Name: Julius James.
Position: Defender.
Schools: St Anthony's College (Trinidad), UCONN (USA).
Club: Toronto FC (Canada, 18-Jan-2008 to present).
DOB: 09-Jul-1984 (Maloney Gardens).
NOTE: Helped St. Anthony’s to the 1999 North League Championship … Played for the Trinidad and Tobago Under-17 Team that traveled to Brazil, Haiti, the United States and the Caribbean. Was the T&T captain that participated in the 2001 U-17 world cup that was hosted by none other than Trinidad and Tobago. In Feb-2006 Julius made his international debut for T&T in a friendly 1-0 win over Florida International University under then coach Leo Beenhakker. Then in Feb-2008 he made his Toronto FC debut in a 0-0 tie vs Odense Boldklub of the Danish Superliga. James was named on the SSFL 2003 All-Star Team and was also one of the top five SSFL players of the year in 2003.
At Connecticut: Anchors one of the strongest defenses in the country.
As a Sophomore (2005): Earned NSCAA Second Team All-American honors, as well as First Team New England accolades ... Named BIG EAST Defender of the Year, as well as a candidate for the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy ... Received First Team All-BIG EAST honors ... Named conference Defensive Player of the Week twice (9/26, 10/31) ... Played and started in all 21 games ... Helped anchor defense that allowed an average of just 0.56 goals per game, while posting 14 shutouts ... Huskies gave up just two goals at home during the regular season ... Scored two goals, one against George Mason (9/9) and another on the road vs. Notre Dame (10/8) ... Averaged 91 minutes of play per game.
As a Freshman (2004): Earned second team All-BIG EAST honors, as well as first team All-New England and College Soccer News All-Freshman All-American accolades ... Singled out as BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week after helping the Huskies to a 173-minute shutout streak with wins versus Boston University (10/12) and Rutgers (10/16) ... Played and started all 23 games for the Huskies in first collegiate season ... Tallied goals against Rutgers (10/16) and Syracuse (10/27) ... Led the team in minutes played with an average of 86 per contest.
• NSCAA First Team All-American (2007, 2006) 
• NSCAA First Team All Northeast (2007, 2006, 2005) 
• Big East Defender of the Year (2007, 2006, 2005) 
• First Team All-Big East (2007, 2006, 2005)
James scored on his debut game for Toronto (May, 31, 2008) vs LA Galaxy which they eventually won (2-0). For James, the goal marked a spectacular debut. The rookie was TFC's first pick in this year's draft, going ninth overall. But because of some early-season additions to the lineup, James, until the LA game, had only got to run around in the sparsely-attended reserve games.

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