Personal information | |||
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Full name | Randi Luther Pereira-Patterson | ||
Date of birth | April 16, 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Hackensack, New Jersey, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2006 | UNC Greensboro Spartans | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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) |
2015 | Team Apple Store Manhasset | ||
National team‡ | |||
2008 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 3, 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 14, 2009 |
Randi Patterson (born April 16, 1985) is a Trinidadian footballer.
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. 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.
New York Red Bulls selected Patterson with its first round pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft in January 2007. He was waived on February 18, 2008.
In March 2008, he scored on his debut for Charleston Battery against Toronto FC in the Carolina Challenge Cup 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.
Patterson made his debut for the Soca Warriors in a March 2008 friendly match against El Salvador.