Ben Zemanski

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Ben Zemanski
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Zemanski playing for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in 2018
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Zemanski
Date of birth (1988-05-12) May 12, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2006–2009 Akron Zips
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2009 Cleveland Internationals 24 (5)
2010–2012 Chivas USA 72 (2)
2013–2017 Portland Timbers 61 (1)
2017 → Portland Timbers 2 (loan) 1 (0)
2018 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 24 (2)
Managerial career
2019– Portland Pilots (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:06, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Ben Zemanski (born May 12, 1988, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American retired soccer player and current assistant coach for the Portland Pilots.

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Career

College and amateur

Zemanski attended the Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, where he was a 2005 NSCAA All-American, and played college soccer at the University of Akron. He was named the Zips' Newcomer of the Year in 2006, was named to the All-MAC Second Team and was an Academic All-MAC honoree as a junior in 2008, and was named to the CoSida Academic All-America Third Team, the All-Mid-American Conference Second Team, the MAC Academic Team, and was one of ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award as a senior in 2009.

During his college years Zemanski also played for the Cleveland Internationals in the USL Premier Development League. [1]

Professional

Zemanski was drafted in the third round (forty-seventh overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by Chivas USA. [2] He made his professional debut on April 17, 2010, in a game against Houston Dynamo, [3] and scored his first professional goal on the opening day of the 2011 MLS season, a 3–2 defeat to Sporting Kansas City. [4]

Zemanski fending off FC Cincinnati's Corben Bone in a 2018 match CINvPGH 2018-04-21 - Ben Zemanski, Corben Bone (41144336564) (cropped).jpg
Zemanski fending off FC Cincinnati's Corben Bone in a 2018 match

On March 5, 2018, Zemanski signed with Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the United Soccer League for a one-year contract. [5]

On May 26, 2019, Zemanski announced his retirement from professional soccer. [6]

Coaching

Three days after announcing his retirement, Zemanski was announced as an assistant coach for the Portland Pilots. [7]

Honors

Club

Portland Timbers

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References

  1. ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". www.uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ 2010 MLS SuperDraft Archived March 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Chivas USA rookie Zemanski mixed over debut [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ Bravo's debut double for Sporting sinks Chivas USA Archived 2011-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Riverhounds SC signs midfielder Ben Zemanski". Pittsburgh Riverhounds. March 5, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ Zemanski, Ben. "A decade I will cherish forever". Twitter.
  7. ↑ Zemanski, Ben (29 May 2019). "Pilots Add Ben Zemanski as an Assistant Coach". PortlandPilots.com. University of Portland Athletics. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "Goals, screw-ups, stats and more: Everything great from the MLS Cup Final". 6 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Portland Timbers become first Cascadia club to reach the MLS Cup: "We want to win the big one"". MLSsoccer.com. 2015-11-29. Retrieved 2019-04-06.


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