Gyasi Zardes
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | September 2, 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Hawthorne, California, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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LA Galaxy | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2009 | LA Galaxy | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners | 56 | (38) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Ventura County Fusion | 28 | (19) |
| 2013– | LA Galaxy | 107 | (32) |
| 2014 | → LA Galaxy II (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | United States | 31 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 23, 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 25, 2016 |
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Gyasi Zardes (born September 2, 1991) is an American soccer player currently playing for LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer and the United States national team. Zardes scored 38 goals during a three-year college career at California State University, Bakersfield, finishing as one of the top goal scorers in the NCAA in each of the last two years when he tallied 33 goals in 37 games.
Zardes played in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy for the Galaxy Academy U-18’s during the 2008–09 and 2009–10 DA seasons as well as with the Galaxy U-20s in the 2009 USL Super-20 campaign. After declaring himself a red shirt freshman at CSU Bakersfield, Zardes led the Galaxy U-20 team to the national championship in 2010.
After tallying five goals and a team-best seven assists in his first season of college soccer, Zardes burst onto the scene as a sophomore in 2011, scoring 18 times in 20 games while helping lead Bakersfield to a berth in the NCAA Division I Tournament for the first time in school history. His 18 goals that season were the fourth most in Division I college soccer that year and he was selected the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Year and a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy, which is awarded annually to the top player in college soccer.
In 2012, Zardes followed up his breakout season by scoring 15 goals and adding nine assists, each of which were team-highs, in 17 games, while helping the Roadrunners record a winning record for the fourth consecutive season. He had two or more goals in four of his 17 games, including seven goals in a two-game stretch in mid-October.
LA Galaxy signed Zardes as a Homegrown player on December 20, 2012. On April 15, 2013, Zardes made his debut as a substitute for LA Galaxy Reserves in a 1–1 draw with Seattle Sounders Reserves. On April 27, 2013, Zardes made his debut for the first-team as a substitute for the Galaxy in a 2–0 win over Real Salt Lake. On May 11, 2013, Zardes came on as a substitute in 67th min and scored his first goal for the Galaxy in a 3–1 loss against Vancouver Whitecaps. Zardes scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Chivas USA on June 23, 2013.
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