Keith Francis Cardona (born November 7, 1992) is an American professional

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

Youth

Cardona grew up in

Glen Rock, New Jersey Glen Rock is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 12,133, an increase of 532 (+4.6%) from the 2010 United ...

and played soccer at

Glen Rock High School Glen Rock High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Glen Rock, New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Glen Rock Public Schools. The school shares a campu ...

before switching to a club team. Cardona spent time playing with the academy of

New York Red Bulls The New York Red Bulls are an American professional association football, soccer club based in the New York metropolitan area. The Red Bulls compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conferenc ...

, before attending the

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the Univ ...

in 2011, where he played for two years. While at college and briefly afterwards, Cardona appeared for NPSL side

New York Red Bulls U-23 The New York Red Bulls U-23 is an American soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2009, the team plays in USL League Two, a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. It is part of the official De ...

Professional

Cardona signed for second-division Austrian side

FC Liefering FC Liefering GmbH is an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club, originally from Salzburg#Districts, Liefering, Salzburg. It currently plays in the Austrian Football Second League, Second League, the second tier of Austrian f ...

in July 2014. Cardona later signed with

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side

Indy Eleven Indy Eleven is an American professional association football, soccer team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 2013, the team made its debut in the North American Soccer League (2011–2017), North American Soccer League (NASL) in 2014, b ...

in March 2015.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

Indy Eleven Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cardona, Keith 1992 births Living people Glen Rock High School alumni People from Glen Rock, New Jersey Soccer players from Bergen County, New Jersey American men's soccer players Maryland Terrapins men's soccer players FC Liefering players Indy Eleven players Wilmington Hammerheads FC players Men's association football goalkeepers North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players United States men's youth international soccer players Parade High School All-Americans (boys' soccer) 21st-century American sportsmen