Palmetto Pro Soccer Players
Posted 10:41 a.m., August 18, 2008
Got this from a Battery fan recently and he points out that South Carolina does indeed have some soccer talent.
We run a “Palmetto Pros” package every Sunday, featuring baseball players with ties to South Carolina at the professional level.
I do a similar package in the fall for the NFL.
So, here’s a list of players with ties to the state that play at the MLS level or for national teams. (Although I think Bobby Convey is a bit of stretch since he only lives here a couple of months out of the year).
But many thanks go out to Scott Johnstone, who provided the list. Let me know who else is out there that’s not on the list.
Mount Pleasant Resident
Boby Convey - Reading FC, USMNT
South Carolina
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa (EPL), Olympic 2008, USMNT
Josh Wolfe - Real Salt Lake, USMNT
Clint Mathis - Efgotelis (Greece), USMNT (formerly)
Mike Gustavan - San Jose
Clemson
Stuart Holden - Houston Dynamo, 2008 Olympic, US U-23
Nathan Sturgis - Real Salt Lake, US U-23
Oguchi Oneywu - USMNT, formerly Fulham
Kenny Cutler - Real Salt Lake
Dane Richards - New York Red Bulls
Doug Warren - New England Revs
Furman
Clint Dempsey - Fulham (EPL), USMNT
John Barry Nusum - Bermuda Nat'l Team
Coastal Carolina
Joseph Ngwenya - Bayern Munich (training camp), Zimbabwe Nat'l team
Kheli Dube - New England Revs
See you at The Pitch,
APM
Comments
Posted by bribetaker on August 18 at 12:23 p.m.
Well, off the top of my head, current Battery players Ian Fuller and Johnny Wilson are both Clemson alumni and JW was actually born in Seneca. And current Battery GK Keith Wiggans is from CofC, born in Charleston I believe.
Posted by bighunt22 on September 1 at 4:34 p.m.
None of the players, with the exception of JW and Keith (who I thought was from Athens) on the above list are actually from South Carolina, though they did all spend their college days here.
Here is a list (off the top of my head) of current and past professional players who actually grew up in SC (though there aren't many MLS or national team ties).
Temoc Suarez: Mt. P/ UNC/ Dallas Burn, and several other USL/USISL teams
Troy Lesesne: Columbia/ CofC/ Charleston Battery
Ben Hollingsworth: Mt. P/ SMU & CofC/ Charleston Battery, and I know he went overseas on trial to Macabi Tel Aviv
Brady Bryant: Columbia/ U of Mobile/ Charlotte Eagles, Wilmington Hammerheads, and one year of minor league arena football
Anthony Stovall: Columbia/ USC/ Cleveland City Stars, Charlotte Eagles
Jason Hotchkin: Greenville/ na/ Cleveland City Stars, New Jersey Ironmen (MISL), other MISL clubs and one or two years overseas
Hunter Gilstrap: Columbia/ Clemson & CofC/ Maritzburg United (Absa Premiership- South Africa), Cleveland City Stars, Miami FC
Posted by bighunt22 on September 1 at 4:36 p.m.
and one other edit. Guch currently plays for Standard Liege in Belgium and was briefly with Newcastle United (not Fulham)
Posted by bighunt22 on September 1 at 4:41 p.m.
last time... I didn't notice Gustavson there. He actually is from SC
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