Sebastien Vorbe

Sebastien Vorbe (born 4 June 1976) is a Haitian professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Violette.

Club career

Vorbe started his career playing for the First Division in the Ligue Haïtienne for the Violette AC,<ref name="Hall"/> where he would go on to win the national championship his first year during the 1994–95 season.

After the following year, Vorbe played college soccer at Florida International University in 1997 and 1998, where he registered nine goals and 13 assists in 37 games. Following two seasons at FIU, Vorbe returned to Haiti to play with Violette AC, only to win his second national championship.<ref name="Hall"/><ref>RSSSF: Haiti - List of Champions</ref>

LA Galaxy (2000–01)

At age 24, Vorbe signed a one-year contract as a discovery player on 25 April 2000<ref name="LA">LA Galaxy - Sebastien Vorbe</ref> to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy,<ref name="Brousseau">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> arguably one of the most successful clubs of Major League Soccer.<ref name="Hall"/> He was noticed on the international stage for Haiti during the qualifying tournament in Los Angeles and the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament in Miami and had the opportunity to train with the club during preseason.<ref name="Archive#3375">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Although players before him played in defunct American leagues, Vorbe became just the second Haitian player ever (to Patrick Tardieu), to play for the MLS since its 1993 creation.<ref name="Brousseau"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He scored his first major league goal against the defending MLS champion D.C. United leading Galaxy to a 2–1 victory.<ref name="Los Angeles Times - 20 June 2000 - Vorbe's First Goal a Timely One for Galaxy in 2-1 Win">Template:Cite news</ref> In 19 games and 915 minutes with the team, Vorbe scored four goals in ten starts, the most by four rookies on the team.<ref>LA Galaxy 2000 Season in Review</ref> A notable game was when Vorbe scored the winning goal at the 50th minute against a quality Club Atlético Talleres, that was just promoted to Argentine Primera División<ref>RSSSF: South American Competitions (The Best Club Of South America)</ref> after an outstanding season.<ref name="Brousseau"/>

In January 2001 Vorbe played in the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> where Galaxy would defeat Honduran club, Olimpia in the finals and win its first title in the competition.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Vorbe was waived on 5 March 2001.<ref name="LA"/>

Violette (2001)

After the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Vorbe would again return to Violette AC, where he became a mainstay and continues to play.

International career

Vorbe represented the Haiti, from 1999 to 2000. He scored Haiti's lone goal of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament.<ref name="Archive#3375"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>RSSSF: CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

He is the nephew of notable Haitian player Philippe Vorbe.<ref name="Hall">Template:Cite book</ref>

Honours

Violette

• Ligue Haïtienne: 1995, 1999

Los Angeles Galaxy

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2000

Haiti U17

• CFU Under-17 Championship: 2000

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