vision. Also, I got to meet him in Manchester in a tournament in 2008. I was sitting, and one of my friends goes, ‘Josh, look behind you, you won’t believe who’s coming.’ I had no idea he was going to be there that day, and I saw him walking up. I finally w...
“When I first got to here in 2010, I did not really know a lot about MLS. But one of my friends from Ghana signed a GA contract in 2011 for the Sounders – Michael Tetteh. They were playing the LA Galaxy, so I went down for it from Santa Barbara, and then I went from there, learning about the league.”
Nov 18, 1994 · Yaro was named St Louis CITY2’s captain for the inaugural MLS NEXT Pro season. He made 25 appearances (24 starts), leading CITY2’s defense to seven shutouts, which was tied for...
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