Randi Luther Pereira-Patterson (born 16 April 1985), known as Randi Patterson, is an American-born Trinidadian

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who plays as a forward. He has been a member of the Trinidad and Tobago national team.

College career

Patterson spent four seasons at the

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, where he was a two-time

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Player of the Year and

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All-American selection. He finished his college career with 61 goals and 19 assists. Patterson grew up in

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, raised by his mother after his father was killed in a car accident when he was two years old, and attended

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in Oradell, New Jersey, whom he led to the 1999 state championship. During his college years he also played with

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of the

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, scoring 15 goals in his 14 games in 2006.

Club career

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selected Patterson with its first round pick in the

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in January 2007. He was waived on February 18, 2008. In March 2008, he scored on his debut for Charleston Battery against

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in the Carolina Challenge Cup In the fall of 2008, he joined the Chicago Storm of the

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, and played for them during the outdoor offseason, before re-joining Charleston prior to the 2009 USL1 season.

International career

Patterson's father, Earl Pereira, was born in

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, Trinidad and Tobago. He made his debut for the Soca Warriors in a March 2008 friendly match against El Salvador.T&T gets first win under Maturana
- Socawarriors.net

Career statistics

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References

External links

Charleston Battery bioMLS player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Patterson, Randi 1985 births Living people Citizens of Trinidad and Tobago through descent Trinidad and Tobago footballers Men's association football forwards Trinidad and Tobago men's international footballers North Carolina Fusion U23 players Chicago Storm players New York Red Bulls players Charleston Battery players Crystal Palace Baltimore players Austin Aztex FC players USL League Two players USL First Division players USSF Division 2 Professional League players Bergen Catholic High School alumni Sportspeople from Hackensack, New Jersey People from Teaneck, New Jersey UNC Greensboro Spartans men's soccer players New York Red Bulls draft picks Soccer players from New Jersey All-American men's college soccer players American soccer players African-American men's soccer players American sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent