Sam Cronin
Cronin playing for San Jose Earthquakes in 2012
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| Full name | Sam Cronin | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | December 12, 1986 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | |||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Colorado Rapids | |||||||||||
| Number | 6 | |||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Carolina Dynamo | 39 | (9) | |||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Toronto FC | 33 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2010–2014 | San Jose Earthquakes | 140 | (5) | |||||||||
| 2015– | Colorado Rapids | 59 | (2) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | United States | 2 | (0) | |||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:30, 28 October 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 26, 2009 |
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Sam Cronin (born December 12, 1986) is an American soccer player who plays for the Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer as a midfielder.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Cronin attended Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina where he moved with his family in 1999. He played college soccer at Wake Forest University, scoring ten goals in twenty-four appearances in 2008, and was one of three finalists for the Hermann Trophy, an award for the best Division I college soccer player. Cronin ultimately finished as second runner-up for the trophy, but won the 2008 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for Men's Soccer.
During his college years, Cronin also played in the USL Premier Development League for Carolina Dynamo, making thirty-nine appearances in four years, and scoring nine goals.
Cronin was selected second overall by Major League Soccer team Toronto FC in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft on January 15, 2009. Cronin made his professional debut on 21 March 2009, in Toronto's first game of the 2009 MLS season against Kansas City Wizards. He scored his first professional goal on June 13, 2009 against the New York Red Bulls.
Cronin was traded to San Jose Earthquakes on 21 June 2010 in return for allocation money.
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