The
Missouri Comets have announced the return of Craig Rocastle to the
Comets for the upcoming season, pending league approval. Rocastle, who
already had ties to the metro when he played for Sporting KC, signed
with the Comets last season but was allowed to go play for Thrasyvoulos
FC of the Greek Second Division, where he started 17 games, earned nine
Player of the Game awards recorded eight assists.
“Letting
Craig gain more experience by playing internationally will only benefit
the Comets this season,” said Comets President Brian Budzinski. “We
wanted him on the team and he wanted to come back to Kansas City for his
family, the timing just fit and he can be an immediate impact on the
team.”
Rocastle
(6-foot-1, Lewisham, England) holds citizenship with the country of
Grenada and played extensively in the European highest divisions
including English Premier League team from Chelsea, Sheffield Wednesday
and Oldham Athletic. In 2009 he signed with English club Forest Green
Rovers; he made 15 appearances with the Rovers before gaining interest
from American teams.
Rocastle
signed with the Kansas City Wizards (now Sporting Kansas City) in March
of 2010 making 23 appearances and starting 18 games that season. He was
an important part of the lineup for the Wizard’s match vs. Colorado in
the US Open Cup, and the Wizard’s 2-1 victory over Manchester United
that season. In November of 2010, he was called up to the Grenada
National Team player pool where he earned his first cap on November 26,
2010 in a Caribbean Championship match vs. Guadeloupe. Rocastle appeared
in six Sporting Kansas City games before hurting his knee in a Gold Cup
match with Grenada. Overall, he has made 29 appearances (23 starts) for
the Wizards/Sporting KC franchise and has earned 11 caps for Grenada.
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