Cole Grossman

MLS Career Highlights: Appeared in two matches as a substitute entering his second season with the Crew... Made his MLS debut on 7/23/11 vs. Portland... Selected in the Second Round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft (No. 28 overall)... CONCACAF Champions League: Started in two matches in the CCL quarterfinals... U.S. Open Cup Career Highlights: Started in one game... Recorded his first professional goal in match against Richmond on 6/28/11

2012 MLS Season (As of 8/2): Appeared in a total of five matches with three starts... Has one yellow card... Has one red card... Made his first career start on May 23 at Seattle... Made his 2012 debut on May 19 at San Jose...

2011 MLS Season: Appeared in two matches as a substitute...  Missed matches on 6/8 and 6/12 due to injury (concussion)... 2011 MLS Reserve Season: Came on as a sub in first game of the season at D.C. United (3/20)... Scored one goal in 2-0 win over St. Louis University (4/2)... Started against Toronto FC on 4/23, NE Revolution on 5/9, NY Red Bulls on 5/30 and vs Philadelphia Union on 8/21... Has one goal (5/30)... Started vs. Toronto on 9/11... Started at Philadelphia on 9/18... Started vs. New York on 10/10... Scored goal on 10/10... 2011 U.S. Open Cup: Started in one match... Recorded his first professional goal on 6/28 vs. Richmond... 2010-11 CONCACAF Champions League: Started in both quarterfinal matches against Real Salt Lake

College Highlights: Played in 70 career games and started 59 … Finished career with 25 goals and 24 assists for 74 points … Picked 28th by the Columbus Crew in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft … A two-time NSCAA All-South Region second team pick … Named to All-ACC teams twice (2nd 2009 and 1st in 2010) … Played in over 5,000 minutes for his career.

Prep: Ranked No. 20 in Rise Magazine for 2007 top recruits ... 2006 adidas Youth All-America team ... Named to All-State, All-Metro, and All-Conference teams ... Led team to No. 2 ranking in Missouri in 2006 ... Six-time club state champion with Scott Gallagher team ... Adidas ESP All-Star ... Two-time ODP regional team member.

Personal: Son of Skip and Karen Grossman ... Has one sister, Lauren (20) ... Holds a black belt in Chinese kempo karate ... Father, Skip, played soccer at Williams College and uncle, Cap, played baseball at Yale.