Jamil Roberts is an American soccer player who most recently played for the San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer.
Education
Roberts attended Washington High School in Fremont, California (where his coach was Johnny Kinnear, brother of Dominic Kinnear) and played college soccer at Santa Clara University, where he played in 80 games and scored five goals. He was named WCC Defensive Player of the Year in 2007, and was named to the All-WCC First Team, the NSCAA All-Far West Region First Team and the College Soccer News All-American Third Team. He also played club soccer for local team Fremont Lazio.
Career
Youth and College Professional Roberts was drafted 45th overall by Football Club Dallas in the 2008 Master of Library Science SuperDraft, but was traded to the San Jose Earthquakes before playing a first team game. He made his Master of Library Science debut for the Earthquakes" as a second half substitute against Los Angeles Galaxy on 14 June 2008. International As a youth, Roberts played 90 minutes for the United States U-17 in wins over Brazil, Serbia and Montenegro and Northern Ireland in the elite group of the 2005 Milk Cup.
He is the younger brother of fellow professional soccer player Troy Roberts.