{{short description|American soccer defender (born 1983)}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Landy Mattison | fullname = | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|1|4}} | birth_place = Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}} | currentclub = Minneapolis City SC | clubnumber = | position = Defender | collegeyears1 = 2001 | collegeyears2 = 2002–2004 | college1 = Florida International | college2 = Clemson | years1 = 2003 | years2 = 2005 | years3 = 2006 | years4 = 2007–2009 | years5 = 2015– | clubs1 = Nashville Metros | clubs2 = Atlanta Silverbacks | clubs3 = Chicago Fire | clubs4 = Wilmington Hammerheads | clubs5 = Minneapolis City | caps1 = 25 | caps2 = 19 | caps3 = 0 | caps4 = 33 | caps5 = 1 | goals1 = 5 | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }} '''Landy Mattison''' (born January 4, 1983, in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American soccer defender, who played professionally in the MLS, USL First and Second Divisions.
While born in North Carolina, Mattison grew up in Franklin, Tennessee. He attended Centennial High School where he was an All State soccer player and part of the United States men's national under-17 soccer team. He also played basketball, baseball, and was an All Region football player.<ref>[http://www.fiu.edu/~athletic/mshome/profiles2001/mattison.htm FIU Men’s Soccer]</ref> He began his college career at Florida International University in 2001. In 2002, he transferred to the University of Clemson.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120219190636/http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/mattison_landy00.html Clemson University Player Profile]</ref> In 2003 and 2004, he played for the Nashville Metros of the Premier Development League.<ref>[http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/teams/2003/roster/22351.html 2003 Nashville Metros]</ref> On April 15, 2005, Mattison signed with the Atlanta Silverbacks of the USL First Division.<ref>[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/2005/stats05.htm 2005 USL Stats]</ref> In 2006, he signed with the Chicago Fire. While he played games with the Fire Reserves, but saw no first team games.<ref>[http://web.mlsnet.com/pdf/mls/2006/reserve_div/0929_reserve.pdf 2006 MLS Reserve Division Stats] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028184530/http://web.mlsnet.com/pdf/mls/2006/reserve_div/0929_reserve.pdf |date=2006-10-28 }}</ref> While he spent most of the 2007 season with the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Second Division, he also saw time with the Chicago Fire Reserves in September.<ref>[http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20070924&content_id=119033&vkey=pr_chf&fext=.jsp&team=t100 Reserves: Chi 2, D.C. 2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006173302/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20070924&content_id=119033&vkey=pr_chf&fext=.jsp&team=t100 |date=2008-10-06 }}</ref> In 2008, he continued to be called up to the Fire, this time for September 25, 2008, non-league exhibition match with Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz.<ref>[http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080825&content_id=182947&vkey=news_chf&fext=.jsp&team=t100 Chicago falls to Veracruz in international friendly] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119080514/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080825&content_id=182947&vkey=news_chf&fext=.jsp&team=t100 |date=2010-01-19 }}</ref> He left the team at the end of the 2008 season.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701093355/http://www.wilmingtonhammerheads.com/profile.asp?playerid=68 Wilmington Hammerheads Player Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mattison, Landy}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:American men's soccer players Category:Atlanta Silverbacks FC players Category:Chicago Fire FC players Category:Clemson Tigers men's soccer players Category:FIU Panthers men's soccer players Category:Nashville Metros players Category:USL League Two players Category:USL Second Division players Category:USL First Division players Category:Wilmington Hammerheads FC players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Sportspeople from Franklin, Tennessee