Alecko Eskandarian
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| Alecko Eskandarian | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | July 9, 1982 (age 24) | |
| Place of birth | Montvale, NJ, United States | |
| Height | 5'9" (175 cm) | |
| Position | forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | DC United | |
| Number | 11 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2000-02 | Virginia 60 (50) | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 2003- | D.C. United | 81 (20) |
| National team** | ||
| 2003- | United States | 1 (0) |
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Alecko Eskandarian (born July 9, 1982 in Montvale, New Jersey) is an ethnic Armenian professional soccer player in Major League Soccer, playing for D.C. United. He is the son of Iranian national player Andranik Eskandarian, an Iranian-Armenian who played soccer professionally for the New York Cosmos.
Prior to playing as a professional, he played three years of soccer for the University of Virginia where he was named ACC Rookie of the Year in 2000, and was both named Soccer America's College Player of the Year and awarded the Hermann Trophy in 2002 after scoring 25 goals and 4 assists for the Cavaliers. While at Bergen Catholic High School Eskandarian won the 1999-00 Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year Award.
Eskandarian has played his first two MLS seasons for D.C. United, who drafted him first overall in the 2003 MLS Superdraft. During his first season he recorded three goals and two assists in 23 games. In the 2004 season, after the replacement of coach Ray Hudson with Peter Nowak, Eskandarian saw significantly more playing time. In his sophomore campaign, Eskandarian led D.C. United in goal scoring with ten in the regular season and added two assists. He also was awarded D.C. United Coaches' Award for his play during the 2004 season.
On November 14, 2004, Eskandarian played in his first MLS Cup game. He helped D.C. United defeat the Kansas City Wizards by scoring two goals in the first half just four minutes apart — the fastest pair of goals in MLS Cup history — and was voted Most Valuable Player of the match. In 2005, Alecko's season ended early after suffering a concussion.
Alecko has played one game for the United States national team, against Wales on May 27, 2003.
On August 9, 2006, during the 2006 Summer Tour of Real Madrid, he scored DC United's only goal in the draw with Real Madrid.
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| D.C. United - Current Squad |
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1 Perkins | 2 Stokes | 4 Prideaux | 5 Erpen | 6 Mediate | 7 Donnet | 8 Moose | 10 Gómez | 11 Eskandarian | 12 Wilson | 14 Olsen | 16 Carroll | 17 Gros | 18 Rimando | 19 Simms | 21 deRoux | 22 McTavish | 23 Walker | 24 Carroll | 26 Namoff | 30 McIntosh | 32 Boswell | 99 Moreno | – Nolly | Coach: Nowak |
