Stephen Basso

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Stephen Basso
Personal information
Full name Stephen Alexander Basso
Date of birth (1987-08-22) August 22, 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Defender/Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Harrisburg Heat (indoor)
Youth career
2004–2005 D.C. United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003 PSV Blau Gelb
2007–2008 SV Darmstadt 98 0 (0)
2008 Real Maryland Monarchs 17 (0)
2009–2010 Crystal Palace Baltimore 24 (0)
2011–2013 Harrisburg City Islanders 75 (2)
2012–2014 Rochester Lancers (indoor) 46 (15)
2014 Richmond Kickers 3 (0)
2014 Evergreen Diplomats 8 (0)
2014 Ontario Fury (indoor) 7 (5)
2014–2015 Rochester Lancers (indoor) 15 (3)
2015 Richmond Kickers 0 (0)
2015–2016 Ontario Fury (indoor) 19 (11)
2016–2019 Harrisburg Heat (indoor) 29 (9)
2021– Harrisburg Heat (indoor) 5 (0)
International career
United States arena soccer
Managerial career
2019– Wake FC Women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 November 2011

Stephen Basso (born August 22, 1987) is a Costa Rican-born American soccer player. Basso currently plays for the Harrisburg Heat in the Major Arena Soccer League, as well as serving as the head coach for Wake FC in the Women's Premier Soccer League.

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Career

Youth and amateur

Basso started playing soccer at age 5 in New Delhi, India where his father, a foreign service officer with the State Department, worked. Basso eventually settled in Columbia, Maryland, where he played on Soccer Association of Columbia/Howard County teams and high school soccer at Hammond High School, but did not attended college; instead, he left high school early and went to Germany when his father was assigned to Frankfurt. Basso signed for German lower-league side PSV Blau Gelb in 2003. [1]

Basso spent a year with Blau Geld, before returning to the United States to join the youth academy of Major League Soccer side D.C. United, foregoing college soccer, Basso spent two years there, helping his team to the U17 National Championship Semi-Finals in 2004 and the U19 National Championship Semi-Finals in 2005.

Professional

Having not been offered a professional contract by DC, Basso initially returned to Germany, signing his first professional contract for SV Darmstadt 98. [2] Basso spent the majority of his time in Darmstadt playing for team's reserves, never making a first team appearance, and returned to the United States in 2008 to sign for USL Second Division expansion franchise Real Maryland Monarchs. He made his professional debut on April 20, 2008 in Maryland's season opening 1-0 loss to the Western Mass Pioneers. [3]

Basso signed for Crystal Palace Baltimore in 2009. [4] On March 16, 2010 Baltimore announced the re-signing of Basso to a new contract for the 2010 season. [5] He went on to make 24 league appearances for CPB over two seasons before leaving the club when it ceased operations at the end of 2010.

Basso signed with Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL Pro league on April 1, 2011. [6] He scored his first professional goal in his fifth pro year, on May 22, 2011 in a 3-1 loss to Orlando City. [7] Harrisburg City re-signed Basso in February 2012. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Travel Soccer Helps Basso (washingtonpost.com)". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  2. ↑ "404 Fehler - SV 98". Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2009-09-30.{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  3. ↑ United Soccer Leagues (USL) Archived June 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Welcome to crystalpalaceusa.com". Archived from the original on 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  5. ↑ "Nine Return from 2009 Crystal Palace Squad". NASL.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  6. ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  7. ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  8. ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
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