Jerry Laterza

Gerardo "Jerry" Laterza is a retired Paraguayan American soccer player. He is the technical director of Newport Mesa Soccer Club.[1] He was the first Paraguayan American to play football in Paraguay.

Jerry Laterza
Personal information
Full name Gerardo Laterza
Date of birth (1974-07-01) July 1, 1974
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 2014-01-26.
  2. CIF Soccer Awards
  3. SMU Letterwinners
  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 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  8. April 15, 1998 Transactions
  9. 1998 Seattle Sounders stats
  10. Von Lorenz, Andreas (2 June 2003). "Im Reich der Mittel" (in German). Der Spiegel.
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