Jerry Laterza

Jerry Laterza
Personal information
Full name Gerardo Laterza
Date of birth (1974-07-01) July 1, 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Los Angeles, California, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1992 SMU Mustangs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993 Veracruz
1993 Los Angeles Salsa 4 (0)
1994–1995 Cerro Porteño
1997 Orange County Zodiac
1997 LA Galaxy 4 (0)
1997 → Carolina Dynamo (loan) 1 (0)
1998 Seattle Sounders 2 (0)
1998 Qianwei Huandao
1999 Shenyang Haishi
1999 Kitchee
1999 → South China (loan)
1999–2000 South China
2002 Guangzhou Xiangxue
2003 Ningbo Yaoma
2003–2004 Buler Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gerardo "Jerry" Laterza (born July 1, 1974) is an American former soccer player. He is the technical director of Newport Mesa Soccer Club.[1] He was the first Paraguayan American to play football in Paraguay.

Career

Laterza graduated from Walnut High School where he was the 1990 and 1992 California Interscholastic Federation 1-A Player of the Year.[2] Laterza attended Southern Methodist University, playing on the men's soccer team in 1992.[3] On April 3, 1993, Laterza signed with the Los Angeles Salsa of the American Professional Soccer League.[4][5] In 1997, Laterza began the season with the Orange County Zodiac. In July 1997, the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer signed Laterza.[6] He played four games for the Galaxy in 1997, plus one game on loan to the Carolina Dynamo.[7] The Galaxy released him on April 1, 1998, during a pre-season roster reduction. On April 10, 1998, Laterza signed with the Seattle Sounders of the USL A-League.[8] He played two games, then was released on April 22.[9] He then played for several clubs, including South China AA, and various teams in Hong Kong, China[10] and Paraguay. While in Hong Kong, he was selected to play for Hong Kong League XI, featuring in one of the matches against Paraguay.

References

  1. ^ "Coaches | Newport Mesa Soccer Club". www.newportmesasoccer.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2014.
  2. ^ CIF Soccer Awards
  3. ^ "SMU Letterwinners" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  4. ^ April 3, 1993 Transactions
  5. ^ 1993 Los Angeles Salsa
  6. ^ Vasquez, Laterza of the Zodiac to Sign Contracts With Galaxy
  7. ^ "All Time Carolina Dynamo Player Stats". Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  8. ^ April 15, 1998 Transactions
  9. ^ 1998 Seattle Sounders stats
  10. ^ Von Lorenz, Andreas (June 2, 2003). "Im Reich der Mittel" (in German). Der Spiegel.