Roger Levesque

Football player infobox| playername= Roger Levesque
fullname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|1|22
cityofbirth = Portland, Maine
countryofbirth = U.S.
height = height|ft=6|in=1
currentclub = Seattle Sounders
clubnumber = 18
position = Forward
youthyears = 1999-2002
youthclubs = Stanford University
years = 2003-2005
2003-2005
2006-2008
clubs = San Jose Earthquakes
→ Seattle Sounders "(loan)"
Seattle Sounders
caps(goals) = 04 0(0)
73 (23)
71 (11)
pcupdate = September 27, 2008

Roger Levesque (born January 22, 1981 in Portland, Maine) is an American soccer player, currently playing for the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division.

High School and college

He led Falmouth High School (Maine) to the 1996 and 1997 Maine state championships. In 1998, he was selected the state player of the year by the Maine Sunday Telegram, having broke the state scoring record with 106 goals for his career. Levesque was also a standout basketball player, twice named Maine's Class C player of the year by the Lewiston Sun Journal, and leading Falmouth to state titles in 1997, 1998 and 1999. Levesque played college soccer at Stanford University from 1999 to 2002. After two seasons as a reserve, Levesque became a starter as a junior, and ended the season as a second-team All-American, [ [http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=I&yr=2001 2001 All Americans] ] having scored 14 goals and 9 assists. In his senior year he led the team in points with 7 goals and 13 assists, and was named a third team All-American. [ [http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=I&yr=2002 2002 All Americans] ] Stanford lost to UCLA that year in the NCAA Final.

Professional

Levesque was selected 23rd overall in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft by the San Jose Earthquakes. Much of his rookie season was lost when he injured his ACL during a preseason game with the United States Under-23 national team. However, he did play three games with the Earthquakes and another nine on loan with the Seattle Sounders. He continued to play on loan with the Sounders in 2004 and 2005. In 2004, he scored 8 goals and 4 assists in 27 games as the team reached the A-League championship. He scored four goals for the Sounders in the 2005 United Soccer League USL-1 playoffs. His three goals led Seattle past the Portland Timbers and his stoppage time goal was the winner as Seattle beat the Montreal Impact 2-1. Seattle went on to win the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Soccer_Leagues_2005|2005 Championship] . The Earthquakes placed Levesque on waivers on November 16, 2005 after he played only one game that season with their first team. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE0DB133EF935A25752C1A9639C8B63 November 16, 2008] ] In February 2006, Levesque signed a year-long deal to return to Seattle Sounders. He scored two goals and three assists during the regular season and led the team in minutes played. In 2007, he was named second team All-League. At the end of the season, he served as a guest player in two exhibition games with USL-1 teams, the Vancouver Whitecaps and Portland Timbers, against MLS teams. [ [http://74.125.45.104/search?q=cache:lOpORPHHHOAJ:seattlepitch.tripod.com/news/news2007.html+roger+levesque+%22san+jose+earthquakes%22+waived&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=11&gl=us Seattle Pitch 2007 News] ]

References

External links

* [http://web.mlsnet.com/history/register.jsp?content=players_l MLS Player Registry-L]
* [http://goalseattle.com/gallery/2007SeattleSoundersMediaGuide/2007_13 2007 Sounders Media Guide]
* [http://www.soundersfc.com/Article.aspx?id=562 Ten Questions With Roger Levesque]