Alex Bono

Alex Bono

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Nicholas Bono
Date of birth	(1994-04-25) April 25, 1994
Place of birth	Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Toronto FC
Number	25
Youth career
2010–2012	Empire United
2012–2014	Syracuse Orange
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Reading United	19	(0)
2015–	Toronto FC	16	(0)
2015–	→ Toronto FC II (loan)	20	(0)
International career‡
2010–2012	United States U18	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 23, 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 15, 2015

Alexander Nicholas "Alex" Bono (born April 25, 1994) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.

Career

College and amateur

Born and raised in Baldwinsville, New York, Bono attended high school at Charles W. Baker High School where he was a two-year starter for the Bees. During the later years of his high school career, Bono opted to commit full-time to Empire United. Prior to college, Bono was seen as the top goalkeeper recruit in the state of New York, and the 51st highest prospect of his graduating high school class.

Joining Syracuse University, Bono became the immediate starter for the Syracuse Orange men's soccer program, starting in playing in 20 matches in freshman season, becoming the first true freshman goalkeeper to start a season opener since Robert Cavicchia in 2005. During his freshman year, Bono recorded a career high eight saves during the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament against the VCU Rams on November 18, 2012 and equalled that tally on November 25 against the Georgetown Hoyas. During his freshman season, Bono was voted to the Big East Conference All-Rookie Team, and was named the Orange's Rookie of the Year.

In Bono's sophomore year, he maintained similar statistics as his freshman year, and was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Third Team.

It was his junior year where Bono emerged as a potential professional prospect, as he helped the Orange earn top national rankings, and earn a ninth overall seed in the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In the tournament, the Orange reached the fourth round before being eliminated by Georgetown. Bono was also named a first-team All-American by the NSCAA in 2014.

Professional

On January 15, 2015, Bono was selected 6th overall by Toronto FC in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. He was considered to the be the highest prospective goalkeeper in the draft class.

Bono was loaned to Toronto FC II on March 20, 2015. He made his debut against the Charleston Battery on March 21. Due to an injury to Clint Irwin in July 2016, Bono was selected to be the number one for the full team.

International

On January 9, 2015, Bono was called into a training camp for the United States men's national soccer team, becoming the second collegiate player since the foundation of MLS to be called into national team camp.

External links

• MLS player profile
• Syracuse University bio