Alex Riggs

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Alex Riggs
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Riggs with the Columbus Crew in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-03-17) March 17, 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Saint Peters, Missouri, United States
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2006–2010 Missouri State Bears
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 Columbus Crew 0 (0)
2015 Saint Louis FC 1 (0)
2015 → Sporting Kansas City (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 15, 2015

Alex Riggs (born March 17, 1988) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper. [1]

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Career

College

Riggs played for Missouri State University from 2006 to 2010. He was named the Missouri Valley Conference Defender of the Year in 2009, and Missouri Valley Conference Goalkeeper of the Year in 2010. [2]

Professional

Riggs signed with the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer in 2011, but did not appear in any games with the club. [3] [4]

In April 2015, Riggs signed with United Soccer League expansion side Saint Louis FC. [2] He was loaned out later that season to MLS club Sporting Kansas City for a U.S. Open Cup match against FC Dallas, [5] [6] but remained on the bench as an unused substitute. [7] He made his first professional start against Louisville City at World Wide Technology Soccer Park on September 19, 2015. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Alex Riggs at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 "STL FC Announces Pair of Player Signings - Saint Louis Football Club". Archived from the original on 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  3. ↑ "Alex Riggs | MLSsoccer.com".
  4. ↑ "Alex Riggs | Columbus Crew".
  5. ↑ "Alex Riggs joins Sporting KC on loan".
  6. ↑ Sporting Kansas City [@SportingKC] (1 July 2015). "#SportingKC's starting XI vs @FCDallas. #SKCvFCD #USOC2015 STREAM:" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ "U.S. Open Cup 2020 | U.S. Soccer Official Website".
  8. ↑ "STL FC Ends Season with Comeback Victory - Saint Louis Football Club". Archived from the original on 2015-10-24. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
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