Michael Behonick

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Michael Behonick
Personal information
Full name Michael Behonick
Date of birth (1981-01-03) January 3, 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Bohemia, New York, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1999–2002 American Eagles
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2005 Charleston Battery 58 (0)
2004 → Harrisburg City Islanders (loan) 11 (0)
2006 New York Red Bulls 0 (0)
2006 → Long Island Rough Riders (loan) 2 (0)
2007 Crystal Palace Baltimore 1 (0)
2007–2009 Puerto Rico Islanders 10 (0)
2009 → Bayamon FC (loan) 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 February 2010

Michael Behonick (born January 3, 1981, in Bohemia, New York) is an American retired soccer player who last played for the Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL First Division. Behonick is now an assistant coach at for the Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer team. [1]

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Career

College

Behonick played college soccer at American University from 1999 to 2002, where he helped the Eagles reach the NCAA Tournament as a junior and earned second-team all-Patriot League honors the same season.

Professional

Behonick was selected 51st overall in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft by D.C. United but did not remain with the club. Instead, he began his professional career with the Charleston Battery of the A-League but did not see significant playing time until starting 10 matches in the 2005 season.

In 2004, the Battery sent him on loan to the Harrisburg City Islanders where he played seven games. In 2006, he was signed by New York Red Bulls as the team's third-choice goalkeeper behind Tony Meola and Jon Conway. The Red Bulls sent him on loan to the Long Island Rough Riders [2] before releasing him at the end of the season. In 2007, he joined Crystal Palace Baltimore after passing their trial in early 2007. He began the season as first choice goalkeeper, but after some heavy defeats found himself dropped in favor of Brian Rowland.

Half way through the season he was signed by the Islanders to serve as second string goalie behind Josh Saunders. In January 2008 he suffered an injury to his leg when in camp with the Puerto Rico national team, sidelining him for five months and ruining his chance of becoming first goalkeeper for the Puerto Rico Islanders after Josh Saunders left. In July 2008 he rejoined the Puerto Rico Islanders as backup to Bill Gaudette. [3]

Honors

Club

Puerto Rico Islanders

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References

  1. ↑ "Mike Behonick Biography". University of Virginia. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Long Island Rough Riders All Time Stats Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Luis Santiago Arce (2008-07-04). "A escena los Islanders". El Nuevo Día . Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
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