Education
Young graduated from Syosset High School where he was an NSCAA First Team High School All American and a Parade Magazine All-America soccer player. Young attended George Mason University.
Young graduated from Syosset High School where he was an NSCAA First Team High School All American and a Parade Magazine All-America soccer player. Young attended George Mason University.
Young began his playing career as a youth in New New York Syosset made it to the New York state high school championship, losing in overtime, during Young"s senior season. He holds the school"s career record of 54 goals.
Young earned, All-Conference Honors twice, All-Virginia, and All-South his senior year and was inducted into the GMU Soccer Hall of Fame in 2012.
During his senior year, he assisted fellow Israeli, Tamir Linhart, to upset his 13th Ranked GMU team over Number. 1 Ranked University of Virginia 2-0.
This assist broke the school"s career assist record (21) and tied the single season record (9). Young also became the first GMU player to reach the 20 goal 20 assist plateau.
Young was signed by Hapoel Haifa of the Israel Premier League, the same club his father, Roby Young captained and starred throughout the 1960s, for the 1993-1994 Liga Leumit season.
After his time in Israel, Young was drafted by the Washington Warthogs of the Continental Indoor Soccer League in 1994. Young spent two seasons with the Warthogs recording 11 goals and 22 assists. On July 30, 1997 Young signed with the short-lived Baton Rouge Bombers of the Eastern Indoor Soccer League.
During the team"s two years of existence, Young led the league in assists both seasons as the Bombers twice went to the championship series.
Young was a two-time All Star and runner-up for Most Valuable Player in 1997. Young retired from professional soccer to focus on his graduate degree.
Young has become an elite youth soccer coach in the Washington District of Columbia area. He has coached the Herndon Arsenal, BRYC Nighthawks, SYC Junior.
Royals, and Herndon Real Junior. to Virginia State Championships.
Young"s best game came in Romania against Football Club Petrolul Ploesti where he was man of the match assisting on all three goals for a shocking 3-0 win against the European powerhouse. Young was named Virginia State of the Year in 2001 after taking the Nighthawks to 16th in the United States of America, the Arsenal to 12th in the United States of America, and the Oakton High School Cougars to the State Finals.
He was a member of the United States U-16, U-18 United States National Team pool.
