Darren Mattocks is a Jamaican professional football player who plays for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer.
Education
Mattocks played for the University of Akron where he made 47 appearances and scored 39 goals over two years. He was nominated for several awards during his tenure. He was nominated to the first-year All-American teams by several different media outlets.
Career
College Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club Mattocks was selected by Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club with the second overall pick in the 2012 Master of Library Science SuperDraft. He made his club debut on opening day against the Montreal Impact coming off the bench. He suffered severe burns from a cooking accident and missed almost two months before returning to the line-up on 9 May against Football Club Edmonton when he scored his first goal for the Whitecaps in the 93rd minute.
Mattocks scored his first Master of Library Science goal on 26 May 2012 the Portland Timbers.
Mattocks scored six goals in his first nine Master of Library Science appearances in 2012. In the Whitecaps" first ever playoff game versus the Los Angeles 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. Portland Timbers Mattocks was traded in March 2016 to Portland Timbers in exchange for targeted allocation money and general allocation money.
International In 2015, Mattocks was included in "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. International goals Score and result list "s goal tally first.
Mattocks received his United States. green card in May 2014, which qualifies him as a domestic player for Master of Library Science roster purposes.
Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club Canadian Championship Runners-up (2): 2012, 2013.