Alexander Dexter
Personal information
Full name Alexander Joshua Dexter
Date of birth (1998-11-03) November 3, 1998
Place of birth Brooklyn, New York, United States
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left-winger
Forward
Youth career
0000–2017 FK Pirmasens
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Pittsburgh Panthers 92 (22)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Long Island Rough Riders 16 (5)
2022 Loudoun United 3 (1)
2022 Charleston Battery 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 16, 2022

Alexander Joshua Dexter (born November 3, 1998) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a left-winger.

Early life

Dexter was born in Brooklyn, New York, but moved to Germany at a young age, attending Kaiserslautern High School. Whilst in Germany, Dexter played with the FK Pirmasens academy.[1][2][3][4]

College career

In 2017, Dexter returned to the United States to play college soccer at the University of Pittsburgh. In five years with the Panthers, including a truncated season in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dexter made 92 appearances, scoring 22 and goals and tallying 22 assists. He was named ACC All-Freshman Team in 2017 and All-ACC Third Team in 2020.[2]

While at college, Dexter played in the USL PDL for two seasons in both 2018 and 2019, making 16 appearances for the Long Island Rough Riders, scoring five goals.[5][6][7]

Club career

Loudoun United

In May 2022, Dexter signed with USL Championship side Loudoun United, who he made three regular season appearances for, scoring one goal on May 28, 2022 against Charleston Battery.[8]

Charleston Battery

On July 8, 2022, Dexter signed a short-term deal with Charleston Battery.[9][10] On July 16, 2022, Dexter made his debut for Charleston during a 3-1 win against Hartford Athletic. On July 29, 2022, Charleston announced that they had extended Dexter's contract through the end of the 2022 season.[11] Following the 2022 season, Dexter was released by Charleston.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Fischers Jungs feiern Dexter - Pirmasens". www.rheinpfalz.de.
  2. 1 2 "Alexander Dexter - Men's Soccer". Pitt Panthers #H2P.
  3. ↑ "Zwei Siege und eine Niederlage". May 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ Krysinsky, John (August 25, 2021). "PSN 1-on-1: Pitt men's soccer senior forward Alexander Dexter". Pittsburgh Soccer Now.
  5. ↑ "Long Island Rough Riders | uslleaguetwo.com". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  6. ↑ "Long Island Rough Riders - 2018 Regular Season - Roster - # - Alexander Dexter -". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  7. ↑ "First Team Returns Home to Welcome Rough Riders". FA Euro New York. May 27, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Match Preview | #LDNvNY".
  9. ↑ "Battery add Asensio and Dexter, Adams loaned out, Ritaccio recalled".
  10. ↑ USLChampionship com Staff (July 8, 2022). "Charleston acquires Charlie Asensio on loan from Austin FC". USL Championship.
  11. ↑ USLChampionship com Staff (July 29, 2022). "Battery extend Alexander Dexter's deal through end of season". USL Championship.
  12. ↑ "Battery announce initial returning players for 2023".


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