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Born in Toronto, Franklin began playing soccer at age four with Beach Community Soccer. [1] [2] Shortly after he began to play with Power Soccer Academy. [3]When he was 9, his family moved to Chicago, where he began playing with Evanston SC before quickly joining the academy of Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire. [3]
Franklin attended Keene State College, where he was a 1977 and 1978 NAIA first team All-American soccer player. [1] He was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002. [ 2 ] In 1979, Franklin began his professional career with the New England Tea Men of the North American Soccer League .
Franklin was selected by D.C. United in the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft and signed with D.C. shortly thereafter. He scored his first goal for D.C. on April 26, 2014, in a 4–1 win against FC Dallas. [4] On December 19, 2016, D.C. United re-signed Franklin in a multiyear contract. [5] On November 28, 2017, his contract option with United was ...
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Franklin Lawson is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the American Soccer League and the United Soccer League. Raised in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, Lawson graduated from Cedar Ridge High School. [1] He then attended Belmont Abbey College where he graduated in 1977.
On February 6, 1999, the Los Angeles Galaxy selected Franklin in the second round (twenty-fourth overall) of the 1999 MLS College Draft. [3] The Boston Bulldogs also selected Franklin in the USL A-League draft. [4] Franklin signed with the Bulldogs and spent two seasons in Boston. [5] [6] In 2001, he played for the Connecticut Wolves. [7]
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Goals can be disallowed if there is an infraction by the offensive team. The goal in lacrosse is 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 6 feet (1.8 m) wide and a net is used to prevent the ball from reentering the field of play. Lacrosse goals are not positioned on the end boundary line; play often occurs behind the goal. [9]