Editing Justin Detter (section)

{{short description|American retired soccer player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2009}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Justin Detter
| image =
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|8|7}}
| birth_place = [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], United States
| height = 5 ft 11 in
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = Vardar SC
| collegeyears1 = 2000–2003
| college1 = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]]
| collegecaps1 = 80
| collegegoals1 = 38
| years1 = 
| clubs1 = [[Mid-Michigan Bucks]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 2004–2005
| clubs2 = [[Kansas City Wizards]]
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 0
| totalcaps = 10+
| totalgoals = 0+
| nationalyears1 = 
| nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national under-17 soccer team|United States U17]]
| nationalcaps1 = 
| nationalgoals1 = 
}}

'''Justin Detter''' (born August 7, 1982) is an American retired [[Association football|soccer]] player who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Major League Soccer]] club [[Kansas City Wizards]]. He retired in 2005 citing poor pay ($18,500/year) as his primary factor in his decision.

Detter went to [[Holly High School]] and played club soccer at the Detroit club, Vardar. He moved to playing professional soccer via [[IMG Academy]] in Bradenton and with the U.S. U-17 [[United States men's national soccer team|national team]]. After graduating from Bradenton, Detter moved to [[College soccer in the United States|college soccer]] at the [[University of Notre Dame]], where he played from 2000 to 2003. Detter was a starter in all four years at Notre Dame. In his senior season, after moving from midfield to forward, he scored 14 goals with 8 assists and was selected for the All-Big East first team. He finished his college career with 38 goals and 28 assists.

On graduating, Detter was selected 47th overall in the [[2004 MLS SuperDraft]] by the [[Kansas City Wizards]]. He struggled to be given playing time behind [[Josh Wolff]], [[Davy Arnaud]] and [[Matt Taylor (American soccer)|Matt Taylor]], and he had to undergo two sports hernia surgeries and finished the season with only 162 minutes from six games.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Infozine.com|title=Wizards Forward Justin Detter Announces Retirement|url=http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/8707/|date=June 29, 2005}}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> During his short career in the MLS, Detter was a [[U.S. Open Cup]] champion and a [[2004 MLS Cup]] runner-up.