Brandon Swartzendruber

Brandon Swartzendruber
Personal information
Full nameBrandon Swartzendruber
Date of birthApril 2, 1985
Place of birthGrand Junction, Colorado, United States
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Arizona United
Youth career
2003–2004Chandler-Gilbert Coyotes
2005–2006Midwestern State Mustangs
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2005Okanagan Challenge16(11)
2007–2008Thunder Bay Chill32(29)
2009Harrisburg City Islanders18(4)
2010–2011Thunder Bay Chill32(28)
2013Dayton Dutch Lions24(7)
2014–Arizona United10(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 11, 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Brandon Swarzendruber (born April 2, 1985 in Grand Junction, Colorado) is an American soccer player.

Career

College and Amateur

Swartzendruber played college soccer at Chandler-Gilbert Community College in Chandler, Arizona before transferring to Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas prior to his junior year. He earned All-Conference honors in at Midwestern State 2005, and in 2006 was an All-Conference and All-Region pick, a Division II All-American, and the Conference Offensive Player of the Year.

Swartzendruber spent his summers in Canada, where he enjoyed a successful amateur career, playing for Okanagan Challenge in the Pacific Coast Soccer League in 2005, and for Thunder Bay Chill in the USL Premier Development League in 2007 and 2008. Swartzendruber helped Thunder Bay win the 2008 PDL Championship, scoring 13 goals for the team in his final season.

Professional

Swartzendruber turned professional when he signed with Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL Second Division in 2009. He made his professional debut on April 18, 2009 in a 2-2 tie with Richmond Kickers,[1] and scored his first professional goal on April 25, 2009 in a 3-1 win over the Western Mass Pioneers.[2] He went on to score 4 goals in 18 appearances for Harrisburg—an impressive statistic when only playing 540 minutes all season. Swartzendruber also scored the lone goal for Harrisburg in a 3-1 friendly against Crystal Palace FC from the English Championship.

Swartzendruber returned to play for Thunder Bay Chill in the USL Premier Development League in 2010.[3]

Honors

Thunder Bay Chill

References

  1. ↑ http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2009/1052035.html
  2. ↑ http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2009/1052040.html
  3. ↑ http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/22389.html#ROSTER

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