stretch, Huckerby notched three goals and three assists. On 11 November 2008, it was announced that Huckerby had won the 2008 MLS Newcomer of the Year Award. During the 2009 Major League Soccer season, Huckerby underwent surgery to eliminate his hip injury. However, on 16 September 2009, at age 33, Huckerby announced that he was '99% sure' of his retirement. International career Huckerby made one appearance with the England B team in 1998. Coaching career He is a former academy coach for the Under 16s at Premier League side Norwich City. Personal life Huckerby lives in Keswick, south Norfolk. His son Tom is also a footballer, currently playing for Wroxham. After retiring from football in 2009, Huckerby returned to playing football in the Masters Tournament in June 2011 in which he scored 8 goals in the Yorkshire Masters for his old club Leeds United. In the Grand Masters final Huckerby added a further 6 goals to his tally, making him overall tournament golden boot winner with 14 goals. Leeds were overall runners up in the tournament, losing 8–3 to Rangers in the final. On 14 April 2013, Huckerby played in a charity game at Lowestoft Town's Crown Meadow ground. He played for the ex professionals against a select eleven which included students from Lowestoft College. Career statistics Honours First Division: 2001–02 First Division: 2003–04 Norwich City player of the year: 2005, 2007 Major League Soccer player of the month: September 2008 2008 Major League Soccer Newcomer of the Year References External links The Official Darren Huckerby Website Darren Huckerby Trust Living people 1976 births People from Keswick, South Norfolk British people of Georgian descent English footballers Footballers from Nottingham Association football forwards England B international footballers Premier League players English Football League players Major League Soccer players Lincoln City F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Leeds United F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Norwich City F.C. players San Jose Earthquakes players English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States English expatriate footballers