Position: Midfielder Date of Birth: 05/20/1977 Height: 5' 6" Weight: 143 lbs
College Experience: University of Tulsa Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Biography:
2007-08 Season Highlights:
Aristodemo ranked fourth on the Blast with 41 points… He led the MISL with four goals against the sixth attacker... He scored two goals in California (3/22/08) to pass the 100-point mark of his Blast career... Aristodemo recorded the game-winning assist (to Neto) in the 10-9 win over La Raza (1/18/08)... Aristodemo recorded the 100th block of his career against the Cougars (12/15/07)... He led the Blast with one three-point goal and two assists (five points) in the 13-8 win over the Wave (10/27/07).
Career Highlights:
He has seven caps for the Canadian National Team and started for the Olympic Team... He also played in two youth World Cups with the U-20 and U-17 National Teams. 2006-07 Season: Aristodemo ranked fourth on the Blast in points (38)... In his 50th Blast game (3/11 @ California), he recorded two assists in Baltimore’s 8-6 win... Aristodemo scored the game-winning goal in overtime to give the Blast the 10-8 win over the KiXX (3/2)... He had one three-point goal and two assists in the 19-12 win over the KiXX (2/2)... Aristodemo recorded one goal and one assist in the 10-4 win over the Storm (1/26)… The assist was the 50th of his career... The 20-9 victory over the Cougars was the 150th game of Aristodemo’s career (1/11). 2005-06 Season: Aristodemo won his first MISL Championship... He ranked third on the Blast and tied for 14th in the MISL in points (28)... He missed two games (1/28 and 1/29) with a hamstring injury… They were the first games of his four-year career that he missed (124 straight games)... He made his Blast debut against the Cougars (11/11). 2004-05 Season: After two seasons with the now-defunct San Diego Sockers, Aristodemo joined the Force as a result of a trade between San Diego and Cleveland... He made his first MISL Championship appearance, recording one assist in four playoff games. 2003-04 Season:He recorded a career best 11 assists in 36 games for the Sockers. 2002-03 Season: Aristodemo was runner up for MISL Rookie of the Year honors. Outdoor:He also spent five seasons with the A-League’s Toronto Lynx... He was named A-League Rookie of the Year and the Lynx’s MVP in 2001.
College:
Aristodemo graduated from the University of Tulsa with a degree in exercise science... He was First-Team All-Western Athletic Conference all four years as well as First-Team All-Region and Freshman of the Year.
Personal:
Aristodemo and his wife Carrie have a two-year-old daughter named Zallie... He is also a coach of the JV girls soccer team at Towson High School.