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

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player.

Career

College and amateur

Swartzendruber played college soccer at Chandler-Gilbert Community College in

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, before transferring to Midwestern State University in

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, 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

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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

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in 2009. He made his professional debut on April 18, 2009, in a 2–2 tie with

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, 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

in 2010. He also played for the team in 2015 and 2017.

Honors

Thunder Bay Chill

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