Jerry Laterza

Jerry Laterza

Personal information
Full name	Gerardo Laterza
Date of birth	July 1, 1974 (1974-07-01) (age 37)
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California, United States
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1992	SMU Mustangs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993	Veracruz
1993	Los Angeles Salsa	4	(0)
1994–1995	Cerro Porteño
1997	Orange County Zodiac
1997	LA Galaxy	4	(0)
1997	→ Carolina Dynamo (loan)	1	(0)
1998	Seattle Sounders	2	(0)
1998	Qianwei Huandao
1999	Shenyang Haishi
1999	Kitchee
1999	→ South China (loan)
1999–2000	South China
2002	Guangzhou Xiangxue
2003	Ningbo Yaoma
2003–2004	Buler Rangers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Gerardo "Jerry" Laterza is a retired Paraguayan soccer player who is also an American citizen. He is the technical director of Legends FC^[1].

Laterza graduated from Walnut High School where he was the 1990 and 1992 California Interscholastic Federation 1-A Player of the Year.^[2] Laterza attended Southern Methodist University, playing on the men's soccer team in 1992.^[3] On April 3 1993, Laterza signed with the Los Angeles Salsa of the American Professional Soccer League.^[4][5] In 1997, Laterza began the season with the Orange County Zodiac. In July 1997, the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer signed Laterza.^[6] He played four games for the Galaxy in 1997, plus one game on loan to the Carolina Dynamo.^[7] The Galaxy released him on April 1, 1998 during a pre-season roster reduction. On April 10, 1998, Laterza signed with the Seattle Sounders of the USL A-League.^[8] He played two games, then was released on April 22.^[9] He then played for several clubs, including South China AA, and various teams in Hong Kong, China^[10] and Paraguay. While in Hong Kong, he was selected to play for Hong Kong League XI, featuring in one of the matches against the national team of his native Paraguay.

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ CIF Soccer Awards
3. ^ SMU Letterwinners
4. ^ April 3, 1993 Transactions
5. ^ 1993 Los Angeles Salsa
6. ^ Vasquez, Laterza of the Zodiac to Sign Contracts With Galaxy
7. ^ [www.carolinadynamo.com/06_Alltime_player_stats.doc All Time Carolina Dynamo Player Stats]
8. ^ April 15, 1998 Transactions
9. ^ 1998 Seattle Sounders stats
10. ^ Von Lorenz, Andreas (2 June 2003). "Im Reich der Mittel" (in German). Der Spiegel. http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-27286904.html. 

External links

• MLS: Gerardo Laterza
• Legends FC: Jerry Laterzo

Persondata
Name	Laterza, Jerry
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Date of birth	July 1, 1974
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California, United States
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