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{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1992)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jared Watts
| image = Jared Watts Portland Timbers vs Colorado Rapids 2016-10-16.jpg
| image =Portlend-Colorado16 (2).jpg
| caption = Watts with [[Colorado Rapids]] in 2016
| fullname=
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|2|3}}
| birth_place = [[Statesville, North Carolina]], United States
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}
| position = [[Defensive midfielder]], [[defender (association football)|defender]]
| currentclub = [[Colorado Rapids]]
| clubnumbercurrentclub = 33
| position = [[Midfielder|Defensive Midfielder]], [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 = 2007–2009
| youthclubs1 = [[IMG Soccer Academy]]
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| collegecaps1 = 73
| collegegoals1 = 5
| years1 = 2014–2014–2018
| clubs1 = [[Colorado Rapids]]
| caps1 = 71
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2018
| clubs2 = [[Houston Dynamo]]
| caps2 = 7
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2018
| clubs3 = → [[Rio Grande Valley FC]] (loan)
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2007–2009
| nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national under-17 soccer team|United States U17]]
| nationalcaps1 = 21
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 15:26, 26 October 2017 (UTC)
| ntupdate = March 30, 2014
}}
 
'''Jared Watts''' (born February 3, 1992) is an American retired professional [[association football|soccer]] player who playsplayed as a [[defensive midfielder]] for theor [[Coloradodefender Rapids]](association in [[Major League Soccerfootball)|defender]].
 
==Club career==
 
Watts was drafted out of [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer|Wake Forest University]] in the second round (33rd overall) of the [[2014 MLS SuperDraft]] by [[Colorado Rapids]]. He made his professional debut on March 29, 2014 against [[Sporting Kansas City]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://us.soccerway.com/matches/2014/03/29/united-states/mls/colorado-rapids/kansas-city-wizards/1618235/?ICID=PL_MS_04|title=Colorado Rapids vs. Sporting Kansas City|date=March 30, 2014}}</ref>
=== Youth career ===
While at [[Wake Forest University]] he received: First Team All-ACC (2011, 2012, 2013), All-ACC Freshman Team (2010), and TopDrawerSoccer All-Rookie Team (2010)
Watts spent time with North Meck SC as well as with the [[IMG Soccer Academy]]. He would attend [[Wake Forest University]] and was named first team All-Conference on three occasions; 2011, 2012, and 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.houstondynamo.com/players/jared-watts|title=Jared Watts|website=houstondynamo.com|access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref>
 
=== Colorado Rapids ===
Watts was drafted in the second round (33rd overall) of the [[2014 MLS SuperDraft]] by the [[Colorado Rapids]].<ref name=":0" /> He made his professional debut on March 29, 2014, against [[Sporting Kansas City]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/03/29/united-states/mls/colorado-rapids/kansas-city-wizards/1618235/?ICID=PL_MS_04|title=Colorado Rapids vs. Sporting Kansas City|date=March 30, 2014}}</ref> Watts scored his first professional goal on July 11, 2015, in a 3–1 win over [[Real Salt Lake]].<ref name=":0" /> In 2016, Watts was a part of the best defense in MLS and helped the Rapids finish second in the [[Western Conference (MLS)|Western Conference]]. He would help the Rapids reach the Conference finals, where they fell to [[Seattle Sounders FC]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lastwordonsoccer.com/2016/11/29/colorado-rapids-2016-season-review/|title=Colorado Rapids 2016 Season Review - Last Word on Soccer|last=Editor|first=Matt Pollard, Managing|date=2016-11-29|work=Last Word on Soccer|access-date=2018-11-19|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
On March 28, 2018, Watts was traded to [[Houston Dynamo]] in exchange for $100,000 of Targeted Allocation Money.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.houstondynamo.com/post/2018/03/28/houston-dynamo-acquire-defender-jared-watts-colorado-rapids|title=Houston Dynamo acquire defender Jared Watts from Colorado Rapids &#124; Houston Dynamo}}</ref>
 
=== Houston Dynamo ===
Watts made his Dynamo debut on May 30, 2018, in a 2–1 loss to Real Salt Lake. He suffered various injuries in 2018, forcing him to miss good chunks of the season.<ref name=":0" />
 
==International career==
Watts captained the US at the [[2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup]] in Nigeria. He also has had extensive international experience, seeing time with the U17 and U20 U.S. Youth National Teams. Played and was a captain with the U.S. U17 team.
 
== Career statistics ==
{{Updated|November 18, 2018}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/jared-watts|title=Jared Watts|website=mlssoccer.com|access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/jared-watts/103131/|title=J. Watts|website=Soccerway|access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|+
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[U.S. Open Cup|US Open Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Playoffs
!colspan="2"|[[CONCACAF Champions League|Continental]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Colorado Rapids]]
|[[2014 Colorado Rapids season|2014]]
|rowspan="5"|[[Major League Soccer|MLS]]
|17||0||0||0||colspan="2"|"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||0
|-
|[[2015 Colorado Rapids season|2015]]
|13||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||1
|-
|[[2016 Colorado Rapids season|2016]]
|21||0||1||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||26||0
|-
|[[2017 Colorado Rapids season|2017]]
|20||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||21||0
|-
|[[2018 Colorado Rapids season|2018]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!71!!1!!3!!0!!4!!0!!0!!0!!78!!0
|-
|[[Houston Dynamo]]
|[[2018 Houston Dynamo season|2018]]
|MLS
|7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||0
|-
|[[Rio Grande Valley FC Toros|RGVFC Toros]] (loan)
|[[2018 Rio Grande Valley FC season|2018]]
|[[USL Championship|USL]]
|1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career Total
!79!!1!!3!!0!!4!!0!!0!!0!!86!!1
|}
 
== Honors ==
'''Houston Dynamo'''
 
* [[U.S. Open Cup|US Open Cup]]: [[2018 U.S. Open Cup|2018]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
*{{MLS|jared-watts}}
*[http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/jared-watts MLS player profile]
 
{{Colorado Rapids squad}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Watts, Jared}}
[[Category:1992 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American men's soccer players]]
[[Category:Wake Forest Demon Deacons menMen's soccerassociation football playersdefenders]]
[[Category:Colorado Rapids players]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Soccer players from North Carolina]]
[[Category:Colorado Rapids draft picks]]
[[Category:Colorado Rapids players]]
[[Category:Houston Dynamo FC players]]
[[Category:Major League Soccer players]]
[[Category:People from Statesville, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Iredell County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Rio Grande Valley FC Toros players]]
[[Category:Soccer players from North Carolina]]
[[Category:USL Championship players]]
[[Category:United States men's youth international soccer players]]
[[Category:Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer players]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportsmen]]
 
 
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