Yesterday, January 12th we were pleasantly surprised by the spontaneous visit of one of our most celebrated alumnus – Alejandro Bedoya. An original member of the powerful FUTSOC / USL Super Y – League teams of the early 2000’s and a St. Thomas Aquinas H.S. graduate, he went on to stellar careers in college at Farleigh Dickinson University and then to Boston College, where he obtained his undergraduate degree.

Alejandro’s stellar career began to unfold when he joined Orebro SK of the Swedish 1st Division.  After a two year stint with this club, and a brief tryout with Birmingham City of the English Premier League, he was signed to Glasgow Rangers FC of the Scottish Premier League for approximately one year, before transferring to Helsingborgs IF in the Swedish League, where he had a very successful though brief run and had the opportunity to play UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League group play.  Newly promoted Nantes FC of the French Ligue 1 became his next opportunity, where he played from 2013 through 2016 and led the proud club to a fourth place finish in his first year. Currently, Alejandro now plays for Philadelphia Union of the MLS.

During this professional tenure, Alejandro has been called up to represent the United States Men’s National Team a total of 66 times, from 2010 through the 2017 season, and in the process, has represented the U.S. in the 2011 and 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup as well as, the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Alejandro, we are so very proud of your endeavors and share in your pride, for the many outstanding accomplishments attained during your storied career. You are a young man of great vision, intelligence, technical excellence, dedication and humility, and we are very proud to have had you grace our club during your early formative years! Thank you very much for surprisingly stopping by to visit with some of our current players…you have “planted” the dream in their hearts and minds as well!