Shawn Boney

Who is Shawn Boney?

Shawn Boney is a Trinidadian football midfielder who was a member of the Trinidad and Tobago U-20 national team at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship. He spent his professional career in the United States.

Boney began his collegiate career at Mercer County Community College. During his two seasons, he was a 1993 and 1994 NJCAA All American. He then transferred to Southern Connecticut State University where he won the 1995 NCAA Men's Division II Soccer Championship. Boney was a 1996 First Team NCAA Division II All American soccer player. On 20 December 1996, the Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League made Boney a second round draft pick. In February 1997, the Los Angeles Galaxy selected Boney in the second round of the 1997 MLS College Draft. The Galaxy released him during the preseason and he signed with the Connecticut Wolves of the USISL A-League. He played the 1997 USISL season with the Wolves, then signed with the Cleveland Crunch on 10 October 1997. At the completion of the 1997–1998 indoor season, Boney returned to the Wolves for the 1998 outdoor season.