Rookie Questions with Rich Balchan

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Rich Balchan stopped by after his first day of training to tell Crew Soccer Nation a little about himself.

College

Two-time Big Ten-All Tournament team
2010: First Team All-Big Ten
2009: Defensive MVP of Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament
2007: Big Ten All-Freshman team

Personal

Father played lacrosse and golf at Michigan, mother swam and played water polo at Arizona, grandfather ran track at Michigan

High School

All-State Honorable Mention
Carmel High School

Club/National Team

Six-time state champions with the Carmel United Cosmos III
Ft. Wayne Fever of the PDL
Member of U-20 national team pool
Sports marketing and management major

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