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Alecko Eskandarian (born July 9, 1982 in Montvale, New Jersey) is a professional soccer player in Major League Soccer, playing for D.C. United. He is the son of Iranian national player Andranik Eskandarian who played soccer professionally for the New York Cosmos.Prior to playing as a professional, he played three years of soccer for the University of Virginia where he was named ACC Rookie of the Year in 2000, and was both named Soccer America 's College Player of the Year and awarded the Hermann Trophy in 2002 after scoring 25 goals and 4 assists for the Cavaliers.
Eskandarian has played his first two MLS seasons for D.C. United, who drafted him first overall in the 2003 MLS Superdraft. He was disappointing in his rookie sesaon, recording only three goals and two assists in 23 games. However, in the 2004 season, after the replacement of coach Ray Hudson with Peter Nowak, Eskandarian saw significantly more playing time and proved worthy of the number one pick. In his sophomore campaign, Eskandarian led D.C. United in goal scoring with ten in the regular season and added two assists.
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Alecko has played one game for the United States national teamThe United States men's national soccer team played its first international matches against Canada in 1885 and 1886; however, neither match is considered official. It would be another 30 years before the US would finally play an officially recognized inte, against WalesThe Wales national football team's only World Cup appearance was in 1958, when they drew all the matches in their group and reached the Quarter-finals, losing 1-0 to Brazil. They have never qualified for the European Championship, last losing in the playo on May 27May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. Events 1328 Philip VI is crowned King of France. 1703 Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. 1813 War of 1812: In Canada, Unit, 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U.
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Eskandarian, Alecko
Eskandarian, Alecko
