Hunter Gorskie
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hunter J. Gorskie | ||
Date of birth | June 27, 1991 | ||
Place of birth | New York, New York, United States | ||
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Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Miedź Legnica | ||
Number | TBD | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2009 | Players Development Academy | ||
2009–2012 | Stanford Cardinal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010 | Central Jersey Spartans | 4 | (0) |
2011 | Chicago Fire Premier | 10 | (1) |
2012 | New Jersey Rangers | 2 | (0) |
2013–2015 | New York Cosmos | 45 | (0) |
2016– | Miedź Legnica | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 January 2016 |
Hunter J. Gorskie (born June 27, 1991) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Miedź Legnica in the I liga (Poland).
Contents
Career
Youth, college and amateur
Gorskie grew up in Marlboro Township, New Jersey and played soccer at Marlboro High School, where he set the career record in assists and is ranked second in career goals.[1]
He played club soccer for the Player Development Academy of New Jersey before committing to Stanford University where he played for four years. In 2009, Gorskie started all 20 games for the Cardinal and helped them to nine clean sheets, including three in the Pac-10 tournament and two in the NCAA Tournament. In 2010, Gorskie made 16 appearances, including four starts, and helped the Cardinal defense to a 1.14 goals against average. One of his four starts came on October 15 in Stanford's 2-1 upset victory over #13 UCLA.[2] He also went on to be named Pac-10 honorable mention All-Academic.[3] In 2011, he all 17 games in which he saw action and scored his first collegiate goal on September 25 in a 2-1 victory over Vermont.[4][5] He went on to be named Pac-12 All-Academic second team that same year.[6] In his final season at Stanford, Gorskie started in all 18 games and was named second team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Academic first team.[7][8]
During his time in college, Gorskie also played in the Premier Development League for Central Jersey Spartans, Chicago Fire Premier and New Jersey Rangers.[9][10][11]
Professional
After going undrafted in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, Gorskie went on trial with San Jose Earthquakes and made two reserve league appearances for them before signing his first professional contract with North American Soccer League club New York Cosmos on April 26, 2013.[12] He made his professional debut on August 3 in a 2-1 victory over Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the opening match of the NASL fall season.[13][14][15] Gorskie went on to make eight appearances for the Cosmos during the 2013 NASL season that culminated in the team defeating the Atlanta Silverbacks 1-0 to claim the NASL Soccer Bowl title.[16]
On September 13, 2014, Gorskie recorded his first professional assist in a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Silverbacks.[17]
Gorksie started the final three games of the Cosmos season, including the team's NASL Championship semifinal against the San Antonio Scorpions as a central defender. Gorskie was named the team captain for the final regular season match of the year on November 1, 2014, against the San Antonio Scorpions.[18]
Gorskie finished the 2014 season with seven starts in 13 appearances across 672 minutes of action and recorded one assist.[19]
Personal life
Hunter's older brother Jason, who played college soccer at the University of Pennsylvania, currently plays professionally for Polish II liga side Wisła Puławy.[20]
References
- ↑ Anness, Kaitlyn. "Marlboro Native Advances Soccer Career in New York; Hunter Gorskie grew up in Marlboro, and now he'll hit the field as a New York Cosmo.", Marlboro-Coltsneck Patch, July 8, 2013. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Gorskie, 22, is still the all-time assist leader and second in total points at Marlboro High School."
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- ↑ http://www.nycosmos.com/theclub/roster/playerprofile/uuid/h3gotar1b3f81kwofto1fin1n/hunter-gorskie
- ↑ http://www.nasl.com/matchcenter/gsmid/1634324
- ↑ http://www.nycosmos.com/matchcenter/gsmid/1634360
- ↑ http://www.nycosmos.com/theclub/roster/playerprofile/uuid/h3gotar1b3f81kwofto1fin1n/hunter-gorskie
- ↑ http://int.soccerway.com/players/jason-gorskie/303780/
External links
- Stanford University bio
- New York Cosmos Profile
- Hunter Gorskie at Footballdatabase
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1991 births
- Living people
- American soccer players
- Stanford Cardinal men's soccer players
- Central Jersey Spartans players
- Chicago Fire U-23 players
- NJ-LUSO Parma players
- New York Cosmos (2010) players
- Association football defenders
- People from Marlboro Township, New Jersey
- Soccer players from New Jersey
- Premier Development League players
- North American Soccer League players