Cesidio Colasante | |
Birth Date: | 10 January 1975 |
Birth Place: | Wilmington, Delaware, United States |
Position: | Midfielder |
Collegeyears1: | 1994–1997 |
College1: | La Salle Explorers |
Collegecaps1: | 77 |
Collegegoals1: | 76 |
Years1: | 1998–1999 |
Clubs1: | Philadelphia KiXX (indoor) |
Caps1: | 26 |
Goals1: | 3 |
Years2: | 1999–2000 |
Clubs2: | Hershey Wildcats |
Caps2: | 25 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2000–2003 |
Clubs3: | Philadelphia KiXX (indoor) |
Caps3: | 73 |
Goals3: | 42 |
Cesidio Colasante is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in the National Professional Soccer League and USL A-League.
Colasante graduated from Salesianum School in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was an All State soccer player. After high school, Colasante attended La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was a 1997 Third Team All American.[1] He is a member of the La Salle Athletic Hall of Fame.[2]
On February 1, 1998, the MetroStars selected Colasante in the third round (twenty-eighth overall) in the 1998 MLS College Draft. The team released him during the pre-season. In the last summer of 1998, he signed with the Philadelphia KiXX of the National Professional Soccer League who had drafted him in the January 2, 1998, NPSL draft.[3] In 1999, he moved to the Hershey Wildcats of the USL A-League. In June 2000, he returned to the KiXX.[4] In July 2003, the KiXX traded Mark Moser, Kevin Hundelt, Droo Callahan and Matt DeJong to the St. Louis Steamers in exchange for Colasante and Ze Santana.[5]