Marco Terminesi (born September 5, 1984) is a

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former

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player.

Career

Youth and college

Terminesi attended

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, and played club soccer for Woodbridge Soccer Club, guiding them to the 1994 and 2000 Robbie International Championship, the 2002 Ontario Cup Championship and the 2003 Showcase Championship. He played

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at the

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public university, public research university in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. Chartered in 1798 as the Jefferson Seminary, it became in the 19t ...

from 2003 to 2007. He was named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll on three occasions, and was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team in his debut year, and was the 2008 Big East Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Professional

He began his career in 2008 with the

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in the

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. After spending a year playing indoor soccer with

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in the

Xtreme Soccer League The Xtreme Soccer League (XSL) was an indoor soccer league that began play in December 2008. Four teams from the former Major Indoor Soccer League participated in the first XSL season: the Chicago Storm, Detroit Ignition, Milwaukee Wave, and ...

, Terminesi signed with the

Minnesota Thunder Minnesota Thunder was an American professional association football, soccer team based in Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division (USL-1), the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. T ...

of the

USL First Division The USL First Division (USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the second tier of the United States league system. It was organized by the United Soccer League as its premier league for men from 1996 to 2010, above the USL Second ...

in May 2009. He made his debut for the team on May 31, 2009, in a game against the

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. He then joined the Montreal Impact on July 27, 2010. He was released by Montreal on October 12, 2011.

Health issues

In February 2010 Terminesi announced that he likely had a

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on the

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in the center of the brain, and would be retiring from soccer indefinitely until such time as his health issues had been solved.Marco Terminesi Forced to Injured Reserve List with Serious Illness
/ref> He recovered enough to join Montreal Impact in the

USSF Division 2 Professional League The USSF Division 2 Professional League (D2 Pro League) was a temporary professional soccer league created by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) for the 2010 season. The twelve-team league was formed as a compromise between the feuding U ...

for the second half of the 2010 season.

Career stats

References

External links

Louisville profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Terminesi, Marco 1984 births Living people Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Canadian men's soccer players York Region Shooters players Louisville Cardinals men's soccer players Milwaukee Wave players Minnesota Thunder players Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players USL First Division players USSF Division 2 Professional League players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Xtreme Soccer League players Major Indoor Soccer League (2008–2014) players Sportspeople from Vaughan Men's association football forwards Canadian men's futsal players Canadian beach soccer players Rochester Lancers (1967–1980) players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen