{{short description|American soccer player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{for|the American jazz musician|Mike Catalano (musician)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mike Catalano | caption = Taken during a USL regular season match between FC Cincinnati and Bethlehem Steel FC at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, USA on June 13, 2018 | image = CINvBST_2018-06-13_-_Mike_Catalano_(31504409468).jpg | image_size = | fullname = Michael Catalano | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|9|11}} | birth_place = Roselle, Illinois, United States | height = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.uslsoccer.com/mike-catalano |title=Mike Catalano |access-date=2018-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319154431/https://www.uslsoccer.com/mike-catalano |archive-date=2018-03-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | collegeyears1 = 2014–2017 | college1 = Wisconsin Badgers | collegecaps1 = 67 | collegegoals1 = 19 | years1 = 2015 | clubs1 = Reading United | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2017 | clubs2 = Chicago FC United | caps2 = 11 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2018 | clubs3 = Bethlehem Steel | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 0 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | medaltemplates = | club-update = 09:28, 15 October 2018 (UTC) | ntupdate = }}
'''Michael Catalano''' (born September 11, 1995) is an American soccer player.
== Career == === Youth and college === Catalano played four years of college soccer at the University of Wisconsin between 2014 and 2017, where he made 67 appearances, scoring 19 goals and tallying 5 assists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwbadgers.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/mike-catalano/5199|title=Mike Catalano | Men's Soccer|website=Wisconsin Badgers}}</ref>
Catalano also played with Premier Development League sides Reading United and Chicago FC United during his college years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.uslpdl.com/roster_players/18180237 |title=Chicago FC United - 2017 Regular Season - Roster - # - Michael Catalano - |access-date=2018-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319151333/https://www.uslpdl.com/roster_players/18180237 |archive-date=2018-03-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
=== Professional === On January 21, 2018, Catalano was selected 54th overall in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft by Philadelphia Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.philadelphiaunion.com/post/2018/01/22/philadelphia-union-select-three-players-mls-superdraft|title=Philadelphia Union Select Three Players In MLS SuperDraft}}</ref> He signed with the Union's United Soccer League affiliate side Bethlehem Steel on March 1, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brotherlygame.com/2018/3/1/17068052/bethlehem-steel-fc-sign-mike-catalano-wisconsin-mens-soccer|title=Bethlehem Steel FC sign Union SuperDraft pick Mike Catalano|first=Evan|last=Villella|date=March 1, 2018|website=Brotherly Game}}</ref>
Bethlehem Steel released Catalano at the end of the 2018 season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bethlehemsteelfc.com/news_article/show/968765 |title=Bethlehem Steel FC Announces Roster Moves with 2019 in Mind |access-date=2018-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121204200/https://www.bethlehemsteelfc.com/news_article/show/968765 |archive-date=2018-11-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{USL player|mike-catalano}} * [https://www.bethlehemsteelfc.com/mike-catalano Bethlehem Steel FC player profile]
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