Stephen Basso

Personal information
Full name	Stephen Basso
Date of birth	August 22, 1987 (1987-08-22) (age 22)
Place of birth	San José, Costa Rica
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender/Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace Baltimore
Number	23
Youth career
2004–2005	D.C. United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003	PSV Blau Geld
2007–2008	SV Darmstadt 98	00 0(0)
2008	Real Maryland Monarchs	17 0(0)
2009–	Crystal Palace Baltimore	15 0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals).

Stephen Basso (born August 22, 1987 in San José) is a Costa Rican-born American soccer player who currently plays for Crystal Palace Baltimore in the USL Second Division.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Youth and Amateur 1.2 Professional 2 External links 3 References

[edit] Career

[edit] Youth and Amateur

Basso started playing soccer at age 5 in New Delhi, India where his father, a foreign service officer with the State Department, worked. Basso eventually settled in Columbia, Maryland, where he played on Soccer Association of Columbia/Howard County teams and high school soccer at H.H. Arnold High School, but did not attended college; instead, he left high school early and went to Germany when his father was assigned to Frankfurt. Basso signed for German lower-league side PSV Blau Geld^[1] in 2003.

Basso spent a year with Blau Geld, before returning to the United States to join the youth academy of Major League Soccer side D.C. United, foregoing college soccer, Basso spent two years there, helping his team to the U17 National Championship Semi-Finals in 2004 and the U19 National Championship Semi-Finals in 2005.

[edit] Professional

Having not been offered a professional contract by DC, Basso initially returned to Germany, signing for SV Darmstadt 98^[2]. Basso spent the majority of his time in Darmstadt playing for team's reserves, never making a first team appearance, and returned to the United States in 2008 to sign for USL Second Division expansion franchise Real Maryland Monarchs. He made his pro debut on April 20, 2008 in Maryland's season opening 1-0 loss to the Western Mass Pioneers^[3].

He signed for Crystal Palace Baltimore in 2009^[4].

[edit] External links

• Crystal Palace Baltimore bio

[edit] References

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