Alex Grendi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alex Grendi | ||
| Date of birth | July 28, 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Pennsylvania Quakers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | Long Island Rough Riders | 16 | (3) |
| 2009 | Columbus Crew | 3 | (0) |
| 2010 | Long Island Rough Riders | 8 | (2) |
| 2011 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 8 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 4, 2011 | |||
Alex Grendi (born July 28, 1987) is an American soccer player.
Career[edit]
College[edit]
Grendi played college soccer at the University of Pennsylvania. During his college years Grendi also played with Long Island Rough Riders in the USL Premier Development League.[1]
Professional[edit]
Grendi was drafted in the third round (45th overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by the Columbus Crew. He made his professional debut on 21 March 2009, in Crew's first game of the 2009 MLS season against Houston Dynamo,[2] and subsequently played two more MLS games before being cut on March 23, 2010.[3]
Having been released due to a recurring knee injury, Grendi returned to the University of Pennsylvania to finish his degree and play for the Long Island Rough Riders in the USL Premier Development League in 2010.[4]
On April 5, 2011, Grendi signed with Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Pro league.[5] On June 6, 2011, Grendi tore his ACL and was unable to play for the remainder of the season.
References[edit]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Major League Soccer: Match Tracker: Main". Archived from the original on 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ^ [1][permanent dead link] Columbus Dispatch article
- ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2014-05-02.