Full name Hunter J. Gorskie Role Soccer player Playing position Height 1.78 m | Number 3 Name Hunter Gorskie Position Defender | |
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Date of birth (1991-06-27) June 27, 1991 (age 24) Place of birth New York, New York, United States 2008–2009 Players Development Academy | ||
Hunter Gorskie Highlights 2018
Hunter J. Gorskie (born June 27, 1991) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Tampa Bay Rowdies in the United Soccer League.
Contents
- Hunter Gorskie Highlights 2018
- Hunter gorskie highlights from san jose earthquakes vs aik
- Youth college and amateur
- Professional
- Personal life
- References
Hunter gorskie highlights from san jose earthquakes vs aik
Youth, college and amateur
Gorskie grew up in Marlboro Township, New Jersey and played soccer at Marlboro High School, where he set the career record in assists and is ranked second in career goals.
He played club soccer for the Player Development Academy of New Jersey before committing to Stanford University where he played for four years. In 2009, Gorskie started all 20 games for the Cardinal and helped them to nine clean sheets, including three in the Pac-10 tournament and two in the NCAA Tournament. In 2010, Gorskie made 16 appearances, including four starts, and helped the Cardinal defense to a 1.14 goals against average. One of his four starts came on October 15 in Stanford's 2-1 upset victory over #13 UCLA. He also went on to be named Pac-10 honorable mention All-Academic. In 2011, he all 17 games in which he saw action and scored his first collegiate goal on September 25 in a 2-1 victory over Vermont. He went on to be named Pac-12 All-Academic second team that same year. In his final season at Stanford, Gorskie started in all 18 games and was named second team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Academic first team.
During his time in college, Gorskie also played in the Premier Development League for Central Jersey Spartans, Chicago Fire Premier and New Jersey Rangers.
Professional
After going undrafted in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, Gorskie went on trial with San Jose Earthquakes and made two reserve league appearances for them before signing his first professional contract with North American Soccer League club New York Cosmos on April 26, 2013. He made his professional debut on August 3 in a 2-1 victory over Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the opening match of the NASL fall season. Gorskie went on to make eight appearances for the Cosmos during the 2013 NASL season that culminated in the team defeating the Atlanta Silverbacks 1-0 to claim the NASL Soccer Bowl title.
On September 13, 2014, Gorskie recorded his first professional assist in a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Silverbacks.
Gorksie started the final three games of the Cosmos season, including the team's NASL Championship semifinal against the San Antonio Scorpions as a central defender. Gorskie was named the team captain for the final regular season match of the year on November 1, 2014, against the San Antonio Scorpions.
Gorskie finished the 2014 season with seven starts in 13 appearances across 672 minutes of action and recorded one assist.
Personal life
Hunter's older brother Jason, who played college soccer at the University of Pennsylvania, currently plays professionally for Polish II liga side Wisła Puławy.