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Gyasi Zardes

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American soccer player

Gyasi Zardes
Personal information
Full nameGyasi A. Zardes[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-02)September 2, 1991 (age 33)[2]
Place of birthHawthorne, California, United States
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s)Forward
Youth career
2008–2009LA Galaxy
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2012Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners56(38)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2012Ventura County Fusion12(10)
2013–2017LA Galaxy131(34)
2014LA Galaxy II1(1)
2018–2022Columbus Crew110(54)
2022Colorado Rapids26(9)
2022Colorado Rapids 22(1)
2023–2024Austin FC61(9)
International career‡
2015–2022United States68(14)
Medal record
Men'ssoccer
Representing United States
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Winner2017
Winner2021
Runner-up2019
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:15, October 20, 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 30, 2022

Gyasi A. Zardes (born September 2, 1991) is an American professionalsoccer player who plays as aforward.

Born inHawthorne, California, Zardes was part of theLA Galaxy youth academy before playingcollege soccer forCal State Bakersfield. After playing three seasons with the Roadrunners, Zardes signed for the LA Galaxy as ahomegrown player. In his first season, he immediately established himself as a regular inBruce Arena's squad, and the next season he scored 16 goals as he helped the Galaxy winMLS Cup 2014. His performance for the Galaxy in 2014 helped earn Zardes his debut for theUnited States againstChile in January 2015.

Prior to the2018 season, Zardes was traded to theColumbus Crew. He was an immediate starter for head coachGregg Berhalter as he scored 19 goals in his first season with the Crew. Zardes would be named theMLS Comeback Player of the Year Award for 2018. In2020, Zardes helped lead the Columbus Crew to their secondMLS Cup, defeatingSeattle Sounders FC in thefinal.

Early life

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Zardes was born and raised inHawthorne, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. He was one of five children; his father Glenn is from New Orleans, while his mother Linda is from Michigan.[3][4] In 2016, the City of Hawthorne unveiled a mural of Zardes at its newfutsal courts, where a prohibition on soccer use was lifted.[3]

Club career

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Early career

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Zardes played in theU.S. Soccer Development Academy for the Galaxy Academy U-18s during the 2008–09 and 2009–10 DA seasons as well as with the Galaxy U-20s in the 2009 USL Super-20 campaign. After declaring himself a red shirt freshman atCSU Bakersfield, Zardes led the Galaxy U-20 team to the national championship in 2010.[5]

After tallying five goals and a team-best seven assists in his first season of college soccer, Zardes burst onto the scene as a sophomore in 2011, scoring 18 times in 20 games while helping lead Bakersfield to a berth in the NCAA Division I Tournament for the first time in school history. His 18 goals that season were the fourth most in Division I college soccer that year and he was selected the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Year and a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy, which is awarded annually to the top player in college soccer.[6]

In 2012, Zardes followed up his breakout season by scoring 15 goals and adding nine assists, each of which were team-highs, in 17 games, while helping the Roadrunners record a winning record for the fourth consecutive season. He had two or more goals in four of his 17 games, including seven goals in a two-game stretch in mid-October.[7]

LA Galaxy

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Zardes with LA Galaxy

LA Galaxy signed Zardes as aHomegrown Player on December 20, 2012.[8] On April 15, 2013, Zardes made his debut as a substitute for LA Galaxy Reserves in a 1–1 draw with Seattle Sounders Reserves.[9] On April 27, 2013, Zardes made his debut for the first-team as a substitute for the Galaxy in a 2–0 win overReal Salt Lake.[10] On May 11, 2013, Zardes came on as a substitute in 67th min and scored his first goal for the Galaxy in a 3–1 loss againstVancouver Whitecaps FC.[11] Zardes scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory overChivas USA on June 23, 2013.[12]

Zardes scored his first brace for the Galaxy againstNew England Revolution on July 16, 2014, in a 5–1 win.[13] On September 5, 2014, Gyasi Zardes scored two goals in the Galaxy's 6–0 home win againstColorado Rapids.[14] With his brace, Zardes made Major League Soccer history, passingDiego Fagúndez to become the highest scoring Homegrown Player in a single season.[15]

On December 7, 2014, Zardes became the first Homegrown Player to score in theMLS Cup final. Zardes scored in the 53rd minute after receiving a cross fromStefan Ishizaki. In extra time, captain,Robbie Keane scored as Galaxy triumphs theNew England Revolution 2–1, making LA Galaxy the first team to win the trophy five times.[16] Zardes was the sixth highest scorer of the season with 16 goals, and just three behind Robbie Keane.[17]

Columbus Crew

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On January 20, 2018, Zardes signed forColumbus Crew SC in a swap deal that sawOla Kamara head in the opposite direction.[18] After an injury plagued end to his Galaxy career, Zardes found new life inColumbus; scoring 11 goals in the first 19 games of the season, narrowly missing out on the2018 MLS All-Star Game.[19] In response to Zardes missing the game, he garnered high praise from then Columbus coachGregg Berhalter, who said “[a]bsolutely he should be,” “the work he does for the team has been outstanding. I think he’s one of the top strikers in the league.”[19] Zardes ended the2018 season with 19 goals, earning the 2018MLS Comeback Player of the Year Award.[20] On May 13, 2019, Zardes signed a multi-year contract extension with the Crew and was named adesignated player.[21] He would go on to tally 13 goals in 28 appearances during the 2019 season.

Colorado Rapids

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On April 22, 2022, Zardes was traded to the Colorado Rapids in exchange for $300,000 in GAM with potential add-ons that could take the deal up to $1,400,000 GAM in total.[22]

Austin FC

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On December 12, 2022, Zardes signed a three-year contract on free agency deal withAustin FC starting from the 2023 season.[23] Zardes scored abrace againstNew York City FC on July 6, 2024 atQ2 Stadium, taking him into theTop-10 all-time leading scorers inMLS with 105 career goals.[24] On December 9, 2024, Austin FC opted to buyout Zardes' contract ahead of the 2025 season.[25]

International career

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Gyasi Zardes representing theUnited States on June 9, 2019

After a breakout 2014 season in which he scored 19 goals across all competitions, he received his first ever international call up to represent theUnited States in January 2015, for matches againstChile andPanama.[26] Zardes made his international debut on January 28, 2015, when he came on as a substitute forClint Dempsey in the 68th minute against Chile.[27] On February 8, 2015, Zardes made his first start for USMNT in a friendly against Panama, where he provided an assist to Dempsey in the second goal as the U.S. won 2–0.[28]

On June 5, 2015, Zardes scored his first goal for the United States in a friendly against theNetherlands.[29] Zardes was named to the2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup roster and started in several matches, including a group stage fixture againstHaiti where he provided the game-winning assist toClint Dempsey one minute after coming on as a substitute at halftime.[30] He scored his first international competitive goal on July 18, 2015, in the Gold Cup quarterfinals against Cuba that ended in a 6–0 victory for the United States.[31]

Zardes was called up in the early stages of2018 FIFA World Cup qualification for the U.S. and scored the fifth goal in a 6–1 victory overSaint Vincent and the Grenadines on November 13, 2015. He had been involved in conceding the first goal of the match to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines after a defensive error.[32] Zardes was named to the U.S. roster for the 2016Copa América Centenario and scored twice in a warm-up friendly againstBolivia on May 28.[33] He scored the winning goal in the 2–1 quarterfinal match defeat ofEcuador inSeattle, finishing a shot by Clint Dempsey that was rolling towards the goal.[34]

Zardes played in the2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup and did not score in the tournament, instead providing an assist toJordan Morris in a narrow 3–2 victory overMartinique in the group stage.[35] His next international goal would come three years later in a friendly against Ecuador on March 21, 2019, which was won 1–0 by the United States.[36] Zardes joined the U.S. in the2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and scored the third of four goals in the team's opening group stage match againstGuyana. A shot byPaul Arriola was deflected by a Guyanese defender, hitting Zardes in his left eye before bouncing into the goal.[37] In the next match againstTrinidad and Tobago, Zardes scored twice in three minutes while the team reached the knockout stage with a 6–0 victory. Zardes was unable to complete hishat-trick, despite having several chances to do so, including a shot that hit the post.[38]

Zardes scored the game winner in the semifinal match against Qatar in the2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the 86th minute of play off of a cross from Nicholas Gioacchini.[39]

Personal life

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Zardes is of Ghanaian descent.[40] In 2013, Zardes married his long-term girlfriend Madison Goodvin, a fellow student-athlete in Bakersfield. They have four children.[19] He is a practicingChristian and has a degree incriminal justice fromCal State Dominguez Hills.[4][19]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played October 19, 2024[41][42]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffsU.S. Open CupCONCACAFOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
LA Galaxy2013MLS274201030–334
20143216512220–4119
2015296111121–339
2016196002020–236
2017242–00––242
Total13134826391–15440
LA Galaxy II2014USL Pro11––––11
Columbus Crew2018MLS33193100––3620
20192813–00––2813
202021[a]1242––1[b]12615
2021219––32–2411
202271–11––82
Total110547311321112261
Colorado Rapids2022MLS269––––269
Colorado Rapids 22022MLS Next Pro21––––21
Austin FC2023MLS286–10101[c]0316
2024333–––3[c]1364
Total619–1010416710
Career total3311081558413352372122
Notes
  1. ^Includes three appearances and three goals inMLS is Back Tournament group stage
  2. ^Appearance in MLS is Back Tournament knockout stage
  3. ^abAppearance(s) inLeagues Cup

International

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As of match played January 30, 2022[43]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States2015193
2016123
201760
201830
2019156
202010
2021102
202220
Total6814
Scores and results list the United States' goal tally first.[43]
List of international goals scored by Gyasi Zardes
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1June 5, 2015Amsterdam Arena,Amsterdam-Zuidoost, Netherlands Netherlands1–14–3Friendly
2July 18, 2015M&T Bank Stadium,Baltimore, United States Cuba2–06–02015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3November 13, 2015Busch Stadium,St. Louis, United States Saint Vincent and the Grenadines5–16–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4May 28, 2016Children's Mercy Park,Kansas City, United States Bolivia1–04–0Friendly
53–0
6June 16, 2016CenturyLink Field,Seattle, United States Ecuador2–02–1Copa América Centenario
7March 21, 2019Orlando City Stadium,Orlando, United States Ecuador1–01–0Friendly
8June 18, 2019Allianz Field,Saint Paul, United States Guyana3–04–02019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
9June 22, 2019FirstEnergy Stadium,Cleveland, United States Trinidad and Tobago2–06–02019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
103–0
11November 15, 2019Exploria Stadium, Orlando, United States Canada2–04–12019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A
124–1
13July 15, 2021Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, United States Martinique5–16–12021 CONCACAF Gold Cup
14July 29, 2021Q2 Stadium,Austin, United States Qatar1–01–02021 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honors

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LA Galaxy[41]

Columbus Crew[41]

United States

Individual

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