Matthew Ryan Fondy (born July 28, 1989) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Inter San Francisco in the

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Career

College and amateur

Fondy attended Burlingame High School and played four years of

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at the

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, where he was a 2009 NSCAA Division III All-American - Third Team

Professional

Though undrafted out of college, Fondy turned professional in 2011 when he signed with the

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of the

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league, and made his professional debut on April 9, 2011 in a game against Richmond Kickers. He scored his first professional goal on May 21, 2011 in a 2–0 win against F.C. New York. Fondy signed with

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of USL Pro on January 13, 2012. On August 30, 2013, he transferred to

Chivas USA Chivas USA (pronounced ''CHEE-vahs'') was an American professional soccer team based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California. The club played from 2005 to 2014 in Major League Soccer (MLS) and was a subsidiary of Mexican club C.D. G ...

of Major League Soccer. After a stint with Chicago Fire in 2014, Fondy signed with Louisville City of the USL in January 2015. He scored his first goal for Louisville City against the Tulsa Roughnecks at Slugger Field on April 25. On September 2, 2015 Fondy set a new USL single season goal scoring record with a hat trick against Harrisburg in a 4-0 win, giving him 21 goals on the season. Fondy transferred to

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in February 2016. On June 27, 2016, the Carolina RailHawks, later

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, announced that Fondy had been acquired from Jacksonville Armada. Fondy joined

Oakland Roots SC Oakland Roots Sports Club is an American professional soccer team based in Oakland, California. The club was formed in 2018 by a group of Oakland natives, and began play in the National Independent Soccer Association in the fall of 2019. In 2021, ...

in January 2020. He had previously featured for the Roots' amateur affiliate, the Oakland Leopards.

Honors

Individual

*USL Most Valuable Player: 2015 *USL Golden Boot: 2015 *USL Scoring Champion: 2015 *USL All League First Team: 2015

Retirement

Although no longer in his playing career, Fondy has stayed heavily involved in the sport. Together with Cody Pillon, Fondy co-founded Oakland Genesis, a cost-free youth club in Oakland, CA who view soccer as a tool to empower, educate, and inspire Oakland's leaders of tomorrow. The club provide competitive coaching, academic support, and transportation for all of their players, free of cost. In addition to co-founding the club, Fondy is a coach for some of the program's boys' teams. Fondy has remained actively playing for various San Francisco Bay Area amateur clubs. Including Oakland SC of the

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, San Francisco Metro, and Inter San Francisco. Fondy also represented the United States in futsal at the 2022 Maccabiah Games, alongside former Louisville City teammate

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References

External links

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UC Santa Cruz bio
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