Brandon Swartzendruber

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Brandon Swartzendruber
Personal information
Full name Brandon Swartzendruber
Date of birth (1985-04-02) April 2, 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Grand Junction, Colorado, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Thunder Bay Chill
Youth career
2003–2004 Chandler-Gilbert Coyotes
2005–2006 Midwestern State Mustangs
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005 Okanagan Challenge 16 (11)
2007–2008 Thunder Bay Chill 32 (29)
2009 Harrisburg City Islanders 18 (4)
2010–2011 Thunder Bay Chill 32 (28)
2013 Dayton Dutch Lions 24 (7)
2014 Arizona United 10 (2)
2015 Thunder Bay Chill 14 (9)
2017 Thunder Bay Chill 12 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2015

Brandon Swarzendruber (born April 2, 1985) is an American soccer player.

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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] He also played for the team in 2015 and 2017.

Honors

Thunder Bay Chill

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References

  1. ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  2. ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  3. ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2010-06-08.


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