Position: D
Date of Birth: 06/06/1977 Height: 5' 9" Weight: 185 lbs
College Experience: Philadelphia University Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Biography:
2008-09: Scored 17 goals and 11 assists for a team leading 51 points... Lead the team with six 3-point goals, 57 shots, and 18 blocks... Named NISL Player of the Month for December... Named NISL Defender of the Year and Wachovia Player of the Year... Named to All-NISL 1st team... Recorded 500th career block on 1/31/09 vs. Baltimore Blast... Scored his 400th career point on 1/10/09 vs. Massachusetts...
Career: Member of the 2007 MISL Champion Philadelphia KiXX … Named to All-MISL First Team in 2006-07 … Scored the 150th goal of his career on 4/3/08 … Played in the 300th game of his career on 4/3/08 … Blocked the 450 block of his career on 11/30/07 vs. California … Recorded the 100th assist of his career on 1/25/08 at Orlando … Recorded 350th career point on 1/27/08 vs. New Jersey Recorded 300th career point at Detroit on a three-point goal on 2/25/07 … Played in 250th career game on 12/10/06 vs. Chicago, all in a Philadelphia uniform … Scored 50th two-point goal of his career against California on 12/2/06 … Debuted with Philadelphia on November 26, 1999 at the Montreal Impact, recording an assist … Won an MISL title with the KiXX in 2001-02 … Named to the All-Rookie team in 1999-00 … Named to the All-League team fi ve times (2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07) … Named to the League’s All-Star game four times (2001-002, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-06) … Received MISL Defensive Player-of-the-Week honors for the seven-day periods ending 12/28/03, 1/11/04, 2/8/04, 10/24/04, 11/7/04, 12/12/04, 1/30/05, 4/3/05, 4/26/06, 11/12/06, 12/17/06, 1/21/07, and 2/11/07 and Defensive Player-of-the-Month accolades for his play in January (04), February (04), and February (06) … Named the League’s Defender of the Year for the 2004-05 campaign … Appeared in 97 consecutive games before being sidelined for the team’s fi nal four contests of 2003-04 with an unknown illness … Registered a pair of points (goal, assist) versus California on November 12 to push him over the 250-point plateau for his career … Enjoyed a 12-game point streak and received a League-high six MISL Defensive Player of the Week awards in 2004-05 … Led the MISL that season with a career-high 93 blocks … Member of the U.S. National Futsal Team along with current KiXX teammate Ptah Myers … Amateur Career: Finished his collegiate career fourth all-time at Philadelphia University with 49 goals and 120 points … Elected to the institution’s Athletic Hall of Fame on October 6, 2006 … Attended Northeast Catholic High School in Philadelphia, where he was All-State selection and two-time All-Catholic League honoree...
Personal: Nickname is Melon … Graduated from Philadelphia University with a degree in Finance … Lists chicken parmesan as favorite food, Four Brothers as favorite movie, The Wire favorite television show and Children’s Miracle Network as favorite charity … Favorite team is the Philadelphia Eagles … lists winning the MISL Championship in 2007 as best soccer moment..
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