Chris Wondolowski
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Chris Wondolowski | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chris Wondolowski | |
| Date of birth | January 28, 1983 (age 24) | |
| Place of birth | Danville, CA, United States | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Houston Dynamo | |
| Number | 7 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2001-04 | Chico State | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2004 2005 2006- |
Chico Rooks San Jose Earthquakes Houston Dynamo |
? (17) 2 (0) 6 (1) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
||
Chris Wondolowski (born January 28, 1983) is an American soccer player, who currently plays midfielder for Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer.
Wondolowski was drafted 41st overall in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft by the San Jose Earthquakes after a standout college career at Chico State. He also led the Chico Rooks of the then Men's Premier Soccer League with 17 goals in the 2004 season. Although he made only two MLS appearances for San Jose in 2005, he led the Earthquakes reserve team in scoring with eight goals in 12 games.
Along with the rest of his Earthquakes teammates, he moved to Houston for the 2006 season and once again led the reserve team in scoring, tallying 13 goals in 11 games. He scored his first MLS goal 30 August 2006 against the Chicago Fire.
He played high school soccer at De La Salle High School of Concord, CA, where he earned All-Bay Valley Athletic League first team and all-East Bay first team honors in 2000 and 2001. He was also awarded two area "Player of the Year" awards in 2001 by local media.
Chris played his club soccer for the Diablo Valley Soccer Club (DVSC) and Danville Mustang Soccer Association.
He was also a stand-out middle distance runner while at De La Salle: he earned his way to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State track meet in both his Junior and Senior years. His accomplishments caught the attention and interest of several track schools, including UCLA: Chris' recorded bests were 1:57 in the 800 and 4:15 in the 1600 during his senior season.
Other accomplishments: Chris was also an outstanding middle infielder throughout his youth baseball career. The highlight was starting at second base for the Danville, CA Rockies baseball team, a club that went on to capture the 1997 PONY League (13-14 yr. old) World Series Championship. He was eventually persuaded to give up baseball after completing his JV Baseball season to try his hand at distance running. The DLS track coach "discovered" Chris after he recorded a time of 10:20 for a two-mile "fitness run" that was administered to all of the varsity soccer players.
[edit] See also
| Houston Dynamo - Current Squad |
|---|
|
1 Wells | 2 Robinson | 3 Goldthwaite | 4 Ianni | 5 Cochrane | 6 Gray | 7 Wondolowski | 8 Dalglish | 9 Mullan | 11 Davis | 13 Clark | 14 De Rosario | 15 Moreno | 16 Waibel | 17 Chabala | 18 Onstad | 19 Hayden | 22 Holden | 23 Moloi | 24 Barrett | 25 Ching | 26 Ashe | 29 James | — Hatzke | — Sambursky | — Ustruck | Coach: Kinnear |
