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name: Aaron Pitchkolan
position: D height: 6-2 weight:185 Birthdate: March 14, 1983 Hometown: Aurora, CO last club: FC Dallas (MLS) |
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| Regular Season Stats | full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights |
| year | club | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2009 | San Jose | 9 | 6 | 586 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| FC Dallas | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career | 77 | 47 | 4,654 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 77 | 36 | 15 | 1 | |
| Most Recent Video Highlights |
| date | clubs | video description |
| 09/21/08 | FC Dallas @ Fire |
 Aaron Pitchkolan pushes Dallas ahead
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| 04/23/06 | Wizards @ FC Dallas |
Pitchkolan's winning blast
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Acquired
2005 MLS Supplemental Draft - 2nd round (23rd overall)
Professional
2008: Made a career-high 21 appearances while equaling his career-best of 15 starts…Made 12 of his 15 starts under head coach Schellas Hyndman…Appeared at center back and on both the left and right sides of the defense…Started nine straight games in central defense from July 27 to Sept. 28, going the distance in all but one (Sept. 28)…Scored his fifth career goal on Sept. 21 in 4-1 victory at Chicago. One of three players (Cooper, Oduro) active for all 30 regular season games…Scored twice against Tigres UANL on 10/14, including the game-winner, forcing the Rio Grande Plate to be decided on penalty kicks…Appeared in five Reserve Division games (three starts), notching one goal.2007: Appeared in 16 regular season games, with 11 starts…Played defensive midfielder in his first four appearances, and started at center back for the first time in his MLS career in 0-0 tie with HOU on 6/30. Since that game, he only appeared as a center back the rest of the season…Started and played full 120 minutes in USOC 3rd Round victory over Atlanta on 7/19…Replaced Bobby Rhine in 26th minute in the final SuperLiga match vs. LA on 7/31…Entered 8/11 game vs. CLB in 20th min, replacing Adrian Serioux, who suffered a left hamstring strain…Entered USOC semifinal win over Seattle on 9/4 in 56th minute, replacing Alex Yi at center back, who left with a hamstring injury…Replaced Pablo Ricchetti (hamstring strain) at halftime of 9/20 game vs. CHI, after starting the previous four matches…Made 10 appearances on the Reserve team, starting nine games.
2006: Played in 10 of the 32 games, all as a substitute in the center of the field…was also on the 18-man day of game roster an additional 16 games…scored the game-winning goal late in second half stoppage time in the 2-1 win vs. KC on 4/23…that goal was nominated for Sierra Mist Goal of the Week and featured on NBC's "Today" show…was the only FC Dallas player to have scored a goal while playing fewer than 100 minutes…played in both Open Cup games as well as in both legs of the friendly Rio Grande Plate series against Tigres…started 10 of the 11 FCD's Reserve Division games he appeared in, scoring once and adding two assists in 927 minutes combined…
2005: Made his MLS debut when he replaced injured Carey Talley in the 10th minute of a 2-1 win over Colorado on 5/15 at the Cotton Bowl…Made his first start and scored his first goal in the first minute of a 5-2 win over Chivas USA on 5/22.
College
2004: Named to the NSCAA All-South Atlantic team…Started all 20 matches and posted three goals and two assists…Moved from midfield to defense before the start of the season…Wore the #10 jersey for the Mountaineers.2003: Started 17 of 18 matches and scored three goals.
2002: After transferring from Tampa, started 15 of 16 matches at forward and was the team's leading scorer with five tallies.
2001: Registered two assists in 19 matches at the University of Tampa where they won the Division II national championship.
Personal
Graduated from West Virginia with a degree in International Studies…Attended and played soccer at Regis Jesuit High School in Colorado...played club soccer for Real Colorado...Member of the Olympic Development team from 1997-2000…attended University of Tampa in his freshman, then transferred to West Virginia when coach Keith Fulk took the Mountaineers job…played with the Boulder Rapids Reserves in the PDL in the summer of 2003 and in the summer of 2004 with current FCD teammates Abe Thompson and Clarence Goodson…son of Edward and Debbie Pitchkolan…has an older sister, Sarah…nickname is "Pitch"…listens to alternative rock and is a fan of Incubus…watches the TV show "Entourage" and any comedy, listing "Wedding Crashers" as a recent favorite…known to be one to throw out quick, sarcastic comments…full name is Aaron Edward Pitchkolan…Dad was in the Navy.
