Brandon Swarzendruber (born April 2, 1985) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player.

Career

College and Amateur

Swartzendruber played college soccer at Chandler-Gilbert Community College in Chandler, Arizona, before transferring to Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, prior to his junior year. He earned All-Conference honors in at Midwestern State 2005, and in 2006 was an All-Conference and All-Region pick, a Division II All-American, and the Conference Offensive Player of the Year. Swartzendruber spent his summers in Canada, where he enjoyed a successful amateur career, playing for

Okanagan Challenge Okanagan Challenge is a Canadian soccer team based in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1995, the team plays in Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, which ...

in the Pacific Coast Soccer League in 2005, and for

Thunder Bay Chill Thunder Bay Chill Soccer Club is a Canadian soccer team based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 2000, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at Chapples Park S ...

in the USL Premier Development League in 2007 and 2008. Swartzendruber helped Thunder Bay win the 2008 PDL Championship, scoring 13 goals for the team in his final season.

Professional

Swartzendruber turned professional when he signed with Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL Second Division in 2009. He made his professional debut on April 18, 2009, in a 2–2 tie with

Richmond Kickers Richmond Kickers is an American professional soccer club based in Richmond, Virginia. The Kickers compete as a member of USL League One (USL-1). The club was established in 1993, and began play that same year as a United States Interregional S ...

, and scored his first professional goal on April 25, 2009, in a 3–1 win over the Western Mass Pioneers. He went on to score 4 goals in 18 appearances for Harrisburg—an impressive statistic when only playing 540 minutes all season. Swartzendruber also scored the lone goal for Harrisburg in a 3-1 friendly against Crystal Palace FC from the English Championship. Swartzendruber returned to play for

in the USL Premier Development League in 2010. He also played for the team in 2015 and 2017.

Honors

Thunder Bay Chill

* USL Premier Development League Champions (1): 2008

References

External links

Harrisburg City Islanders bio
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