Mechack Jérôme

Mechack Jérôme (born April 21, 1990) is a Haitian professional footballer who plays for Indy Eleven in the USL Championship.

Mechack Jérôme
Jérôme with Haiti in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-04-21) April 21, 1990[1]
Place of birth Liancourt, Haiti
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Indy Eleven
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Baltimore
2009–2010 Mirandela 4 (0)
2010 Austin Aztex 3 (0)
2011–2012 Orlando City 34 (2)
2013–2014 Sporting Kansas City 12 (0)
2014 Montreal Impact 0 (0)
2015 Charlotte Independence 17 (0)
2015–2018 Jacksonville Armada 81 (3)
2019–2021 El Paso Locomotive 51 (0)
2022– Indy Eleven 55 (0)
International career‡
2008– Haiti 78 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 17, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 27, 2022

Club career

Jérôme played for Baltimore in the Ligue Haïtienne, and then for Mirandela in the Portuguese Second Division, before being spotted by Austin Aztex head coach Adrian Heath while playing for the Haiti national team in a friendly match against the Aztex on April 28, 2010.

Jérôme signed for the Aztex in June 2010 and made his debut for the team on September 11, 2010 in a 3–1 loss to the Puerto Rico Islanders.[2] Prior to the 2011 season, new owners purchased the club, moved it to Orlando, Florida, renamed it Orlando City and joined the USL Pro league for 2011.

He signed a multi-year contract with Orlando City on September 1, 2011.[3]

Jérôme was signed by Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer on February 28, 2013.[4] The club released him on March 31, 2014.[5]

On June 6, 2014 he signed with Montreal Impact.[6] He was released three weeks later.[7]

Jérôme signed with Charlotte Independence of United Soccer League on May 1, 2015.[8] He then signed with Jacksonville Armada FC of the North American Soccer League in September 2015.[9] Two months later he re-signed with Jacksonville for the 2016 season.[10]

Jérôme signed with USL Championship expansion club El Paso Locomotive on January 21, 2019.[11] El Paso re-signed Jérôme for the 2020 season on November 21.[12]

In December 2021, it was announced Jérôme would make the move to Indy Eleven ahead of the 2022 season.[13]

International career

Jerome played for Haiti at the 2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament and the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, before making his debut for the full senior Haiti national team in 2008. He was part of the Haiti squad which competed in the 2008 Caribbean Championship, and helped his country qualify for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Career statistics
Scores and results list Haiti's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jérôme goal.
List of international goals scored by Mechack Jérôme[14]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
118 November 2014Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica Cuba1–02–12014 Caribbean Cup
24 September 2015Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada Grenada2–13–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
39 November 2016Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti French Guiana1–02–52017 Caribbean Cup qualification
411 June 2019Centro de Alto Rendimiento, Alajuela, Costa Rica Guyana1–03–1Friendly

Honours

Baltimore SC

Orlando City

Sporting Kansas City

References
  1. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Mechack JEROME". February 19, 2019. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019.
  2. "USSF Division-2 Pro League". demosphere.com.
  3. "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
  4. "Sporting Kansas City signs Christian Duke, Mechack Jerome - ESPN FC". ESPNFC.com.
  5. "Sporting KC waives Mechack Jerome". Sporting Kansas City.
  6. "Impact signs defender Mechack Jérôme". Montreal Impact.
  7. "Impact signs Polish left back Krzysztof Krol". Montreal Impact.
  8. "Independence Shores Up Defense With Addition Of Mechack Jérôme". Charlotte Independence. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
  9. "Armada FC Signs Haitian National Defender Mechack Jérôme". armadafc.com.
  10. "Mechack Jérôme Re-signs With Armada FC". armadafc.com.
  11. "EL PASO LOCOMOTIVE FC SIGNS HAITIAN INTERNATIONAL DEFENDER, MECHACK JÉRÔME". January 21, 2019.
  12. "Haitian National Team veteran Mechack Jérôme returning to Locomotive FC for 2020". November 21, 2019.
  13. USLChampionship com Staff (December 3, 2021). "Indy Announces Arrival of Rebellon, Jerome for 2022 Season". USL Championship.
  14. "Jérôme, Mechack". National Football Teams. Retrieved 1 February 2017.


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