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Gregory Richardson
Personal information
Full name	Gregory Richardson
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Carolina RailHawks
Number	20
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2003	FC Georgetown
2003–2004	Camptown Georgetown
2004	Beacon
2005	Pele
2005–2006	Notre Dame
2007–2009	Joe Public
2009	Colorado Rapids
2009–	Carolina RailHawks
International career
2002–	Guyana
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October, 2009

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Gregory Richardson (born 16 June 1982) is a Guyanese soccer player who currently plays for Carolina RailHawks in the USL First Division.

Career

Caribbean

Richardson formerly played for FC Georgetown and Camptown Georgetown in his home country, and for Joe Public from Trinidad and Tobago, before being signed by Colorado.

While playing for Joe Public in the CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 Preliminary Round he scored a hat-trick, helping his team eliminate New England Revolution, and bringing himself to international attention.^[1]

United States

Richardson signed for Colorado Rapids in early 2009, and made his MLS debut on 21 March 2009, Colorado's first game of the 2009 MLS season against Chivas USA^[2].

He was waived by Colorado on June 27, 2009, only making one appearance for the club. After a successful trial with the Carolina RailHawks the club announced the signing of Richardson on July 9, 2009^[3]. He became an instant impact where he was able to register his first hat trick in a 4-0 victory over Miami FC. He scored the club's most fastest goal in club history against Puerto Rico Islanders at the second minute. He finished off the season as tied in first for most assist with five, and was the second highest goal scorer with six goals. He helped Carolina side clinch a playoff spot by finishing second in the regular season standings. On February 5, 2010 Carolina re-signed Richardson to a one-year deal with a club option for 2011^[4].

International

Richardson is a current member of the Guyana national football team, having scored 9 goals in 22 games.

References

^ Walker, Monique (2008-09-03). "'Public' gives a schooling". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
^ http://web.mlsnet.com/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=03212009_COLCHV
^ RailHawks add Richardson
^ "Richardson returning to RailHawks". NASL.com. Retrieved 2010-02-06.

External links

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[1] Walker, Monique (2008-09-03). "'Public' gives a schooling". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2009-03-07.

[2] ttp://web.mlsnet.com/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=03212009_COLCHV

[3] RailHawks add Richardson

[4] "Richardson returning to RailHawks". NASL.com. Retrieved 2010-02-06.

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 Richardson signed for [[Colorado Rapids]] in early 2009, and made his MLS debut on 21 March 2009, Colorado's first game of the 2009 MLS season against [[Chivas USA]]<ref>http://web.mlsnet.com/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=03212009_COLCHV</ref>.
-He was waived by Colorado on June 27, 2009, only making one appearance for the club. After a successful trial with the [[Carolina RailHawks FC|Carolina RailHawks]] the club announced the signing of Richardson on July 9, 2009<ref>[http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/home/345687.html RailHawks add Richardson]</ref>. He became an instant impact where he was able to register his first hat trick in a 4-0 victory over [[Miami FC]]. He scored the club's most fastest goal in club history against [[Puerto Rico Isalnders]] at the second minute. He finished off the season as tied in first for most assist with five, was the second highest goal scorer with six goals. He helped Carolina side clinch a playoff spot by finishing second in the regular season standings. On February 5, 2010 Carolina re-signed Richardson to a one-year deal with a club option for 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasl.com/news.php?id=40 |title=Richardson returning to RailHawks |accessdate=2010-02-06 |work=NASL.com}}</ref>.
+He was waived by Colorado on June 27, 2009, only making one appearance for the club. After a successful trial with the [[Carolina RailHawks FC|Carolina RailHawks]] the club announced the signing of Richardson on July 9, 2009<ref>[http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/home/345687.html RailHawks add Richardson]</ref>. He became an instant impact where he was able to register his first hat trick in a 4-0 victory over [[Miami FC]]. He scored the club's most fastest goal in club history against [[Puerto Rico Islanders]] at the second minute. He finished off the season as tied in first for most assist with five, and was the second highest goal scorer with six goals. He helped Carolina side clinch a playoff spot by finishing second in the regular season standings. On February 5, 2010 Carolina re-signed Richardson to a one-year deal with a club option for 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasl.com/news.php?id=40 |title=Richardson returning to RailHawks |accessdate=2010-02-06 |work=NASL.com}}</ref>.
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