Luke Kreamalmeyer Explained

Luke Kreamalmeyer
Birth Date:28 September 1982
Birth Place:Edwardsville, Illinois, United States
Position:Midfielder
Youthyears1:2001–2004
Youthclubs1:Bradley Braves
Years1:2003
Clubs1:St. Louis Strikers
Caps1:10
Goals1:7
Years2:2004
Clubs2:Chicago Fire Premier
Caps2:15
Goals2:6
Years3:2005
Clubs3:Real Salt Lake
Caps3:6
Goals3:0
Years4:2006–2007
Clubs4:Portland Timbers
Caps4:54
Goals4:15
Years5:2008
Clubs5:Rochester Rhinos
Caps5:34
Goals5:7
Years6:2009
Clubs6:Carolina RailHawks
Caps6:26
Goals6:6
Years7:2010
Clubs7:AC St. Louis
Caps7:29
Goals7:7
Years8:2011
Clubs8:Montreal Impact
Caps8:20
Goals8:1
Club-Update:May 14, 2011

Luke Kreamalmeyer (born September 28, 1982, in Edwardsville, Illinois) is a professional American soccer player.

Career

College and amateur

Kreamalmeyer attended Edwardsville High School where he scored a hat trick in the final state championship soccer game. Kreamalmeyer scored a record high 38 goals his senior season at Edwardsville and added 13 assists. Kreamalmeyer was voted First-team All American during his senior season at Edwardsville. Luke recorded 74 total goals at Edwardsville. He then played college soccer at Bradley University from 2001 to 2004. Luke made the MVC-All Freshman team in 2001. Kreamalmeyer was named first team All-Missouri Valley Conference as a junior and senior, and finished his career with 26 goals and 20 assists for the Braves. He also played for Chicago Fire Premier in the USL Premier Development League.[1]

Professional

Upon graduating from Bradley, Kreamalmeyer was named the MVP at the MLS player combine in 2005. Due to his small stature, he fell in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft, until Real Salt Lake took him with the 37th overall pick. Kreamalmeyer played in six games as a rookie and was released after the season (added one assist). Kreamalmeyer then played in 2006 for the Portland Timbers of USL First Division and led the team with 9 goals. Kreamalmeyer was also named USL-1 All-League First-team in 2006 and was the MVP of the Timbers team. Kreamalmeyer also played for the Timbers in 2007, but missed half the season due to an injury. He had 4 assists and one goal during half of the season.

In 2008 Kreamalmeyer played for the Rochester Rhinos. He tied for the Rhinos 2008 team lead in scoring with 17 points on 4 goals and 9 assists. In January 2009, he signed with the Carolina RailHawks.[2] Kreamalmeyer added 4 goals and two assists on 22 starts before joining AC St Louis. In his first season with AC St Louis, Kreamalmeyer tied Mike Ambersley for the team lead in points with 18. He scored 5 goals and had 8 assists on the season. Kreamalmeyer's 8 assists tied Martin Nash for the assist lead in NASL during the 2010 season. Kreamalmeyer has played 150 professional games concluding the 2010 season with 25 goals and 24 assists in his career.

Kreamalmeyer signed a one-year contract with Montreal Impact of the North American Soccer League on February 17, 2011.[3] He was released by Montreal on October 12, 2011.[4]

Career stats

TeamSeasonLeagueDomestic
League
Domestic
Playoffs
Domestic
Cup1
Concacaf
Competition2
Total
AppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssists
St. Louis Strikers2003PDL731align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-731
Chicago Fire Premier2004PDL1556200align=center-align=center-align=center-1736
Real Salt Lake2005MLS601align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-align=center-601
Portland Timbers2006USL-12894align=center-align=center-align=center-110align=center-align=center-align=center-2974
Portland Timbers2007USL-12644200101align=center-align=center-align=center-2925
Rochester Rhinos2008USL-13049400210align=center-align=center-align=center-3659
Carolina RailHawks FC2009USL-12653100100align=center-align=center-align=center-2850
AC St. Louis2010USSF D22958align=center-align=center-align=center-201align=center-align=center-align=center-3159
Montreal Impact2011NASL1911align=center-align=center-align=center-200align=center-align=center-align=center-2111
22 6 7 2 0 0 - - - - - - 24 6 7
158 25 29 7 0 0 9 2 2 - - - 174 27 31
6 0 1 - - - - - - - - - 6 0 0

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/teams/2004/roster/22315.html 2004 Chicago Fire Premier
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708121903/http://www.carolinarailhawks.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=533&Itemid=141 Carolina bolsters squad with four: Gardner, Kreamalmeyer, Plotkin and Gilkerson join RailHawks
  3. Web site: Tsiskaridze and Kreamalmeyer Join Impact. 17 February 2011.
  4. Web site: News . 2013-12-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111120033950/http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN . 2011-11-20 .