Randi Luther Pereira-Patterson (born 16 April 1985), known as Randi Patterson, is a

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who plays as a

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. Born in the United States, he has been a member of the

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College career

Patterson spent four seasons at the

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, where he was a two-time

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Player of the Year and

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selection. He finished his college career with 61 goals and 19 assists. Patterson grew up in

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, raised by his mother after his father was killed in a car accident when he was two years old, and attended

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, whom he led to the 1999 state championship. During his college years he also played with

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of the

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, scoring 15 goals in his 14 games in 2006.

Club career

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 ...

selected Patterson with its first round pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft in January 2007. He was waived on February 18, 2008. In March 2008, he scored on his debut for Charleston Battery against

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in the Carolina Challenge Cup In the fall of 2008, he joined the Chicago Storm of the

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, and played for them during the outdoor offseason, before re-joining Charleston prior to the 2009 USL1 season.

International career

Patterson's father, Earl Pereira, was born in

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in ...

, Trinidad and Tobago. He made his debut for the Soca Warriors in a March 2008 friendly match against

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.T&T gets first win under Maturana
- Socawarriors.net

Career statistics

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References

External links

Charleston Battery bioMLS player profile
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