Ezra Hendrickson

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Ezra Hendrickson
Personal information
Full name	Ezra Hendrickson
Date of birth	January 16, 1972 (age 35)
Place of birth	Layou, St. Vincent
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Nickname	EZ
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	Columbus Crew
Number	23
Youth clubs
1990-93	Drake
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994 1995-96 1997 1997-03 2003 2003-04 2004 2005 2006–	Des Moines Menace New Orleans Storm MetroStars Los Angeles Galaxy Dallas Burn Charleston Battery D.C. United Chivas USA Columbus Crew	? (?) ? (?) 8 (0) 139 (17) 16 (1) 5 (0) 12 (0) 31 (3) 24 (1)
National team2
1995–	St. Vincent	(?)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 28 June, 2005. * Appearances (Goals)

Ezra Hendrickson (born January 16, 1972 in Layou, St. Vincent) is a Vincentian Football (soccer) player who currently plays defender for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer.

Hendrickson played college soccer at Drake University from 1990 to 1993, where he was named all-Missouri Valley Conference three times, and was named a NSCAA third team All-American as a senior.

Upon graduating, Hendrickson joined the amateur Des Moines Menace in 1994, where he played striker, scoring 13 goals in his first year. After a season with the Menace, Hendrickson was signed to a professional contract by the New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers of the USISL. Hendrickson would play for the Riverboat Gamblers, and was named Select League Defender of the Year in 1996.

After his exceptional 1996 season, Hendrickson was drafted 5th overall in the 1997 MLS Supplemental Draft by the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, for whom he would play eight forgettable matches in 1997. Midseason, Hendrickson was cut and picked up by the Los Angeles Galaxy, where he would solidify his role as a starter, and earn a reputation as one of the best wing backs in MLS. After seven seasons with the Galaxy, Hendrickson was traded to the Dallas Burn in 2003. When the Burn reorganized the team following their dismal 2003 campaign, Hendrickson found himself without a team in MLS, and briefly signed with the Charleston Battery of the A-League. However, not long into the 2004 season, D.C. United acquired him to play a backup role in their central defense. Hendrickson was selected fifth overall by C.D. Chivas USA in the Expansion Draft after the season. After a year with Chivas, he was on a move again, sent to Columbus early in the 2006 season.

Hendrickson has also spent time as the captain of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national team, and has been one of the team's best players since earning his first cap in 1995 against Barbados.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

Columbus Crew - Current Squad
2 Hejduk | 4 Pierce | 5 Moss | 6 González | 7 Thomas | 8 Oughton | 9 Garey | 10 Ngwenya | 11 Grabavoy | 12 Gaven | 13 Burch | 14 Marshall | 16 Kamara | 17 Szetela | 20 Ward | 23 Hendrickson | 24 Zayner | 25 Virtuoso | 28 Gruenebaum | 31 Gaudette | — Herron | — Hesmer | — O'Rourke | — Rogers | Coach: Schmid