{{short description|American soccer player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Matthew Bouraee | image = | fullname = Matthew Bouraee | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|7|29}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | height = 6 ft 0 in | position = Left winger, Right full-back | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2006–2009 | youthclubs1 = Cornell Big Red | years1 = 2010 | clubs1 = New York Red Bull NPSL | caps1 = 14 | goals1 = 12 | years2 = 2011 | clubs2 = Puerto Rico Islanders | caps2 = 15 | goals2 = 4 | years3 = 2012–2014 | clubs3 = Adelaide Comets | caps3 = 57 | goals3 = 19 | years4 = 2018 | years5 = 2018–2019 | clubs5 = West Adelaide | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 5 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | medaltemplates = | pcupdate = 26 August 2019 | ntupdate = }}
'''Matthew Bouraee''' (born July 29, 1988) is an American former soccer player.
==Career==
===Youth and college=== Bouraee attended Wall High School in Wall Township, New Jersey, where he broke the all-time school single season goal record previously held by University of Virginia's current head coach George Gelnovatch.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Adelizzi|first=Joe|date=December 10, 2005|title=Matt Bouraee, Wall, boys soccer|work=Asbury Park Press|url=http://www.app.com/article/20051210/SPORTS0101/104030074/MATT-BOURAEE-Wall-boys-soccer|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721164700/http://www.app.com/article/20051210/SPORTS0101/104030074/MATT-BOURAEE-Wall-boys-soccer?nclick_check=1|archive-date=July 21, 2012|access-date=February 24, 2011}}</ref> By scoring 31 goals in a single season,{{Failed verification|date=June 2021}} Bouraee earned All State First Team{{Failed verification|date=June 2021}} and All-Region honors.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2005|title=All-Region II (East)|url=http://www.nscaa.com/downloads/05HSBII.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115153229/http://www.nscaa.com/downloads/05HSBII.html|archive-date=November 15, 2006|publisher=National Soccer Coaches Association of America}}</ref> In his junior season Bouraee helped Wall become the #1 public soccer school in the state by winning a state championship.
Bouraee went on to play four years of college soccer at Cornell University in the Ivy League where he was named to the All Ivy League first team and the All America second team.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Bouraee Earns Second-Team Scholar All-America Honors|publisher=Cornell Big Red|date=January 8, 2010|url=https://cornellbigred.com/news/2010/1/8/MSOC_0108104026.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023847/https://cornellbigred.com/news/2010/1/8/MSOC_0108104026.aspx|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> Bouraee led Cornell in goals and points<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cornellbigred.com/sports/2007/7/31/msoc_archived_stats.aspx?path=msoccer|title = Men's Soccer Archived Statistics}}</ref> in all four of his years, and finished as the seventh leading scorer in the history of Cornell.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}
During his college years, Bouraee was a forward and eventual captain for the New York Red Bull NPSL team.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Zeise|first=Kevin|date=August 10, 2009|title=Big Red to Red Bulls: Alumnus seizes summer soccer opportunity|url=https://ezramagazine.cornell.edu/update/Aug10/EU.Bouraee.Red.Bulls.html|url-status=live|magazine=Ezra Magazine|publisher=Cornell University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608043452/http://ezramagazine.cornell.edu/Update/Aug10/EU.Bouraee.Red.Bulls.html|archive-date=June 8, 2019|accessdate=February 25, 2011}}</ref>
===Professional=== Having spent time training with the New York Red Bulls (USA), Sharjah SC (UAE), Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)<ref>{{cite news|last=Gilani|first=Reena|date=September 9, 2010|title=Matt Bouraee '10 Plays at Professional Level|work=The Cornell Daily Sun|url=http://cornellsun.com/section/sports/content/2010/09/09/matt-bouraee-%E2%80%9910-plays-professional-level|url-status=dead|access-date=February 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708193022/http://cornellsun.com/section/sports/content/2010/09/09/matt-bouraee-%E2%80%9910-plays-professional-level|archive-date=July 8, 2011}}</ref> and at the Pepsi Football Academy (Egypt), Bouraee signed a contract to play for the Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico) of the CONCACAF Champions League in January 2011.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prislandersfc.com/index/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:islanders-sign-young-talent-matthew-bouraee&catid=41:comunicados&Itemid=80|title=Islanders sign young talent Matthew Bouraee|publisher=Puerto Rico Islanders|date=February 9, 2011|access-date=February 25, 2011|archive-date=June 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610163334/http://www.prislandersfc.com/index/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:islanders-sign-young-talent-matthew-bouraee&catid=41:comunicados&Itemid=80|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2012, he signed for FFSA Super League club Adelaide Comets (Australia). In his first season there they won the Carlsberg Cup.<ref>http://www.ffsa.com.au/index.php?id=34&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=618&cHash=3a659e72d6084816cd67195fe84472f0{{Dead link|date=June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|title=FFSA Carlsberg Cup Final|publisher=Football Federation South Australia|date=March 14, 2012|url=http://www.ffsa.com.au/home/news-archive/news/article/2012/march/ffsa-carlsberg-cup-final/|archive-date=April 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417224805/http://www.ffsa.com.au/home/news-archive/news/article/2012/march/ffsa-carlsberg-cup-final/}}</ref>
On August 15, 2012, Bouraee made his first appearance playing for South Australia.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=SA State Select v Adelaide United|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018075736/http://www.ffsa.com.au/home/news-archive/news/article/2012/august/sa-state-select-v-adelaide-united/|archive-date=October 18, 2012|date=August 14, 2012|publisher=Football Federation South Australia|url=http://www.ffsa.com.au/home/news-archive/news/article/2012/august/sa-state-select-v-adelaide-united/}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bouraee, Matthew}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Wall Township, New Jersey Category:Soccer players from Brooklyn Category:Soccer players from Monmouth County, New Jersey Category:Wall High School (New Jersey) alumni Category:American men's soccer players Category:Cornell Big Red men's soccer players Category:Puerto Rico Islanders players Category:Adelaide Comets FC players Category:North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Category:FFSA Super League players Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Category:National Premier Leagues players Category:Men's association football wingers