Jerrod Laventure

Jerrod Laventure (born January 15, 1983 in Middle Island, New York) is an American-born Haitian footballer currently playing for Jersey Express in the USL Premier Development League.

Jerrod Laventure
Personal information
Full name Jerrod Laventure
Date of birth (1983-01-15) January 15, 1983
Place of birth Middle Island, New York, United States
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Jersey Express
Number 11
Youth career
2001–2004 Seton Hall Pirates
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 New York Red Bulls 6 (1)
2008– Jersey Express[1] 56 (32)
National team‡
2008 Haiti 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 1, 2012
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 1, 2002

Career

College

Laventure played college soccer at Seton Hall University, where in four seasons he scored 14 goals and assisted on 12. He was named to the Big East first team after recording eight goals and six assists in 2004. After his senior season he was invited to the 2005 MLS Player Combine which led to him joining the MetroStars reserve team.

Professional

Laventure signed a developmental contract with the New York Red Bulls on April 12, 2006. He made his MLS debut July 8, 2006 as a substitute in a game against FC Dallas, and scored his first professional goal on July 19, 2006 - a spectacular 30-yard chip over Columbus Crew goalkeeper Noah Palmer which won him the Goal of the Week Award.[2] Laventure started his first game for the Red Bulls against the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Second Division in the U.S. Open Cup.

Laventure was released by the Red Bulls on March 17, 2008, and subsequently joined Newark Ironbound Express in the USL Premier Development League for the 2008 PDL season. Laventure scored 9 goals in 13 games in his first season for Ironbound,[3] helping the team reach the post-season playoffs at the first attempt.

International

In 2007, Laventure was called up to the Haitian national team, but did not play for the country.[4] In 2008, he was called up again, and started two matches against El Salvador in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Personal

In November 2006 he, along with his then-New York Red Bulls team mates Seth Stammler and Jozy Altidore, accompanied Haitian-born Grammy Award winning musician Wyclef Jean on a six-day service trip to Haiti for Jean's charitable organization, Yéle Haiti.

References
  1. the team was known as Newark Ironbound Express 2008-2010
  2. YouTube clip of Laventure's goal
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2010-01-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Jerrod Laventure interview


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