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Israel Sesay
Personal information
Full name	Israel Sesay
Date of birth	4 September 1990 (age 19)
Place of birth	Sierra Leone
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Los Angeles Galaxy
Number	19
Youth career
2004–2006	Bethesda Arsenal
2006–2008	IMG Soccer Academy
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October, 2009.; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 May, 2009

Israel Sesay (born September 4, 1990) is a Sierra Leone-born American soccer player who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.

[edit] Career

[edit] Early Life and Amateur

Sesay immigrated from his native Sierra Leone with his family at the age of 11, settling in Gaithersburg, Maryland.^[1]

Sesay, who goes by the nickname Izzy, played for local club team Bethesda Arsenal before joining U.S. Soccer's Residency Program in August 2006. Sesay went to Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland where he starred as a forward helping to lead the Cougars to the Regional Quarterfinals in 2005. He has played in 14 games with the U.S. national Under-17 team since 2006, appearing in 14 games, making ten starts and collecting three assists.

[edit] Professional

Sesay came to Los Angeles Galaxy as part of a weighted lottery in August 2007, and made his MLS debut on September 13, 2007, coming on as a substitute for Kyle Martino against Chivas USA; in doing so, Sesay became the youngest player in Galaxy history to appear in a game, at the age of 17 years and 9 days, breaking the former record held by Guillermo Gonzalez, who was 17 years and 168 days when he made his debut in June 2003.^[2]

With the MLS Reserve Division having been scrapped at the end of 2008, Galaxy loaned Sesay to the Hollywood United Hitmen of the USL Premier Development League and the Cleveland City Stars^[3] of the USL First Division for part of the 2009 season, to maintain his match fitness levels^[4]. He scored two goals on his Hollywood debut on May 16, 2009, against Bakersfield Brigade^[5].

[edit] See also

List of current MLS players

[edit] References

[edit] External links

MLS player profile

[0] Player profile at MLS

[1] ttp://la.galaxy.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t106&player=sesay_i&playerId=ses059326&statType=current

[2] ttp://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2009/1051868.html

[3] Hollywood United Hitmen 2009 PDL roster

[4] ttp://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2009/1026909.html

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