Patrick Leduc

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Patrick Leduc
Personal information
Full name Patrick Leduc
Date of birth (1977-12-26) December 26, 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
FC Sélect Rive-Sud
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–1999 Twin Cities Tornado
2000–2010 Montreal Impact 221 (10)
2006 FC Bex 3 (0)
International career‡
2005 Canada 3 (0)
2013 Québec
Managerial career
2013 Québec
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 3, 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of May 13, 2009

Patrick Leduc (born December 26, 1977, in Saint-Lambert, Quebec) is a Canadian soccer player who formerly played for Montreal Impact in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.

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Career

Youth and amateur

Before turning pro Leduc played amateur soccer with FC Sélect Rive-Sud in the Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec. He also played for U15 and U17 Quebec select teams winning two silver medals, and later played for Twin Cities Tornado in the USL Premier Development League in 1998 and 1999.

Professional

Leduc was signed by Montreal Impact of the USL First Division in 2000, but in his first two seasons was a bit-player, featuring in only a handful of games. Leduc finally broke into the first team in 2002, and spent over 1,000 minutes on the field for the first time of his career with the Impact, picking up his first assists in a 3–1 win against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds on June 9. He also helped claim the Voyageurs Cup. In his fourth season with the club he scored his first goal, in an August 3 game against the Riverhounds. His second goal was the winner in 2–0 victory over Calgary Storm, which clinched first place in Eastern Conference. He was one of 11 Impact players to finish the season with over 1,500 minutes played.

In 2004 Leduc was one of five Impact players to play more than 2,000 minutes during the season, he scored three goals, and added more four assists. He was part of the starting eleven for the championship game, which the Impact won 2–0 against the Seattle Sounders, claiming the championship for the second time in club history, and for the third consecutive year helped claim the Voyageurs Cup.

In 2005 Leduc helped the Impact to a 15-game undefeated streak, setting a new league record, while helping the team clinch the regular season title. During the 2006 season he scored a goal against the Minnesota Thunder in a 4–0 victory, and layer played his 150th career game with the Impact on August 31 against Portland Timbers, becoming only the 7th player in club history to do so. Later in the season he reached the 10,000 career minutes played mark with Montreal - only the 8th person in club history.

On January 5, 2009, the Montreal Impact announced the re-signing of Leduc to a two-year contract for the 2009 season. [1]

Leduc announced his retirement on March 29, 2011. [2]

International

Leduc was invited to a Canada national soccer team training camp for the first time in In January 2005, and played his first game on July 2, 2005, against Honduras. He was selected to represent Canada at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and was in the starting 11 for the first two games against Costa Rica and the United States, although both games resulted in a loss and Canada were knocked out of the tournament.

On January 22, 2006, he was selected for the international friendly against the United States in San Diego, but was an unused substitute in a 0–0 tie.

Post-retirement

Leduc is now a color commentator/analyst for broadcaster RDS, covering the Montreal Impact and international soccer.

Honors

Montreal impact

Career stats

TeamSeasonLeagueDomestic
League		Domestic
Playoffs		Domestic
Cup1		Concacaf
Competition2		Total
AppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssists
Montreal Impact 2000 A-League 1500---------1500
2001 A-League 1200---------1200
2002 A-League 2304300------2604
2003 A-League 2620100------2720
2004 A-League 2634510------3144
2005 USL-1 2403200------2603
2006 USL-1 2512200------2712
2007 USL-1 2731200------2931
2008 USL-1 2211---4011002712
2009 USL-1 300600------900
2010 USSF D2 1901200200---2201
Career Total-222101623105011002511117

Last update: September 5, 2010

1) Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (American Based Clubs) – Nutrilite Canadian Cup (Canadian Based Clubs)
2) Concacaf Champions League

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References

  1. ↑ "Biello back for 16th campaign". Archived from the original on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  2. ↑ "Patrick Leduc Announces His Retirement - OurSports Central". 29 March 2011.
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