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Matt Pacifici
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-08-31) August 31, 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 0 (0)
2012–2015 Davidson Wildcats 70 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Columbus Crew 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthew Pacifici (born August 31, 1993) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. After graduating from Davidson College, he played for Columbus Crew.[1]

Youth and college career[edit]

High school[edit]

Pacifici was a varsity soccer player at Charlotte Catholic High School for four years.[2] He compiled at 46-4-4 record during his high school career. His final year, he led the nation with 21 shutouts including 16 consecutive shutouts. Pacifici was part of a 3-A State Championship team in 2008.[3] Pacifici was a High School Academic All American, receiveing his award in Baltimore, MD in 2011.

College[edit]

Wake Forest[edit]

Pacifici spent his first year of college at Wake Forest. He sat out the season and received a medical redshirt.

Davidson[edit]

Pacifici transferred to Davidson College(Division I) beginning with the 2012 season. Pacifici played in 70 games over the course of his Davidson career going 28-31-10. His career goals against average was 1.45. He was named 2nd team All-Conference in 2014 while recording a 0.65 goals against average and seven shutouts. He was a two year team captain.[4][5] While at Davidson College Pacifici was a Collegiate Academic All-American.

Club career[edit]

After graduating from Davidson, Pacifici went undrafted but was invited to training camp with the Columbus Crew. During the preseason, he held Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids scoreless.[6][7] The Crew signed Pacifici to a contract in March 2016. [8] A concussion placed Pacifici on the season ending injury list in July.[9] He was forced to retire after developing postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome following the concussion.[10]

Personal life[edit]

Pacifici became the fifth openly gay current or former Major League Soccer player when he came out on Instagram in January 2019.[11][12]


References[edit]

  1. ^ "Matt Pacifici | Columbus Crew". Columbus Crew. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "A soccer player kept a secret for fear it would threaten his career. Then he got hurt". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Wake Forest Men's Soccer Announces 2011 Class"
  4. ^ "Matt Pacifici Columbus Crew Profile
  5. ^ "Matt Pacifici Davidson Profile"
  6. ^ "Davidson's Matt Pacifici signs with Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew". CharlotteObserver.com. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  7. ^ "One of the Crew: Matt Pacifici '15". Davidson.edu. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  8. ^ "Crew signs rookies Matt Pacifici, Marshall Hollingsworth". dispatch.com. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  9. ^ "Pacifici placed on season-ending injury list". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  10. ^ "Charlotte-born MLS player on coming out, changing the culture of pro sports". CharlotteObserver.com. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  11. ^ "A soccer player kept a secret for fear it would threaten his career. Then he got hurt". CharlotteObserver.com. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  12. ^ "Former MLS player Matt Pacifici comes out as gay by introducing his boyfriend to the world". Outsports.com. Retrieved November 29, 2019.

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