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Randi Patterson

Personal information
Full name	Randi Luther Pereira-Patterson
Date of birth	(1985-04-16) 16 April 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.
Height	1.75 m
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006	Carolina Dynamo	14	(15)
2007	New York Red Bulls	0	(0)
2008	Chicago Storm (indoor)	7	(0)
2008–2009	Charleston Battery	54	(14)
2010	Crystal Palace Baltimore	17	(4)
2010	Austin Aztex	12	(2)
National team‡
2008	Trinidad and Tobago	2	(0)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 October 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 April 2009

Randi Luther Pereira-Patterson (born 16 April 1985), known as Randi Patterson, is an American-born Trinidadian footballer who plays as a forward. He has been a member of the Trinidad and Tobago national team.

College career

Patterson spent four seasons at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he was a two-time Southern Conference Player of the Year and National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American selection. He finished his college career with 61 goals and 19 assists. Patterson grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, raised by his mother after his father was killed in a car accident when he was two years old, and attended Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, New Jersey, whom he led to the 1999 state championship. During his college years he also played with Carolina Dynamo of the USL Premier Development League, scoring 15 goals in his 14 games in 2006.

Club career

New York Red Bulls selected Patterson with its first round pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft in January 2007. He was waived on February 18, 2008.

In March 2008, he scored on his debut for Charleston Battery against Toronto FC in the Carolina Challenge Cup In the fall of 2008, he joined the Chicago Storm of the Xtreme Soccer League, and played for them during the outdoor offseason, before re-joining Charleston prior to the 2009 USL1 season.

International career

Patterson's father, Earl Pereira, was born in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago. He made his debut for the Soca Warriors in a March 2008 friendly match against El Salvador.

Career statistics

(correct as of 26 July 2010)