Brandon Swartzendruber

Brandon Swartzendruber
Personal information
Full name	Brandon Swartzendruber
Date of birth	April 2, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Grand Junction, Colorado, United States
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Thunder Bay Chill
Youth career
2003–2004	Chandler-Gilbert Coyotes
2005–2006	Midwestern State Mustangs
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005	Okanagan Challenge
2007–2008	Thunder Bay Chill
2009	Harrisburg City Islanders
2010–2011	Thunder Bay Chill
2013	Dayton Dutch Lions
2014	Arizona United
2015	Thunder Bay Chill
2017	Thunder Bay Chill
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2015

Brandon Swarzendruber (born April 2, 1985) is an American soccer player.

Career

College and amateur

Swartzendruber played college soccer at Chandler-Gilbert Community College in Chandler, Arizona, before transferring to Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, prior to his junior year. He earned All-Conference honors in at Midwestern State 2005, and in 2006 was an All-Conference and All-Region pick, a Division II All-American, and the Conference Offensive Player of the Year.

Swartzendruber spent his summers in Canada, where he enjoyed a successful amateur career, playing for Okanagan Challenge in the Pacific Coast Soccer League in 2005, and for Thunder Bay Chill in the USL Premier Development League in 2007 and 2008. Swartzendruber helped Thunder Bay win the 2008 PDL Championship, scoring 13 goals for the team in his final season.

Professional

Swartzendruber turned professional when he signed with Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL Second Division in 2009. He made his professional debut on April 18, 2009, in a 2–2 tie with Richmond Kickers,^[1] and scored his first professional goal on April 25, 2009, in a 3–1 win over the Western Mass Pioneers.^[2] He went on to score 4 goals in 18 appearances for Harrisburg—an impressive statistic when only playing 540 minutes all season. Swartzendruber also scored the lone goal for Harrisburg in a 3-1 friendly against Crystal Palace FC from the English Championship.

Swartzendruber returned to play for Thunder Bay Chill in the USL Premier Development League in 2010.^[3] He also played for the team in 2015 and 2017.