Ricky Schramm

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Ricky Schramm
Personal information
Full name Frederick John Schramm III
Date of birth October 26, 1985 (1985-10-26) (age 22)
Place of birth    Roseland, NJ, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position forward
Club information
Current club Red Bull New York
Number 14
Youth clubs
2003-2006 Georgetown University
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2005
2006
2007
2008-		 Cape Cod Crusaders
Westchester Flames
Richmond Kickers
Red Bull New York		 12 0(2)
14 (11)
16 0(6)
00 0(0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 4 June 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12 January 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Ricky Schramm (born October 26, 1985) is an American soccer striker, who currently plays with Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer.

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[edit] College career

Ricky Schramm grew up in Eastchester, New York. He went on to lead the Fordham Prep Rams to four successful seasons and holds the record for goals scored. After four years at the Prep, Ricky signed with Georgetown University in Washington D.C. In 2003, as a freshman, Ricky led Georgetown scorers with 21 points. In this season, he won Offensive Player of the Year for Georgetown, his nine goals placed fourteenth in Hoya single season history. He ranked sixth in the Big East for goals and tied for sixth in points. During his impressive freshman year, he was twice named Big East Player of the Week and he started 14 of the 19 games. In his sophomore year, he showed the NCAA why he was indeed a force to be reckoned with. He won the Big East's Offensive Player of the Year along with All-BIG East First Team honors. He was also named Georgetown University Offensive Player of the Year and was a Third Team NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region selection. He was first on the team in goals and points which led the BIG EAST as well with 13 and 32 respectively, played in 21 games and started 19 plus had six assists. He was also named to Soccer America Team of the Week after scoring a total of four goals in Hoya wins over West Virginia and Syracuse. In 2006 Schramm also played for Premier Development League side Westchester Flames, leading the club with 11 goals in 14 appearances.

Schramm's College Statistics:

Year GP/GS Shots Goals Assists Points
2003 19/14 37 9 3 21
2004 21/19 54 13 6 32
2005 20/20 42 7 2 16
2006 18/18 51 10 3 23
Totals 78/71 184 39 14 92

[edit] Club career


On January 12, 2007, Ricky Schramm was drafted with the 37th overall pick by D.C. United, his college town’s team. Unfortunately, things did not work out between Ricky and his D.C. United team. They released him during training camp. Schramm than signed with USL Second Division side Richmond Kickers, scoring 6 times in 16 appearances. Following his season with Richmond, he started to train with the New York Red Bulls and appeared in the teams reserve matches, scoring two goals against Real Salt Lake Reserves on 9/30/07. In early 2008 Schramm was given a tryout with the senior Red Bull squad, his play earned him a developmental contract.

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