page_title: Gyasi Zardes
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caption_attribution_description: USMNT vs. Trinidad and Tobago
context_page_description: Gyasi A. Zardes is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew SC and the United States national team.
  Zardes began playing for the Galaxy youth system in 2008, before leaving the following year. He began playing college soccer for Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners in 2009, and played there for three years. In December 2012, he signed for the Galaxy senior team as a homegrown player. He was called up to the United States national team for the first time in 2015.
context_section_description: Gyasi A. Zardes (born September 2, 1991) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew SC and the United States national team.
  Zardes began playing for the Galaxy youth system in 2008, before leaving the following year. He began playing college soccer for Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners in 2009, and played there for three years. In December 2012, he signed for the Galaxy senior team as a homegrown player. He  was called up to the United States national team for the first time in 2015.
caption: Zardes with the United States at the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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