Kenny Schoeni (born January 4, 1984, in

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) is a retired

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player.

Career

Youth and College

Schoeni attended Sycamore High School in Cincinnati, Ohio before going to play

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from 2003 to 2006, when the Commodores soccer program was discontinued. He finished his undergraduate degree in

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at Vanderbilt and transferred to

University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and pr ...

for his final year of eligibility, while attending graduate school. While at Vanderbilt he was named the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV in 2005, was a two-time All-Missouri Valley Conference scholar-athlete, and was named a NSCAA Scholar All-South honorable mention. At UC Irvine he recorded a school record nine shutouts, was named Big West Co-Goalkeeper of the Year, and was named to the All-Big West First Team.

Professional

Undrafted out of college, Schoeni was an MLS pool goalkeeper in 2007. He trained frequently with the

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, playing in two

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games for the team, but never made a senior appearance. He was signed to Columbus's full roster in 2008, but again spent the entire year on the bench, and was waived one week into the 2009 MLS season. Schoeni signed with

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of the

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in April 2009, and made his debut for the team on June 12, 2009, in a game against the

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. Schoeni returned to the Crew, for whom he made 5 MLS Reserve Division appearances in 2008, on September 18, 2009, following the conclusion of the 2009 USL season. He made his first MLS start on October 25, 2009, during the Crew's final regular season game, a 1–0 loss to the

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. Following the game on May 15, 2010, Schoeni retired.http://blog.dispatch.com/crew/2010/05/crew_1_chivas_usa_0.shtml

References

External links

MLS player profile

Miami FC bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schoeni, Kenny 1984 births Living people American men's soccer players Columbus Crew players Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2006–2016) players USL First Division players Major League Soccer players UC Irvine Anteaters men's soccer players Vanderbilt Commodores men's soccer players Soccer players from Cincinnati Men's association football goalkeepers Undrafted Major League Soccer players