Cesidio Colasante is a retired

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midfielder who played professionally in the National Professional Soccer League and USL A-League.

Career

Youth and College

Colasante graduated from

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in Wilmington, Delaware where he was an All State soccer player. After high school, Colasante attended

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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he was a 1997 Third Team All American. He is a member of the La Salle Athletic Hall of Fame.

Professional

On February 1, 1998, the MetroStars selected Colasante in the third round (twenty-eighth overall) in the

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. The team released him during the pre-season. In the last summer of 1998, he signed with the Philadelphia KiXX of the National Professional Soccer League who had drafted him in the January 2, 1998 NPSL draft. In 1999, he moved to the Hershey Wildcats of the USL A-League. In June 2000, he returned to the KiXX. In July 2003, the KiXX traded

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, Droo Callahan and Matt DeJong to the St. Louis Steamers in exchange for Colasante and Ze Santana.July 29, 2003 Transactions

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Colasante, Cesidio Living people 1975 births Sportspeople from Wilmington, Delaware American soccer players Hershey Wildcats players La Salle Explorers men's soccer players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players Philadelphia KiXX players Soccer players from Delaware A-League (1995–2004) players New York Red Bulls draft picks Association football midfielders Salesianum School alumni