Jordan Schweitzer

PLAYER PROFILE: JORDAN SCHWEITZER

By: PXI STAFF (@ProspectXI)

Position: Midfielder
Primary Role:  Central Midfielder
Height: 6’0””
Weight: 165
DOB: 4-19-1994
Nationality: United States
Preferred Footed: Right
Club: Denver (NCAA – D1)
Twitter: @Papaschweitz23

No US national team experience.

Senior at Denver (NCAA –D1), Seattle Sounders Homegrown player.

2010-2011: Sounders U16 (USSDA) – 29 games, 28 starts, 6 goals, 2 yellows
2011-2012: Sounders U18 (USSDA) – 25 games, 25 starts, 6 goals, 5 yellows, 1 red
2012: Denver (NCAA – D1) – 19 games, 17 starts, 1 goals, 2 shots on target, 6 yellows
2013: Sounders U23 (PDL) – 8 games, 709 minutes, 7 total shots
2013: Denver (NCAA – D1) – 19 games, 19 starts, 3 assists, 6 shots on target, 7 yellows
2014: Sounders U23 (PDL) – 8 games, 446 minutes, 3 total shots
2014: Denver (NCAA – D1) – 16 games, 16 starts, 1 goals, 6 shots on target, 6 yellows
2015: Sounders U23 (PDL) – 6 games, 402 minutes, 1 assist, 1 total shot

Schweitzer was born in Dallas, Texan but has been part of the Seattle Sounders Academy team since the age of 16. He has played with  playing the Sounders U-16 and U-18 USSDA sides as well as three seasons with the Sounders U23 PDL club. Sounders FC director of Youth Development said of Schweitzer “Jordan is a consummate lifer in soccer. He is the first to arrive and last to leave and he improves with each season.”

Jordan choose to attend Denver University, where the head coach Bobby Muuss said “Jordan is a very, very good soccer player in the truest sense of the phrase. He is a good passer of the ball, he strikes a good ball from distance, he reads the game well and is a soccer junkie that is constantly analyzing and working on his game. He comes from an MLS academy (Seattle Sounders) where he has been exposed to the highest levels of American soccer.”

In three seasons with Denver, Schweitzer has played in 54 games, starting 52 of them, scoring two goals, and adding 3 assists. He also has accumulated 19 yellow cards playing mostly in a holding or box-to-box midfield role. Jordan has shown to be a hard worker, but hasn’t shown the offensive touch in college as he showed during his time with the Sounders in USSDA where he scored 12 goals. Schweitzer has been a favourite of the Sounders the past few years and it is expected they will offer him a Homegrown contract after the 2015 college season.

+ Played two seasons in the USSDA with Sounders FC
+ Played three seasons with Denver in NCAA Division 1
+ Played three seasons with Sounders U23 side in PDL
+ Seattle Sounders Homegrown player