Matthew Bouraee Explained

Matthew Bouraee
Fullname:Matthew Bouraee
Birth Date:29 July 1988
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York, United States
Height:6 ft 0 in
Position:Left winger, Right full-back
Youthyears1:2006–2009
Youthclubs1:Cornell Big Red
Years1:2010
Clubs1:New York Red Bull NPSL
Caps1:14
Goals1:12
Years2:2011
Clubs2:Puerto Rico Islanders
Caps2:15
Goals2:4
Years3:2012–2014
Clubs3:Adelaide Comets
Caps3:57
Goals3:19
Years4:2018
Years5:2018–2019
Clubs5:West Adelaide
Caps5:28
Goals5:5
Pcupdate:26 August 2019

Matthew Bouraee (born July 29, 1988, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American soccer player who currently plays for West Adelaide SC in the National Premier Leagues.

Career

Youth and College

Bouraee attended Wall High School in Wall Township, New Jersey, where he broke the all-time school single season goal record previously held by University of Virginia's current head coach George Gelnovatch.[1] By scoring 31 goals in a single season, Bouraee earned All State First Team and All-Region honors.[2] In his junior season Bouraee helped Wall become the #1 public soccer school in the state by winning a state championship.

Bouraee went on to play four years of college soccer at Cornell University in the Ivy League where he was named to the All Ivy League first team and the All America second team.[3] Bouraee led Cornell in goals and points[4] in all four of his years, and finished as the seventh leading scorer in the history of Cornell.

During his college years, Bouraee was a forward and eventual captain for the New York Red Bull NPSL team.[5]

Professional

Having spent time training with the New York Red Bulls (USA), Sharjah SC (UAE), Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)[6] and at the Pepsi Football Academy (Egypt), Bouraee signed a contract to play for the Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico) of the North American Soccer League in January 2011.[7]

In 2012, he signed for FFSA Super League club Adelaide Comets (Australia). In his first season there they won the Carlsberg Cup.[8] [9]

On August 15, 2012, Bouraee made his first appearance playing for South Australia.[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Adelizzi. Joe. December 10, 2005. Matt Bouraee, Wall, boys soccer. Asbury Park Press. live. https://archive.today/20120721164700/http://www.app.com/article/20051210/SPORTS0101/104030074/MATT-BOURAEE-Wall-boys-soccer?nclick_check=1. July 21, 2012. February 24, 2011.
  2. Web site: 2005. All-Region II (East). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20061115153229/http://www.nscaa.com/downloads/05HSBII.html. November 15, 2006. National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
  3. Bouraee Earns Second-Team Scholar All-America Honors. Cornell Big Red. January 8, 2010. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023847/https://cornellbigred.com/news/2010/1/8/MSOC_0108104026.aspx. March 4, 2016.
  4. Web site: Men's Soccer Archived Statistics.
  5. Zeise. Kevin. August 10, 2009. Big Red to Red Bulls: Alumnus seizes summer soccer opportunity. live. Ezra Magazine. Cornell University. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608043452/http://ezramagazine.cornell.edu/Update/Aug10/EU.Bouraee.Red.Bulls.html. June 8, 2019. February 25, 2011.
  6. News: Gilani. Reena. September 9, 2010. Matt Bouraee '10 Plays at Professional Level. The Cornell Daily Sun. dead. February 25, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708193022/http://cornellsun.com/section/sports/content/2010/09/09/matt-bouraee-%E2%80%9910-plays-professional-level. July 8, 2011.
  7. Islanders sign young talent Matthew Bouraee. Puerto Rico Islanders. February 9, 2011. February 25, 2011. June 10, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160610163334/http://www.prislandersfc.com/index/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:islanders-sign-young-talent-matthew-bouraee&catid=41:comunicados&Itemid=80. dead.
  8. http://www.ffsa.com.au/index.php?id=34&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=618&cHash=3a659e72d6084816cd67195fe84472f0{{Dead link|date=June 2021}}
  9. FFSA Carlsberg Cup Final. Football Federation South Australia. March 14, 2012. April 17, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120417224805/http://www.ffsa.com.au/home/news-archive/news/article/2012/march/ffsa-carlsberg-cup-final/.
  10. SA State Select v Adelaide United. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121018075736/http://www.ffsa.com.au/home/news-archive/news/article/2012/august/sa-state-select-v-adelaide-united/. October 18, 2012. August 14, 2012. Football Federation South Australia.