Phil Goss

High school career

Goss played for local Oxon Hill High School, winning the Class 4A Maryland championship in 2000, and being named All-Met Second Team by The Washington Post in 2001.

College career

He committed to Drexel college, playing in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) of the NCAA Division I, prior to the nomination of coach Bruiser Flint in April 2001.

He started 27 of 28 games he played as a freshman, averaging 11.4 points, 2.9 assists and 1.7 steals in nearly 30 minutes per game, leading to a selection to the 2002 CAA All-Rookie team.

In 2002-03, his school record 90 three pointers - later beaten by teammate Dominick Mejia - combined with a 11.5 scoring average helped Drexel reach the 2003 CAA tournament final, that they would lose 62-70 to UNC Wilmington.

They again lost to UNCW in 2003-04, this time in the quarterfinals, Goss' 13.6 points, 2.4 assists and 2.1 steals, in around 32 minutes per game, helped obtain a place in the 2004 All-CAA First-team.

Goss led the Dragons in scoring with 14.4ppg in 2004-05, however his 18 points in the CAA Tournament quarterfinal against Hofstra could not stop Drexel from losing, meaning a distraught Goss never played in the NCAA tournament. He was selected to the All-CAA Second Team.

Drexel's opening round loss in the 2005 National Invitation Tournament - their third consecutive appearance in the NIT - was his last collegiate game. As of 2014-15, he is 12th on the Drexel all-time career scoring list (1,473 points), second for career 3-pt field goals (306) and fourth for career steals (166).

Professional career

Going undrafted in the 2005 NBA draft, Goss moved to the Netherlands, signing with the Polynorm Giants of the Dutch Basketball League, the first offer he received. In the 2005-06 season he averaged 9.4 points, 3,4 assists and 3,1 steals in more than 35 minutes per game, also playing in the league All-Star Game.

The next season, he signed with Beykozspor of the more competitive Turkish Basketball League. Playing for the lower table team, he managed 13.9 points, 4 assists (10th best in the league) and 4 rebounds per game in 2006-07.

Goss next moved to the Israeli Basketball Premier League, signing with Eldan Ashkelon. After breaking his nose in the first regular season game he found it hard to fit into the team, disagreements with the organisation meant he left in February 2008. Finishing the season in the Polish Basketball League with AZS Koszalin, he played 16 out of 18 games as starter, contributing 12 points per game as the team made the playoffs.

In 2008, the American moved to Italian second division side Coopsette Rimini Crabs. Playing in what he described as the "best league he'd played in", Goss flourished, becoming one of the league's best players. He finished the season with 17,6 points, 3,4 rebounds, 2,9 assists and 3,8 steals per game, he was the fourteenth best in the league in scoring and first in steals during the regular season.

In August 2009, Goss moved to another second division side, Bialetti Scafati. He had a good season there, contributing a league second-best 21.2 points per game (off an unrivaled 44.9% on three), adding 4.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists in nearly 36 minutes per game over the regular season, he posted slightly lower but still good figures in the playoffs though Scafati lost at the quarterfinal stage.

Goss next moved up to the Italian first division Serie A, signing with Cimberio Varese for the 2010-11 season. He finished his first top flight season with 14.8 points, 3 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 33 games.

The next summer, in August 2011, he moved to the French Pro A, joining ASVEL. Despite a good start, scoring 25 points in the Euroleague qualifier against Gravelines, Goss soon came into conflict with coach Pierre Vincent, who pulled him out of a game after 3 minutes citing lack of collective discipline. After averaging 9.1 points and 2.5 assists in 23 minutes per game in the league, with 8.9 and 2.3 in the same amount of time through the European second tier Eurocup, Goss parted ways with ASVEL in March 2012, rejoining Varese.

After playing in the last 12 games of 2011-12 with Varese, averaging 12.3 points, Goss joined Acea Virtus Roma in August 2012. He was an important part of Roma's "miracle" run to the 2012-13 Serie A finals, with 12.9 points in 31,4 minutes on average, including decisive performances in the semifinal series against Lenovo Cantù, scoring 13 points in the last quarter of the game 6 do-or-die win. The American was less decisive in the finals against Montepaschi Siena, scoring 11 points whilst conceding a technical foul in Game 5 as Siena won to clinch the title.

Roma nominated Goss team captain in July 2013 as he signed a new contract for 2013-14. He continued on his previous season's form, posting 14,8 points and 2.5 assists in about 31 minutes per game to help Rome reach the playoffs. Roma again found Siena in their way - this time in the semifinals - and were again outdone in five games, despite Goss' good performances, including 23 points in game 5 - his last for Roma - in which he was ejected after committing five fouls.

He joined another Serie A club, Umana Reyer Venezia, in June 2014. After averaging 14.1 points and 3.4 assists in 41 games during the 2014-15 season to help Venezia reach the playoff semifinals, his contract was extended for another year in July 2015.

Goss competes for Team City of Gods in The Basketball Tournament. He was a point guard on the 2015 team who made it to the semifinals, losing to Overseas Elite 84-71.