Gyasi Zardes

Gyasi Zardes
Zardes playing for the LA Galaxy in 2013.
Personal information
Full name Gyasi Zardes
Date of birth (1991-09-02) September 2, 1991
Place of birth Hawthorne, California, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Columbus Crew SC
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 12 (10)
2013–2017 LA Galaxy 131 (34)
2014 → LA Galaxy II (loan) 1 (1)
2018– Columbus Crew SC 31 (16)
National team‡
2015– United States 40 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 6, 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 11, 2018

Gyasi Zardes (born September 2, 1991) is an American professional soccer player who plays for American club Columbus Crew SC of Major League Soccer and the United States national team.

Zardes began playing for the Galaxy youth system in 2008, before leaving the following year. He began playing college soccer for Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners in 2009, and played there for three years. In December 2012, he signed for the Galaxy senior team as a homegrown player. He was called up to the United States national team for the first time in 2015.

Early life

Zardes was born in Hawthorne, California to Linda and Glen Zardes.[1]

Club career

Early career

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.[2]

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.[3]

LA Galaxy

Zardes with LA Galaxy

LA Galaxy signed Zardes as a Homegrown player on December 20, 2012.[4] On April 15, 2013, Zardes made his debut as a substitute for LA Galaxy Reserves in a 1–1 draw with Seattle Sounders Reserves.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] Zardes scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Chivas USA on June 23, 2013.[8]

Zardes scored his first brace for the Galaxy against New England Revolution on July 16, 2014 in a 5–1 win.[9] On September 5, 2014, Gyasi Zardes scored two goals in the Galaxy's 6–0 home win against Colorado Rapids.[10] With his brace, Zardes made Major League Soccer history, passing Diego Fagúndez to become the highest scoring Homegrown player in a single season.[11]

On December 7, 2014, Zardes became the first Homegrown Player to score in the MLS Cup final. Zardes scored in the 53rd minute after receiving a cross from Stefan Ishizaki. In extra time, captain, Robbie Keane scored as Galaxy triumphs the New England Revolution 2–1, making LA Galaxy the first team to win the trophy five times.[12] Zardes was the sixth highest scorer of the season with sixteen goals, and just three behind Robbie Keane.[13]

Columbus Crew SC

On January 20, 2018, Zardes signed for Columbus Crew SC in a swap deal that saw Ola Kamara head in the opposite direction.[14]

International career

Zardes with U.S. national team

After a breakout 2014 season in which he scored 19 goals across all competitions, he received his first ever international call up to represent the U.S. in January 2015, for matches against Chile and Panama. Zardes made his international debut on January 28, 2015, when he came on as a substitute for Clint Dempsey in the 68th minute against Chile.[15] On February 8, 2015, Zardes made his first start for USMNT in a friendly against Panama, where Zardes provided an assist to Dempsey in the second goal as the U.S. won 2–0.[16]

On June 5, 2015, Zardes scored his first goal for the United States in a friendly against the Netherlands. Zardes was also added to the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup United States roster. In a Group Stage game against Haiti, Zardes provided the game-winning assist to Clint Dempsey one minute after coming on as a substitute at halftime. This would help the United States clinch Group A and would see them go through to the knockout stages.[17] Only July 18. 2015, Zardes scored his first goal in international competitive play for the United States against Cuba in their 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-final match which ended in a 6–0 victory.

Personal life

In 2016, Zardes married his long-term girlfriend Madison Goodvin.[1]

Career statistics

As of October 6, 2018[18][19]
Club Season League Playoffs[lower-alpha 1] Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
LA Galaxy 2013 MLS 274201030334
2014 32165122204119
2015 296111121339
2016 196002020236
2017 242–00–242
Total 1313482639115440
LA Galaxy II (loan) 2014 USL Pro 110000–11
Columbus Crew SC 2018 MLS 31160000–3116
Career total 1635182639118657
  1. ↑ All appearances in the MLS Cup Playoffs

International

As of September 11, 2018[20]
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States
2015193
2016123
201760
201830
Total406
International goals
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 June 5, 2015Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam-Zuidoost, Netherlands Netherlands1–14–3Friendly
2 July 18, 2015M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, United States Cuba2–06–02015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3 November 13, 2015Busch Stadium, St. Louis, United States Saint Vincent and the Grenadines5–16–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 May 28, 2016Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, United States Bolivia1–04–0Friendly
5 3–0
6 June 16, 2016CenturyLink Field, Seattle, United States Ecuador2–02–1Copa América Centenario

Honors

Club

LA Galaxy[18]

International

References

  1. 1 2 "Gyasi Zardes Bio". Players Wiki. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Gyasi Zardes College Bio".
  3. ↑ "Gyasi Zardes Player Profile".
  4. ↑ Baxter, Kevin (December 20, 2012). "Galaxy signs local star Gyasi Zardes, closes in on Carlo Cudicini – Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ "LA Galaxy Res. 1–1 Seattle Sounders Res".
  6. ↑ "Real Salt Lake 0–2 LA Galaxy". Archived from the original on October 22, 2013.
  7. ↑ 3 – 1 FT. "Vancouver Whitecaps v Los Angeles live football scores | Soccer scores and live video". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Chivas USA vs LA Galaxy 0–1". Soccerway. June 23, 2013.
  9. ↑ "LA Galaxy vs. New England Revolution".
  10. ↑ "LA Galaxy vs. Colorado Rapids".
  11. ↑ Becker, Josie (September 5, 2014). "Gyasi Zardes ties single season record for Homegrown Player goals". LAG Confidential. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Zardes becomes first Homegrown Player to score in MLS Cup". Sport Illustrated. December 7, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Major League Soccer - Statistics - Goals".
  14. ↑ "Crew SC acquires MLS Cup champion, U.S. international Gyasi Zardes, TAM in trade with Galaxy". Columbus Crew SC. January 20, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Gyasi Zardes makes international debut as USMNT fall to Chile".
  16. ↑ "United States vs Panama 2–0".
  17. ↑ "U.S. wins in Netherlands after two late goals". BBC Sports. June 5, 2015.
  18. 1 2 Gyasi Zardes at Soccerway
  19. ↑ Gyasi Zardes at Major League Soccer
  20. ↑ "Gyasi Zardes". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
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