Ben Zemanski (born May 12, 1988 in

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsyl ...

) is an American retired soccer player and current assistant coach for the

Portland Pilots The Portland Pilots is the nickname for athletics at the University of Portland. The Pilots compete in the West Coast Conference (WCC) at the NCAA Division I level. History The Pilots started to gain attention when Clive Charles began coach ...

Career

College and Amateur

Zemanski attended the

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, where he was a 2005 NSCAA All-American, and played

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at the

University of Akron The University of Akron is a public research university in Akron, Ohio. It is part of the University System of Ohio. As a STEM-focused institution, it focuses on industries such as polymers, advanced materials, and engineering. It is classified ...

. He was named the Zips' Newcomer of the Year in 2006, was named to the All-MAC Second Team and was an Academic All-MAC honoree as a junior in 2008, and was named to the CoSida Academic All-America Third Team, the All-Mid-American Conference Second Team, the MAC Academic Team, and was one of ten finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award as a senior in 2009. During his college years Zemanski also played for the

Cleveland Internationals Cleveland Internationals was an American soccer team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2004, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes Divisi ...

in the

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Professional

Zemanski was drafted in the third round (forty-seventh overall) of the

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Chivas USA Chivas USA (pronounced ''CHEE-vahs'') was an American professional soccer team based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California. The club played from 2005 to 2014 in Major League Soccer (MLS) and was a subsidiary of Mexican club C.D. Gua ...

. He made his professional debut on April 17, 2010, in a game against Houston Dynamo, and scored his first professional goal on the opening day of the 2011 MLS season, a 3–2 defeat to

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. On March 5, 2018, Zemanski signed with

Pittsburgh Riverhounds Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC is an American professional soccer team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1999 and beginning play in 1999, the club plays in the Eastern Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier of the American s ...

of the

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for a one-year contract. On May 26, 2019, Zemanski announced his retirement from professional soccer.

Coaching

Three days after announcing his retirement, Zemanski was announced as an assistant coach for the Portland Pilots.

Honors

Club

;Portland Timbers *

MLS Cup The MLS Cup is the annual championship game of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the culmination of the MLS Cup Playoffs. The game is held in November and pits the winner of the Eastern Conference Final against the winner of the Western Conference ...

: 2015 * Western Conference (playoffs): 2015 * Western Conference (regular season): 2013

References

External links

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Akron Zips bio
1988 births Living people American men's soccer players Akron Zips men's soccer players Cleveland Internationals players Chivas USA players Portland Timbers players Portland Timbers 2 players Soccer players from Akron, Ohio Chivas USA draft picks University of Akron alumni USL League Two players Major League Soccer players USL Championship players Men's association football midfielders {{US-footy-midfielder-stub