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 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
player.
Career
College and amateur
Swartzendruber played
college soccer at
Chandler-Gilbert Community College in
Chandler, Arizona
Chandler is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and a suburb in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the List of municipalities in Arizona, fourth-most populous city in Arizona ...
, before transferring to
Midwestern State University in
Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls metropolitan area, Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Archer County, Tex ...
, 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 in the
Pacific Coast Soccer League in 2005, and for
Thunder Bay Chill in the
USL Premier Development League
USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...
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
The USL Second Division (commonly referred to as USL-2) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was at the third tier of soccer in the United States, behind Major League Soccer ...
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 (USL1). 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
Thunder Bay Chill in the
USL Premier Development League
USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...
in 2010.
He also played for the team in 2015 and 2017.
Honors
Thunder Bay Chill
*
USL Premier Development League
USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...
Champions (1): 2008
References
External links
Harrisburg City Islanders bio
1985 births
Living people
American men's soccer players
Midwestern State Mustangs men's soccer players
Okanagan Challenge players
Thunder Bay Chill players
Penn FC players
Dayton Dutch Lions players
Phoenix Rising FC players
Soccer players from Colorado
USL League Two players
USL Second Division players
USL Championship players
Men's association football forwards
{{US-footy-forward-1980s-stub