Yari Allnutt - Youth and College

Youth and College

While Allnutt was born in Baltimore, Maryland, his family moved to Mexico when he was one year old. He played street soccer in Mexico, but did not join an organized team until his family moved to San Diego, California when he was ten. Three years later, he began playing for the top youth club La Jolla Nomads, coached by Derek Armstrong. He moved up the clubs age groups, winning the McGuire Cup with the U-19 team. After graduating from University City High School in 1989, Allnutt played with the Nomads’ senior team, also coached by Armstrong, the San Diego Nomads of the Western Soccer League. That year the Nomads won the WSL championship, defeating the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 1-0. That fall, Allnutt entered the University of Portland where he played forward on the Clive Charles coached men’s soccer team from 1989 to 1992. He was a four year starter on the team, scoring 27 goals and assisting on 17 others. He earned second team All American honors his senior year, 1992. On May 5, 2010, the school inducted Allnutt into its Athletic Hall of Fame.

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