Alex Weekes

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Alex Weekes
Personal information
Full name Alexander Thacher Weekes
Date of birth (1988-03-20) March 20, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2006–2009 Colgate Raiders
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009 Pocono Snow
2010 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 18 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 25, 2010

Alex Weekes (born March 20, 1988) is an American soccer player who last played for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL Second Division.

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Career

College and amateur

Weekes attended Stroudsburg High School, played club soccer for Stroudsburg United AC Perugia, and played four years of college soccer at Colgate University. He led the Raiders in scoring during both the 2008 and 2009 seasons, was a two-time All-League selection (earning first team honors as a senior in 2009), and also in 2009 became the first Colgate player to be named to the Hermann Trophy Watch List.

During his college years Weekes also played for Pocono Snow in the National Premier Soccer League, alongside his Riverhounds teammate Matthew Baker.

Professional

Weekes turned professional in 2010 when he signed to play for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL Second Division. [1] He made his professional debut on April 17, 2010, in the team's 2010 season opener against the Real Maryland Monarchs. [2] He scored his first professional goal on June 15, 2010, in a US Open Cup first round match against Detroit United.

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References

  1. ↑ Weekes Signs with Pittsburgh Riverhounds
  2. ↑ "Archived item". Archived from the original on 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
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