Randi Patterson

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Randi Patterson
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Personal information
Full name Randi Luther Pereira-Patterson
Date of birth (1985-04-16) 16 April 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2006 UNC Greensboro Spartans
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006 Carolina Dynamo 14 (15)
2007 New York Red Bulls 0 (0)
2008 Chicago Storm (indoor) 7 (0)
2008–2009 Charleston Battery 54 (14)
2010 Crystal Palace Baltimore 17 (4)
2010 Austin Aztex 12 (2)
International career‡
2008 Trinidad and Tobago 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 October 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 April 2009

Randi Luther Pereira-Patterson (born 16 April 1985), known as Randi Patterson, is an American-born Trinidadian footballer who plays as a forward. He has been a member of the Trinidad and Tobago national team.

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College career

Patterson spent four seasons at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he was a two-time Southern Conference Player of the Year and National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American selection. He finished his college career with 61 goals and 19 assists. Patterson grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, raised by his mother after his father was killed in a car accident when he was two years old, and attended Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, New Jersey, whom he led to the 1999 state championship. [1] [2] [3] During his college years he also played with Carolina Dynamo of the USL Premier Development League, scoring 15 goals in his 14 games in 2006.

Club career

New York Red Bulls selected Patterson with its first round pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft in January 2007. [4] He was waived on February 18, 2008. [5]

In March 2008, he scored on his debut for Charleston Battery against Toronto FC in the Carolina Challenge Cup [6] In the fall of 2008, he joined the Chicago Storm of the Xtreme Soccer League, and played for them during the outdoor offseason, before re-joining Charleston prior to the 2009 USL1 season.

International career

Patterson's father, Earl Pereira, was born in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago. [7] He made his debut for the Soca Warriors in a March 2008 friendly match against El Salvador. [8]

Career statistics

(correct as of 26 July 2010)
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [9] Play-OffsTotal
AppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssists
Carolina Dynamo 20061415??4?---1415?
New York Red Bulls 2007000000000000
Charleston Battery 2008308162020038101
Charleston Battery 200924624301002992
Crystal Palace Baltimore 20101740100---1840
Total2006–present85333119030099383

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References

  1. ↑ Staff. "Whether With his Mom, Girlfriend or the U.S. U-20 MNT, Randi Patterson Loves to Play Soccer" Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine , United States Soccer Federation, January 7, 2005. Accessed July 18, 2011. "When Patterson was just two years old his father, Earl, died in a car accident, leaving his mother, Brenda, to take care of their only child in Teaneck, N.J. For Brenda that meant taking on both parent roles and his mom didn't shy away from helping out her son in anything he was interested, including soccer.... Patterson decided to go to Bergen Catholic to follow in the footsteps of Alecko Eskandarian and he did just that, helping his team to a 1999 state championship and collecting numerous accolades, including two first-team all-state selections and twice being named the Bergen County Coaches Association League Player of the Year Award."
  2. ↑ Staff. "2009 Third Round: Randi Patterson's brace earns him Player of the Round", Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, July 7, 2009. Accessed July 18, 2011. "Patterson: The difference is that playing near New York City was that you always had something to do. I lived in Teaneck [New Jersey] all my life which is 10 minutes from New York City so there was always something for me to do. In Charleston, it's a nice place but it's not like New York City."
  3. ↑ Staff. "All-Decade boys soccer", The Record (Bergen County) , June 9, 2010. Accessed July 18, 2011. "F: Randi Patterson, Bergen Catholic (2003) One of only two three-time All-Bergen selections on the list, Patterson scored 80 goals with 20 assists from 2000 through 2002."
  4. ↑ "New York Red Bulls sign five players" (Press release). New York Red Bulls. 26 March 2007. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2007.
  5. ↑ "Red Bulls Waive Four Players - OurSports Central".
  6. ↑ Patterson scores twice as Battery defeats Major League Soccer's Toronto F.C. - Charlestonbattery.com
  7. ↑ "Radi Patterson".
  8. ↑ T&T gets first win under Maturana - Socawarriors.net
  9. ↑ Includes Lamar Hunt US Open Cup
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