Andrew Peterson (soccer)

Football player infobox| playername= Andrew Peterson


fullname = Andrew Peterson
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|12|6
cityofbirth = Edina, MN
countryofbirth = United States
height = height|ft=5|in=10
currentclub = Columbus Crew
clubnumber = 13
position = Defender / Midfielder
youthyears = 2003-06
youthclubs = Creighton
years = 2007
2007–
clubs = Cleveland City Stars
Columbus Crew
caps(goals) = 02 0(0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 2 Aug, 2008
ntupdate =

Andy Peterson (born December 2, 1984) is a U.S. soccer player who currently plays for the Columbus Crew of Major Soccer League

Andrew played for Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minnesota from 1999–2003. He was an all conference and all state player his senior year. After high school Andrew started over 80 games for Creighton University while claiming numerous all tournament awards, a 2nd Team All Midwest his junior year and 2nd team all conference his senior year. He was drafted in the first round by the Minnesota Thunder, a United States Soccer League 1st Division team.

Instead of playing for his home town Minnesota Thunder, Andrew decided to train as a Christian missionary with the Cleveland City Stars in the United States Soccer League 2nd Division. Through the efforts of his Cleveland coach, Martin Rennie and general manager, Aaron Treadway, they arranged for him to play in a May reserve game for the Columbus Crew against the Chicago Fire in which the Columbus Crew team won 1-0. As a result of this tryout, the Crew asked him to sign a developmental contract in July 2007. His first game with the Columbus Crew was against the Colorado Rapids on July 4, 2007.

ee also

* List of current MLS players

External links

* [http://www.mnthunder.com/igsbase/igstemplate.cfm?SRC=MD006&SRCN=articledetails&GnavID=10&SnavID=48&TnavID=&NewsID=251&NewsCatIDdisplay=&KeywordSearch= Article About Peterson Being Drafted By Minnesota Thunder]

* [http://www.clevelandcitystars.com/pdf/Cleveland_City_Stars_03_02_07.pdf Article About Peterson Signing With The Cleveland City Stars]

* [http://www.clevelandcitystars.com/pdf/Cleveland_City_Stars_07_03_07.pdf Article About Columbus Crew Signing on Cleveland City Stars website]

* [http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3500280 Article About Columbus Crew Signing on Sports Central website]

* [http://columbus.crew.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20070704&content_id=103215&vkey=pr_coc&fext=.jsp&team=t102 Article About Columbus Crew Signing on Columbus Crew website]

* [http://columbus.crew.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t102&player=peterson_a&playerId=pet183981&statType=Andrew's Profile at MLSNet]

* [http://andrewpete.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default Andrew's Blog About His Summer Experience]