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K Devin Barclay (Official Thread)

Devin Barclay kickin? it back to his roots
By Joe Lombardi
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Published: Monday, April 11, 2011

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Devin Barclay kicks off to start the 2010 Rose Bowl on Jan.1, 2010. The Buckeyes defeated Oregon, 26-17.

Former Ohio State football kicker Devin Barclay has returned to his original love: soccer. Barclay recently was named director of coaching for junior boys at the Colorado Rush Soccer Club in Littleton, Colo.

"I really feel like being a full-time soccer guy for so long, it was the perfect fit," Barclay said. "It's an opportunity to get back into the sport. I still have a passion for it."

The story goes back a few months to when Barclay first had an interest in working for the club. After spending a few summers in Colorado, he emailed his r?sum? to Erik Bushey, the technical director of the Colorado Rush.

"When he contacted me, the name jarred my memory," Bushey said. "Back in 2001, he played for the (now defunct) Tampa Bay Mutiny with a college friend of mine named Craig Demmin.

"I remembered Craig talking about this young player that he really spoke a great deal of. So I actually contacted Craig and had a long discussion about Devin."

Demmin ? a college teammate of Bushey at Belhaven University, then called Belhaven College, in Mississippi ? spoke highly of his former Major League Soccer teammate.

"(Barclay) was a little brother to me," Demmin said. "He was always the hardest-working player on the field. During our time in Tampa, we were very close."

While playing together, Demmin learned a great deal about Barclay both as a soccer player and as a person.

"Erik called me and said, ?A guy you told me about has contacted me. ? I am looking for a director, and I want to know what you think first.'"

Demmin said when he learned the person was Barclay, he was more than willing to talk.

"I told him," Demmin said, "Devin is honest, hardworking, and he continually reinvents himself. He went on to play Major League Soccer when he was still a teenager. Things didn't work out, so he did what he needed to do to go to college at Ohio State, walked onto the football team, and eventually became the starting kicker."

Cont...

http://www.thelantern.com/sports/devin-barclay-kickin-it-back-to-his-roots-1.2158441

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JTb5JOUX4I"]YouTube - Interview - Ohio State University's Devin Barclay[/ame]
 
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