Javier Centeno (1998)
Javier Centeno was a graceful midfielder with tremendous passing skills and had a knack for scoring. He was a major part of one of CCRI’s most successful soccer teams. He was a two-time NJCAA All-American, and was a two-time All-New England first-team. From the 1985 CCRI regional finalists that ranked as high as 5th in the nation, Centeno was 1 of 5 all-region selections. He was the team’s MVP in 1987. Being an All-Stater from Central Falls High School, after CCRI, he went to play professionally for the Miami Freedom in the American Professional Soccer League and played for the Rhode Island Sting Rays of U.S.I.S.L.; as well as being invited to the 1996 Major League Soccer combine in Los Angeles. Centeno has been inducted into the New England Soccer Hall of Fame in 2015, was named RI Boys Youth Soccer Coach of the Year once, he has served as a Youth Supervisor for the Central Falls School Department, and starting in 2002, Centeno has been involved with an organization named Project GOAL as a Director of Soccer and Co-Founder.