The Carolina RailHawks will be without its 2009 Defensive Player of the Year in 2010. Defender Jeremy Tolleson retired from professional soccer today at the age of 27.
In a team press release, Tolleson said he was retiring to pursue mission work in Honduras.
All three of his professional seasons in soccer were with RailHawks coach Martin Rennie. Both men came over to Carolina after two years with Cleveland prior to the 2009 season.
“I hardly ever saw him play a bad game,” Rennie said. “He is consistently a very good player you can always rely on. We’ll definitely miss having him, but we wish him all the best and we’re excited about what he’s going on to do.”
In his only season with the RailHawks, Tolleson missed the first six games of the year but played all but 38 minutes the rest of the year.
The Carolina defense allowed a 0.63 goals against average and posted 17 shutouts last year.
