Scott Palguta
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Scott Thomas Palguta | ||
| Date of birth | August 23, 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Toms River, New Jersey, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Cornell Big Red | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Cape Cod Crusaders | 75 | (8) |
| 2005–2008 | Rochester Rhinos | 125 | (5) |
| 2009–2012 | Colorado Rapids | 50 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 31, 2012. |
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Scott Thomas Palguta (born August 23, 1982) was named the head men's soccer coach at Colorado College on February 6, 2015. He is a former American soccer player who most recently played for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.
Born in Toms River, New Jersey, Palguta graduated from Monsignor Donovan High School in 2001 where he lettered for four years in soccer, basketball (shooting guard 17ppg) and track (miler and hurdler). In his senior year, he was named the team MVP in all three sports and was awarded the NJSIAA Scholar-Athlete Award. Palguta graduated ninth in his class and was highly recruited by several NCAA soccer programs.
Palguta played with the New Jersey ODP (Olympic Development Program) from 1994 to 2002 including the Region I Team from 1999 to 2002. The ODP competition took him to Morocco, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France and Belgium. During the later years, he was moved from the midfield to the backfield due to his size and speed. He was an Adidas ESP Nominee in 2000 and was named an Adidas All-American in 2001.
Palguta played college soccer at Cornell University from 2001 to 2004 under the tutelage of head coach Bryan Scales. He was named to the All-Ivy Team twice, once as a freshman and again as a senior. Palguta led the team in scoring as a junior and was named Captain in his final year. Already a professional soccer player commuting daily between Rochester and Ithaca, New York, he graduated in 2005 with a B.S. in Hotel Administration.
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