Alex Grendi

Personal information
Full name	Alex Grendi
Date of birth	(1987-07-28) July 28, 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2005–2008	Pennsylvania Quakers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007	Long Island Rough Riders	16	(3)
2009	Columbus Crew	3	(0)
2010	Long Island Rough Riders	8	(2)
2011	Wilmington Hammerheads	8	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 4, 2011

Alex Grendi (born July 28, 1987) is an American soccer player.

Career

College

Grendi played college soccer at the University of Pennsylvania. During his college years Grendi also played with Long Island Rough Riders in the USL Premier Development League.^[1]

Professional

Grendi was drafted in the third round (45th overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by the Columbus Crew. He made his professional debut on 21 March 2009, in Crew's first game of the 2009 MLS season against Houston Dynamo,^[2] and subsequently played two more MLS games before being cut on March 23, 2010.^[3]

Having been released due to a recurring knee injury, Grendi returned to the University of Pennsylvania to finish his degree and play for the Long Island Rough Riders in the USL Premier Development League in 2010.^[4]

On April 5, 2011, Grendi signed with Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Pro league.^[5] On June 6, 2011, Grendi tore his ACL and was unable to play for the remainder of the season.