Neil Vranis

Neil Vranis

Personal information
Full name	Neil Menelaos Vranis
Date of birth	November 7, 1990 (1990-11-07) (age 20)
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace Baltimore
Number	15
Youth career
2008	Casa Mia Baltimore Bays
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2009–	Crystal Palace Baltimore	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 22, 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

Neil Menelaos Vranis (born November 7, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian-born American soccer player currently playing for Crystal Palace Baltimore in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.

Career

Youth and college

Vranis grew up in Potomac, Maryland, attended Winston Churchill High School, where he was a two-time All-Potomac Gazette selection. He also played club soccer for the Casa Mia Baltimore Bays, helping them to the 2008 National Championship while being named an All-Conference Midfielder and scoring 15 goals.

Vranis was due to play college soccer at Johns Hopkins University, where he enrolled in 2008, but was injured prior to signing his National Letter of Intent.^[1] Having already signed for Crystal Palace Baltimore, Vranis decided to forego actually playing college soccer for Johns Hopkins, and is instead combining his professional soccer career with a simultaneous degree in neuroscience.

Professional

Vranis signed with Crystal Palace Baltimore in the USL Second Division on April 21, 2009, having been recommended to the team by former Johns Hopkins University soccer coach Matt Smith, who coached Vranis at ODP level.^[2]

He made his professional debut on May 2, 2009, coming on as a substitute in a 3-0 loss to the Wilmington Hammerheads,^[3] and went on to make 5 appearances in his debut season. On March 16, 2010 Baltimore announced the re-signing of Vranis to a new contract for the 2010 season.^[4]

Personal

Neil's father is from Greece, and as a result he holds both American and Greek citizenship.

Career statistics

(correct as of September 29, 2009)

Club	Season	League			Cup			Play-Offs			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Crystal Palace Baltimore	2009	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	5	0	0
Total	2009–present	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	5	0	0
Career Total	2009–present	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	5	0	0

References

1. ^ County soccer alumni Chiles, Gnatiko, Vranis make pro debuts close to home
2. ^ Palace Baltimore Sign Promising Local Youngster Neil Vranis
3. ^ http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2009/1052043.html
4. ^ "Nine Return from 2009 Crystal Palace Squad". NASL.com. http://www.nasl.com/news.php?id=95. Retrieved 2010-03-15. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Johns Hopkins bio

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Name	Vranis, Neil
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Date of birth	November 7, 1990
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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