Andrew Dykstra ( born Andrew Dykstra ; born January 2, 1986 , Honolulu , Hawaii , USA ) is an American football player , goalkeeper of the Colorado Rapids football club.
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| Growth | 193 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Colorado rapids | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Amateur career
Dijkstra grew up in Woodbridge, England . Studied at Osborn Park School . He started playing football as a student at the University of Virginia , where he played on the Rams University team from 2004 to 2008.
During his studies at the University, Dijkstra also spent four seasons at the Richmond Kickers Future Club.
Professional career
In his student days, Dijkstra was not able to draft for any professional club. April 6, 2009 signed a contract with the Chicago Fire Club [3] . The club made its debut on June 30 in the US Open Cup match against Wilmington Hammerheads . By the beginning of the 2010 season , after a change in the coaching staff, Dijkstra became the club's main goalkeeper, displacing rival John Bush [4] . He made his debut in the MLS on March 27, 2010 in the first match of the season against the New York Red Bulls [5] .
On January 31, 2011, Chicago Fire announced that it no longer needed the services of a goalkeeper [6] .
On March 23, 2011, Dijkstra signed a contract with the Charleston Battery club . [7] On August 12, he was recognized as the most valuable player in the final match of the season in recognition of the successful season at the club [8] .
Since January 27, 2012, Dijkstra has been playing for DC United . [9] He made his debut at the club on April 6, 2014 in a match against the New England Revolution [10] . Since signing the contract with the club, Dijkstra has been rented twice - at Charleston Battery and Richmond Kickers . At the end of the 2016 season, DC United did not renew the Dijkstra contract, and the player was put up for draft [11] .
On December 22, 2016, in the second round of the draft MLS returns, Dykstra was chosen by the Sporting Kansas City club [12] . On January 10, 2017, the club entered into a one-year agreement with the goalkeeper with an option to renew for another year [13] . Dijkstra played three matches for the Kansas farm club Swap Park Rangers in the USL before making his debut for Sporting KS himself on October 7, 2017 in a match against Minnesota United , replacing 59 minutes into the game the main guard of the gates of Tim Milia [14] .
On February 8, 2018, Dijkstra was exchanged at Colorado Rapids for the peak of the second round of the MLS 2020 superdraft [15] .
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ Player profile (English) on the Transfermarkt website
- ↑ Chicago Fire sign goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra Archived on August 12, 2011. (eng.)
- ↑ Fire waive goalkeeper Jon Busch
- ↑ Andrew Dykstra made his MLS debut on 3/27/10 in the season opener against the New York Red Bulls. (eng.)
- ↑ Fire Release Andrew Dykstra . Chicago Fire (January 31, 2011). Date of appeal October 24, 2017.
- ↑ Battery Adds Dykstra, Dugoni & Bah (English)
- ↑ Battery clinches spot in USL Pro postseason with 4-3 win over Charlotte
- ↑ Former Kickers PDL Player Returns to MLS with DC United Archived September 11, 2016 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Speciale wedstrijden Dykstra
- ↑ United announce year-end roster moves for upcoming 2017 season . dcunited.com (December 12, 2016). Date of treatment January 10, 2017.
- ↑ Sam Kovzan. Sporting KC selects goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra in Stage Two of MLS Re-Entry Draft . SportingKC.com (December 22, 2016). Date of treatment January 10, 2017.
- ↑ Franco Panizo. Sporting Kansas City bolster goalkeeper corps with Andrew Dykstra . MLSsoccer.com (January 10, 2017). Date of treatment January 10, 2017.
- ↑ Sam Kovzan. Recap: Sporting KC moves into second place in West with 1-1 draw at Minnesota United FC . SportingKC.com (October 7, 2017). Date of appeal October 24, 2017.
- ↑ Charles Boehm. Colorado Rapids acquire goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra from Sporting KC MLSsoccer.com (February 8, 2018). Date of treatment February 20, 2018.