Matthew Bouraee

Matthew Bouraee

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Bouraee
Date of birth	(1988-07-29) July 29, 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Left winger, Right full-back
Youth career
2006–2009	Cornell Big Red
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010	New York Red Bull NPSL	14	(12)
2011	Puerto Rico Islanders	15	(4)
2012–2014	Adelaide Comets	57	(19)
2018–2019	West Adelaide	28	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 August 2019

Matthew Bouraee (born July 29, 1988 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American soccer player who currently plays for West Adelaide SC in the National Premier Leagues.

Career

Youth and College

Bouraee attended Wall High School in Wall Township, New Jersey, where he broke the all-time school single season goal record previously held by University of Virginia's current head coach George Gelnovatch. ^[1] By scoring 31 goals in a single season,^{[ failed verification ]} Bouraee earned All State First Team^{[ failed verification ]} and All-Region honors. ^[2] In his junior season Bouraee helped Wall become the #1 public soccer school in the state by winning a state championship.

Bouraee went on to play four years of college soccer at Cornell University in the Ivy League where he was named to the All Ivy League first team and the All America second team. ^[3] Bouraee led Cornell in goals and points ^[4] in all four of his years, and finished as the seventh leading scorer in the history of Cornell.^{[ citation needed ]}

During his college years, Bouraee was a forward and eventual captain for the New York Red Bull NPSL team. ^[5]

Professional

Having spent time training with the New York Red Bulls (USA), Sharjah SC (UAE), Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) ^[6] and at the Pepsi Football Academy (Egypt), Bouraee signed a contract to play for the Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico) of the North American Soccer League in January 2011. ^[7]

In 2012, he signed for FFSA Super League club Adelaide Comets (Australia). In his first season there they won the Carlsberg Cup. ^{[8] [9]}

On August 15, 2012, Bouraee made his first appearance playing for South Australia. ^[10]

References

1. Adelizzi, Joe (December 10, 2005). "Matt Bouraee, Wall, boys soccer". Asbury Park Press . Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
2. "All-Region II (East)". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. 2005. Archived from the original on November 15, 2006.
3. "Bouraee Earns Second-Team Scholar All-America Honors" (Press release). Cornell Big Red. January 8, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
4. "Men's Soccer Archived Statistics".
5. Zeise, Kevin (August 10, 2009). "Big Red to Red Bulls: Alumnus seizes summer soccer opportunity". Ezra Magazine. Cornell University. Archived from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
6. Gilani, Reena (September 9, 2010). "Matt Bouraee '10 Plays at Professional Level". The Cornell Daily Sun . Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
7. "Islanders sign young talent Matthew Bouraee" (Press release). Puerto Rico Islanders. February 9, 2011. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
8. http://www.ffsa.com.au/index.php?id=34&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=618&cHash=3a659e72d6084816cd67195fe84472f0^{[ dead link ]}
9. "FFSA Carlsberg Cup Final" (Press release). Football Federation South Australia. March 14, 2012. Archived from the original on April 17, 2012.
10. "SA State Select v Adelaide United" (Press release). Football Federation South Australia. August 14, 2012. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012.