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Jared Mazzola (born January 24, 1999) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the USL Championship club Sacramento Republic.
Career
[edit]Early life
[edit]Jared Mazzola was born and raised in Katonah, New York. His early soccer development took place with FC Westchester, a USSDA team where he played from 2008 to 2016 and served as team captain throughout. Mazzola also played for the New York Soccer Club, contributing to the team's success as EDP/NPL Winners in the Northeast Division and as a finalist at the NPL Finals in July 2017.[1][2][3]
College career
[edit]Mazzola began his college soccer career at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2017 but redshirted that season. He transferred to Quinnipiac University in 2018, where he excelled as a goalkeeper. During his college career, Mazzola made 43 appearances, including a shortened season in 2020–21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] In his senior year, he was honored as the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Goalkeeper of the Year and was named to both the All-MAAC Team and the MAAC All-Academic Team.[5]
Amateur and early professional
[edit]During his college years, Mazzola played for Kingston Stockade in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) during the 2019 season, making five appearances.[6] He joined New York Red Bulls U23 in USL League Two for the summer of 2021[7] and later played with AFC Ann Arbor, appearing in three games.[8]
Professional
[edit]Mazzola signed his first professional contract with Greenville Triumph SC in USL League One on August 19, 2022.[9] He became a key player in the 2023 season, starting 32 matches and recording six clean sheets. Mazzola finished the season with a save percentage of 67.7% and a goals-against average of 1.32.[10] His contributions were crucial in Greenville Triumph making its fifth consecutive postseason appearance. In November 2023, Mazzola signed with Sacramento Republic FC in the USL Championship.[11] By August 2024, he had made three starts, securing his first clean sheet in the USL Championship against El Paso FC on August 14, 2024.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jared Mazzola's Men's Soccer Recruiting Profile". www.ncsasports.org.
- ^ "College PIPELINE | FC Westchester". January 24, 2020.
- ^ "USA - J. Mazzola - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Finding Purpose in a Pandemic". www.qu.edu. August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Jared Mazzola - Men's Soccer". Quinnipiac University Athletics.
- ^ "Kingston Stockade FC Earns Three Points in Rhode Island". May 22, 2019.
- ^ "New York Red Bulls U23 | uslleaguetwo.com". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
- ^ "AFC Ann Arbor - 2022 Regular Season - Roster - # - Jared Mazzola - GK". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
- ^ "Greenville Signs Goalkeeper Jared Mazzola".
- ^ "Jared Mazzola - Stats by club". www.transfermarkt.us.
- ^ "Republic FC Adds Goalkeeper Jared Mazzola".
- ^ "Recap: Republic FC 2 - 0 El Paso Locomotive FC".