John DiRaimondo

John DiRaimondo

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.

High School:
SLUH

Height / Weight:
5-8 / 150

Position:
MF

Drafted by Major League Soccer's (MLS) Colorado Rapids on Jan. 18, 2007 ... drafted by Minnesota Thunder of the United Soccer League-I (USL-1) on Jan. 24, 2007.

2006 - Hermann Trophy semifinalist for the second-straight year ... third-team NSCAA All-America selection ... first-team NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region selection ... ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America ... NSCAA Scholar All-America selection ... first-team All-Conference selection and the A-10 men's soccer Student-Athlete of the Year ... led the team with 15 points (5G, 5A) ... garnered his 28th career assist against Rhode Island, which moves him into a tie for sixth on SLU's all-time assists chart and just one shy of current assistant coach Mike Sorber for fifth ... scored a goal and assisted on another in a 3-1 win at A-10 foe UMass ... scored SLU's only goal in a 1-0 shutout win at St. Joe's ... assisted on Calum Angus' game winning goal against intrastate rival Missouri State ... put home a goal in a 2-0 win against regional foe Navy ... was named A-10 co-Player of the Week and selected for Soccer America's national Team of the Week for the period ending Sept. 3, after scoring two goals, including the game winner, and notching two assists against No. 16 Connecticut ... was named to the IU Classic All-Tournament Team ... was named to the A-10 preseason All-Conference squad.

2005 - Was named A-10 Offensive Player of the Year, first-team All-Conference and to the A-10 All-Academic Team ... selected first-team NSCAA All-Midwest Region ... was on the Hermann Trophy Watch List ... was the A-10's third-leading scorer with a career-high 28 points (9G, 10A) ... had a career-high nine goals ... was 3-for-3 on PKs during the regular season and 2-for-2 in A-10 Tournament shootouts ... assisted on Alex Matteson's game winner at Richmond ... netted a goal and assisted on another against UMass ... after totaling 11 points (4G, 3A) against Temple and Saint Joseph's, was named A-10 Player of the Week, topdrawersoccer.com's national Player of the Week and to both Soccer America's and Collegesoccernews.com's national Teams of the Week ... enjoyed a career-high seven-point (2G, 3A) game against Saint Joseph's ... had his first career two-goal game against Temple ... scored his first goal of the season on a PK against Tulsa ... assisted on Ryan Wileman's goal against top-ranked Indiana ... assisted on the Bills' first two goals against UMKC ... was preseason All-Atlantic 10 Conference.

2004 - Was named first-team All-Conference and NSCAA second-team All-Midwest Region ... tied with Alex Matteson as the club's third-leading scorer with 11 points (4G, 3A) ... was named first-team ESPN Academic All-District VII ... scored the Bills' second goal on a breakaway at Louisville ... assisted on Ryan Wileman's game winner against DePaul ... was named to the Saint Louis Nike Classic All-Tournament Team after assisting on both of Will John's goals against Virginia ... was tabbed for the College Soccer News Team of the Week after tallying twice at Marquette and also scoring against UMSL ... was a C-USA preseason All-Conference selection ... College Soccer News placed him on its third-team preseason All-America team ... played with the U.S. Under-20 National Team in a tour of Korea in June ... played on Busch club team that won the Under-18 national title.

2003 - Was named second-team NSCAA All-Midwest Region, second-team All-Conference and to the All-Freshman team ... ranked second in C-USA and topped the club with a SLU freshman record 10 assists ... was the Bills' third-leading scorer with 18 points (4G, 10A) ... was successful on his PK shootout attempt in the C-USA title match ... assisted on Will John's game-winner at UAB ... was named C-USA co-Offensive Player of the Week for the period ending Nov. 2 ... assisted on Kevin Wickart's game winner against Bradley ... netted the OT winner against Memphis ... had his first three-assist game at Cincinnati ... assisted on Vedad Ibisevic's game-tying goal against USF ... scored a goal and assisted on another against WIU ... assisted on Vedad Ibisevic's winner against Florida International ... netted his first game winner against Clemson ... was named to the Virginia adidas Classic All-Tournament team ... scored his first career goal against Virginia ... joined the Bills for the Akron match after competing for the U.S. Under-17 National Team at the U-17 World Cup in Finland.

Prep - Selected for the U.S. Under-17 National Team after his freshman year at SLUH ... scored twice for the U.S. as the U-17 squad in the Under-17 World Cup qualifier in Guatemala in March ... has trained in Bradenton, Fla., for the past two years ... 2003 Parade Magazine All-America ... competed in 2003 McDonald's All-America game ... one of Soccer America's Top 25 recruits ... totaled 25 points (9G, 7A) as a freshman for Junior Billikens and won a district title ... 2001 Student-Athlete of the Year ... honor roll student all four years of high school ... coach Charlie Martel.

DiRaimondo's Career Stats

Year G/GS Shots Goals Assts. Points GWG
2003 22/22 45 4 10 18 2
2004 18/18 27 4 3 11 0
2005 17/17 38 9 10 28 1
2006 16/16 29 5 5 15 4
Total 73/73 139 22 28 72 7

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