1. Alecko Eskandarian was born on July 9,1982 and is an American retired soccer player.
22 Facts About Alecko Eskandarian
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Alecko Eskandarian is the son of Andranik Eskandrian, a former player of the Iranian national team and the Esteghlal team.
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Alecko Eskandarian finished his high school career with 154 career goals, the most in Bergen County history and the third most in New Jersey high school history.
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Alecko Eskandarian played three standout seasons at the University of Virginia and established himself as one of the all-time greats at the school.
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Alecko Eskandarian finished his Cavaliers career with 50 goals, 113 points, and 13 assists in 60 games, before foregoing his senior year to go pro.
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Alecko Eskandarian returned to the university during the 2010 season to finish his degree and take an assistant coaching job with the team.
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On November 14,2004, Alecko Eskandarian played in his first MLS Cup game.
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In 2005, Alecko Eskandarian's season ended early after suffering a concussion.
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On December 22,2006, Alecko Eskandarian was traded from DC United to Toronto FC for a partial allocation.
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On May 22,2007, Alecko Eskandarian was traded from Toronto FC to Real Salt Lake in exchange for forward Jeff Cunningham.
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Between Real Salt Lake and Toronto, Alecko Eskandarian played 23 games, scoring 2 goals and adding 3 assists, logging 1,913 minutes.
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In 2008, after missing much of the first half of the season due to surgery on a torn adductor, Alecko Eskandarian came on strong late in the year and finished the season tied for first on the team with five goals and two assists in just 8 starts.
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Alecko Eskandarian was traded to city rivals Los Angeles Galaxy on July 1,2009.
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Alecko Eskandarian scored in his debut for the Galaxy on July 4,2009.
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Alecko Eskandarian was the assistant coach for the Virginia Cavaliers soccer club.
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On June 15,2011, it was announced that Alecko Eskandarian had joined Philadelphia Union's technical staff as their youth technical director under the direction of the program's coach John Hackworth.
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Alecko Eskandarian has played one game for the United States national team, against Wales on May 26,2003.
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Alecko Eskandarian has represented the United States at the U-17, U-20, and U-23 national teams.
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Alecko Eskandarian was leading scorer of the Olympic Qualifying tournament in Mexico in 2004, although the US team failed to qualify for the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
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On February 1,2013, Alecko Eskandarian signed with the New York Cosmos as an assistant coach, joining the same club that he once watched his father, Iran defender Andranik Alecko Eskandarian play for when he was a child.
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Alecko Eskandarian was part of head coach Giovanni Savarese's coaching staff during the team's historic 2013 relaunch season.
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Alecko Eskandarian appeared on an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.