Luke Kreamalmeyer (born September 28, 1982 in

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) is a professional

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player.

Career

College and amateur

Kreamalmeyer attended

Edwardsville High School Edwardsville Senior High School is a public high school located in Edwardsville, Illinois. History Edwardsville High School was first located on North Kansas Street in downtown Edwardsville. Due to the expansion of the town, a new high school w ...

where he scored a hat trick in the final state championship soccer game. Kreamalmeyer scored a record high 38 goals his senior season at Edwardsville and added 13 assists. Kreamalmeyer was voted First-team All American during his senior season at Edwardsville. Luke recorded 74 total goals at Edwardsville. He then played

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Bradley University Bradley University is a private university in Peoria, Illinois. Founded in 1897, Bradley University enrolls 5,400 students who are pursuing degrees in more than 100 undergraduate programs and more than 30 graduate programs in five colleges. The ...

from 2001 to 2004. Luke made the MVC-All Freshman team in 2001. Kreamalmeyer was named first team All-

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as a junior and senior, and finished his career with 26 goals and 20 assists for the Braves. He also played for

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in the

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Professional

Upon graduating from Bradley, Kreamalmeyer was named the MVP at the MLS player combine in 2005. Due to his small stature, he fell in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft, until

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took him with the 37th overall pick. Kreamalmeyer played in six games as a rookie and was released after the season (added one assist). Kreamalmeyer then played in 2006 for the

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and led the team with 9 goals. Kreamalmeyer was also named USL-1 All-League First-team in 2006 and was the MVP of the Timbers team. Kreamalmeyer also played for the Timbers in 2007, but missed half the season due to an injury. He had 4 assists and one goal during half of the season. In 2008 Kreamalmeyer played for the

Rochester Rhinos Rochester New York FC, formerly known as the Rochester Rhinos, are an American professional soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. Founded in 1996, as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, they changed their name to Rochester Rhinos to ...

. He tied for the Rhinos 2008 team lead in scoring with 17 points on 4 goals and 9 assists. In January 2009, he signed with the

Carolina RailHawks North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. Founded in 2006, the team plays in USL League One, the third tier of the American league system. The team has played its home games a ...

. Kreamalmeyer added 4 goals and two assists on 22 starts before joining

AC St Louis AC St. Louis was an American professional soccer team based in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in December 2009, the team played its first and only season the next year in the NASL Conference of the temporary USSF D2 Pro League, the se ...

. In his first season with AC St Louis, Kreamalmeyer tied Mike Ambersley for the team lead in points with 18. He scored 5 goals and had 8 assists on the season. Kreamalmeyer's 8 assists tied

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for the assist lead in NASL during the 2010 season. Kreamalmeyer has played 150 professional games concluding the 2010 season with 25 goals and 24 assists in his career. Kreamalmeyer signed a one-year contract with Montreal Impact of the

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on February 17, 2011. He was released by Montreal on October 12, 2011.

Career stats

References

External links

AC St. Louis bio

Carolina RailHawks bio

Rochester Rhinos bio

MLS player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kreamalmeyer, Luke 1982 births Living people AC St. Louis players American men's soccer players Bradley Braves men's soccer players North Carolina FC players Chicago Fire U-23 players Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players People from Edwardsville, Illinois Sportspeople from Madison County, Illinois Portland Timbers (2001–2010) players Real Salt Lake players Rochester New York FC players St. Louis Strikers players USL League Two players USL First Division players USSF Division 2 Professional League players Soccer players from Illinois Real Salt Lake draft picks Major League Soccer players Men's association football midfielders