Pfeffer at 2011 preseason training with the Union |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zachary Pfeffer | ||
| Date of birth | January 6, 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Dresher, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Philadelphia Union | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010 | IMG Soccer Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011– | Philadelphia Union | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010– | United States U17 | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 20, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Zach Pfeffer (born January 6, 1995 in Dresher, Pennsylvania) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer.
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Pfeffer played for FC Delco along with montgomery maniacs as a young lad in Pennsylvania before spending a semester at the U-17 national team residency in 2010.[1] He then spent several months training with the Philadelphia Union first team and made an appearance for them in a friendly against C.D. Guadalajara on September 1, 2010.[2] On December 22, 2010, the Philadelphia Union signed Pfeffer as their first ever "home-grown" player.[3] "Midfielder Zach Pfeffer was signed as the Union’s first Homegrown Player at the age of 15. Pfeffer becomes the first player to join the 2010 expansion team from the MLS Homegrown Player initiative, a program started in 2006 designed to provide increased opportunities for local players. Each MLS team may sign players from their respective youth development programs without subjecting those players to the MLS SuperDraft. Born January 6, 1995, Pfeffer is the fourth youngest player ever to sign an MLS contract, behind Freddy Adu, Fuad Ibrahim, and recently signed New England Revolution Homegrown Player Diego Fagundez.
Prior to signing with the Union, Pfeffer was a member of Philadelphia’s U-17 squad that competed in the MLS U-17 SUM Cup in Houston, Texas. While training with the first team, the youngster entered as a substitute in a friendly against Chivas Guadalajara on September 1.
Pfeffer's first Union appearance
Pfeffer scored his first goal for the Union in a preseason friendly against UCF on February 14, 2011 off a brilliant, long-range effort.[4]
Pfeffer made his Philadelphia Union debut on September 17th against Columbus Crew.
Pfeffer has represented the United States at the U-14 and U-15 levels and trained at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fl., as part of U.S. Soccer’s U-17 residency program. The midfielder was a member of the U-15/U-16 USSF FC Delco Academy, as well as the Upper Dublin, Cheltenham, YMS, and Montgomery United youth clubs"(Philadelphia Union).
On April 18th, Pfeffer was called up to the U-17 National Team to play in the Mondial Minimes Montaigu Tournament in Montaigu, France from April 18-26. [5]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| USA | League | Open Cup | League Cup | North America | Total | |||||||
| 2011 | Philadelphia Union | Major League Soccer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | USA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Updated December 9, 2011
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