Brian Piesner

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Brian Piesner
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-06-04) June 4, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Commack, New York, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1996–1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999 Central Jersey Riptide
2000 Atlanta Silverbacks 27 (7)
2001 Charleston Battery 29 (2)
2002 Atlanta Silverbacks 25 (7)
2002 → MetroStars (loan) 1 (0)
2002 → Dallas Burn (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Piesner is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in Major League Soccer and the USISL A-League.

Piesner spent most of his early life on Long Island, New York. When he was fourteen, his family moved to Spring, Texas, where he played youth soccer with the Texans Soccer Club – Houston. [1] His family moved to Southern California in 1994 where he attended Santa Margarita Catholic High School. He played on the Santa Margarita boys' team, graduating in 1996. [2] He attended Rutgers University, where he played on the men's soccer team from 1996 to 1999. [3] During the 1999 collegiate off season, Piesner played for the Central Jersey Riptide of the USL Premier Development League. On February 6, 2000, the Dallas Burn chose Piesner in the fourth round (forty-sixth overall) of the 2000 MLS SuperDraft. [4] That year, the Atlanta Silverbacks selected Piesner in the first round (twenty-second overall) of the A-League draft. [5] Piesner signed with the Burn but was released him on February 24 and he signed with the Silverbacks. [6] On December 19, 2001, the Battery signed Pierson to a three-year contract. [7] The Battery released him before the 2002 season and Pierson returned to the Silvebacks where he was a 2002 First Team All Star. [8] On July 24, 2002, the Silverbacks loaned Piesner to the MetroStars. Piesner played a single minute in the MetroStars’ 3–1 victory over the Kansas City Wizards. In September 2002, he played for the Dallas Burn in their penalty kick victory over C.D. Olimpia in the New Orleans Saints Pan-American Life Cup. [9]

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  2. ↑ "Soccer Preview : Piesner Turned Some Defenders and Turned Some Heads". Articles.latimes.com. November 29, 1995. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Scarlet Knights letterwinners". Scarletknights.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  4. ↑ "2000 MLS SuperDraft". Sports Illustrated. February 7, 2000. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  5. ↑ Demosphere International, Inc. "2000 A-League draft". Aleague.uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  6. ↑ "February 24, 2000 Transactions". Lubbockonline.com. February 24, 2000. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Klein, Piesner Sign". Charlestonbattery.com. Archived from the original on March 19, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  8. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer – 2002". Homepages.sover.net. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  9. ↑ "BURN TOPS OLYMPIA OF HONDURAS 1–0 IN PENALTY KICKS". Bigsoccer.com. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
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