Jerry Laterza
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerardo Laterza | ||
| Date of birth | July 1, 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Los Angeles, California, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992 | SMU Mustangs | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993 | Veracruz | ||
| 1993 | Los Angeles Salsa | 4 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Cerro Porteño | ||
| 1997 | Orange County Zodiac | ||
| 1997 | LA Galaxy | 4 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Carolina Dynamo (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1998 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | (0) |
| 1998 | Qianwei Huandao | ||
| 1999 | Shenyang Haishi | ||
| 1999 | Kitchee | ||
| 1999 | → South China (loan) | ||
| 1999–2000 | South China | ||
| 2002 | Guangzhou Xiangxue | ||
| 2003 | Ningbo Yaoma | ||
| 2003–2004 | Buler Rangers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Gerardo "Jerry" Laterza is a retired Paraguayan American soccer player. He is the technical director of .[1] He was the first Paraguayan American to play football in Paraguay.
Career[]
Laterza graduated from Walnut High School where he was the 1990 and 1992 California Interscholastic Federation 1-A Player of the Year.[2] Laterza attended Southern Methodist University, playing on the men's soccer team in 1992.[3] On April 3, 1993, Laterza signed with the Los Angeles Salsa of the American Professional Soccer League.[4][5] In 1997, Laterza began the season with the Orange County Zodiac. In July 1997, the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer signed Laterza.[6] He played four games for the Galaxy in 1997, plus one game on loan to the Carolina Dynamo.[7] The Galaxy released him on April 1, 1998 during a pre-season roster reduction. On April 10, 1998, Laterza signed with the Seattle Sounders of the USL A-League.[8] He played two games, then was released on April 22.[9] He then played for several clubs, including South China AA, and various teams in Hong Kong, China[10] and Paraguay. While in Hong Kong, he was selected to play for Hong Kong League XI, featuring in one of the matches against Paraguay.
References[]
- ^ [1]
- ^ CIF Soccer Awards
- ^ SMU Letterwinners
- ^ April 3, 1993 Transactions
- ^ 1993 Los Angeles Salsa
- ^ Vasquez, Laterza of the Zodiac to Sign Contracts With Galaxy
- ^ "All Time Carolina Dynamo Player Stats". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
- ^ April 15, 1998 Transactions
- ^ 1998 Seattle Sounders stats
- ^ Von Lorenz, Andreas (2 June 2003). "Im Reich der Mittel" (in German). Der Spiegel.
External links[]
- 1974 births
- Living people
- American soccer players
- American expatriate soccer players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
- American expatriate sportspeople in China
- American expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay
- American Professional Soccer League players
- North Carolina Fusion U23 players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Kitchee SC players
- LA Galaxy players
- Los Angeles Salsa players
- Major League Soccer players
- Orange County Blue Star players
- Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players
- SMU Mustangs men's soccer players
- South China AA players
- Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Paraguay
- American people of Paraguayan descent
- C.D. Veracruz footballers
- Cerro Porteño players
- USISL A-League players
- Soccer players from Los Angeles
- Association football midfielders
- Hong Kong League XI representative players