Aaron King

Youth and amateur

King attended South High School and Smoky Hill High School where he won the 2000 Colorado State Soccer Championship. He then attended the North Carolina State University, playing on the men's soccer team from 2002 to 2005. During his four years at NC State, he scored forty-four and added fifteen assists. He was a 2005 second team All American. In 2004, King played with the Boulder Rapids Reserve in the fourth division Premier Development League during the collegiate off season. In 2005, he played with the Raleigh CASL Elite.

Professional

In 2006, the Virginia Beach Mariners selected King with the 15th pick in the USL First Division College Draft. On January 20, 2006, the Los Angeles Galaxy picked King in the fourth round (forty-eighth overall) in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. King chose to sign with the Galaxy. On February 8, 2006, the Galaxy sent King to the Colorado Rapids in exchange for a first round pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft. He never saw a first team game, but played ten games, scoring two goals, with the Colorado Rapids reserve team. On November 21, 2006, the Rapids waived King. In the spring of 2007, the Charleston Battery signed King after he impressed the team at trials. He spent two seasons in Charleston, scoring twenty-one goals in fifty-one games. On January 30, 2009, King signed with the Carolina RailHawks. He suffered several injuries during the season which kept him out of most first team games. On…

King continues to coach in the greater Denver area with the private coaching service, CoachUp.