Ben Hickey | |
Birth Place: | Birmingham, England |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | 1993–1996 |
Youthclubs1: | St. John's Red Storm |
Years1: | 1997 |
Clubs1: | Connecticut Wolves |
Caps1: | 25 |
Goals1: | 9 |
Years2: | 1998 |
Clubs2: | Long Island Rough Riders |
Caps2: | 16 |
Goals2: | 4 |
Years3: | 1999 |
Clubs3: | North Jersey Imperials |
Caps3: | 5 |
Goals3: | 7 |
Years4: | 2002–2003 |
Clubs4: | New York Freedom |
Caps4: | 20 |
Goals4: | 6 |
Ben Hickey is an English retired football midfielder who played professionally in the USL A-League.
Hickey attended St. John's University where he was a 1995 First Team All American and 1996 Second Team soccer player.[1] [2] [3] His senior season, the Red Storm won the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship.
In February 1997, the Connecticut Wolves selected Hickey in the first round (twenty-third overall) of the USISL draft.[4] He played the 1997 season with the Wolves, then moved to the Long Island Rough Riders for the 1998 season. In 1999, he played for the North Jersey Imperials.[5] In 2002 and 2003, he played for the New York Freedom. He has now settled in California with his beautiful wife, Latika Hickey and three loving daughters, Ayanna, Shaelyn, and Grace.