Greenville, SC – The Greenville Triumph have signed defender and former USL Championship player Harri Hawkins to the 2020 roster, pending league and federation approval. Hawkins had been training with the club prior to the coronavirus shutdown in mid-March, and recently returned stateside to rejoin the club ahead of this weekend’s restart.
Hawkins joins the second-year club after spending last season with USL Championship side, Loudon United, where he made 25 appearances with 24 starts and logged 2,192 minutes played. Throughout the 2019 season, Hawkins tallied a goal and an assist paired defensively with 146 clearances and 25 interceptions.
A native of Cambridge, England, Hawkins came to the States to attend Hofstra University, where he scored 13 goals and logged 58 total appearances. He was an All-Colonial Athletic Association selection in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Following his four years at Hofstra, Hawkins spent time with the New York Cosmos (NISL) first and second teams, including a start in the first team’s 2-0 defeat of La Liga’s Valencia CF. Hawkins helped the Cosmos second team record six clean sheets with only eight goals conceded throughout the 2017 season.
Hawkins and the Triumph head to South Florida this weekend to take on Fort Lauderdale CF in a USL League One Opening Weekend fixture. The teams will kick off Saturday evening at 8:00pm in Inter Miami CF Stadium, with the match being broadcast on ESPN+.
