Armando Romero (soccer)

Armando Romero
Personal information
Full name Jose Armando Romero
Date of birth February 10, 1983 (1983-02-10) (age 29)
Place of birth Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Charleston Battery
Number 17
Youth career
1996-2002 Arlington Travel Soccer Club
1999-2002 Yorktown High School, Arlington, Virginia
2002-2004 Louisburg College
2004-2006 Radford University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006- Charleston Battery 37 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Armando Romero (born February 10, 1983 in Arlington County, Virginia) is a professional soccer player. He played for the Charleston Battery in the First Division in 2006 and 2007.[1]

Armando attended public schools in Arlington County, Virginia and played for the Arlington Fireballs and Arlington Mustangs club teams in the National Capital Soccer League (NCSL). He attended Yorktown High School where he was a soccer standout. Armando was named National District Player of the Year as a junior in 2001 (Virginia public schools play soccer in the spring.) He was All-District as a sophomore, junior, and senior and All-Region and All-Met as a junior and senior.

Armando attended Louisburg (junior) College in Louisburg, North Carolina, where during his freshman and sophomore years he starred for the Hurricanes, a NJCAA Top Ten team. He transferred to Radford University in his junior year and quickly established himself as an offensive leader. Following his senior season in 2005, he was named to the Big South Conference First Team.

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