Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Playing position | Current team Atlanta Silverbacks Name C. Cochran | |
Full name Carl Howard Cochran, Jr. Date of birth (1991-09-17) 17 September 1991 (age 24) Place of birth Alpharetta, Georgia, United States | ||
Carl Howard "C. J." Cochran, Jr. (born September 17, 1991) is an American professional soccer player plays as a goalkeeper for Oklahoma City Energy in the United Soccer League.
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Cochran was born in Alpharetta, Georgia and played his earlier career with Georgia State Panthers before starting his professional career with Atlanta Silverbacks in 2015. After a year with Atlanta, he joined United Soccer League club Oklahoma City Energy.
Youth career
Cochran started his career with a successful four years at Georgia State Panthers, where he achieved such records as posting the season's all-time record goals-against average of 1.33. Cochran also ended his National Collegiate Athletic Association career with the competition's third-most clean sheets of 11 and with the third-best single-season goals-against average of 1.47 in 2014. While at Georgia State, Cochran also won numerous awards during his time there which included the Sun Belt and College Sports Madness Independent Defensive Player of the Week awards and two Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week awards. In total, Cochran played 4,345 minutes of action with Georgia State which involved 48 starts. With 188 saves during his time there, Cochran comes in the top-10 for most career saves with the Panthers.
Professional career
In 2015, Atlanta Silverbacks offered Cochran a trial at the club. After starting pre-season as a trialist, Cochran signed a professional contract with the club. On April 4, 2015, Cochran made his debut for the Atlanta Silverbacks against Indy Eleven in a match that ended 1–1. On July 7, Cochran was nominated for the NASL Play of the Week award for his save against Martin Nuñez of the Tampa Bay Rowdies. In 2016, Cochran left Atlanta after the club was suspended by the league after it was not successful in finding new ownership for the club, the franchise was suspended on January 11, 2016. Cochran made a total of 9 appearances for Atlanta. After departing Atlanta, Cochran joined United Soccer League club Oklahoma City Energy.