Cody Laurendi is an American soccer player who currently plays for Oklahoma City Energy in the United Soccer Leagues.
Education
Laurendi attended Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne where he lettered in both soccer and in football, as a kicker. In his senior year he was named Most Valuable Player of the Brevard County All-Star game when he came on as a field player and scored 4 goals. In a newspaper interview after the match he said, "lieutenant"s icing on the cake.
I got a lot of help from my teammates.
lieutenant also helps that I"m a lot larger than most of the guys out there". Laurendi also played club soccer for Space Coast United, Satellite Beach South Carolina and Orlando Football Club.
Laurendi went on to play college soccer at the South Georgia College.
His first year there, he was named to the Georgia Junior College All Tournament Team. Cody then attended the Heidelberg Academic and Soccer Academy (HASA) in Liege, Belgium, where he played as a non-paid amateur for the fourth division R.R.F.C. Montegnéest
Career
Youth and college Professional After being signed by the Islanders squad as one of three back-up goalkeepers from the trial process, Laurendi was the only one they decided to keep on for the season. In his first start with the Puerto Rico Islanders, in a game versus Football Club Tampa Bay, Laurendi recorded a shutout for a 0-0 draw. On March 25, 2013 the Fort Lauderdale Strikers announced that Laurendi had signed with the club as a backup to Matt Glaeser.
After three games as backup, Laurendi displaced Glaeser ahead of the Strikers rivalry clash with Tampa Bay Rowdies on April 27.
Laurendi had to be substituted a half-hour into the match following a collision with a Rowdies player. The Strikers announced on May 7 that Laurendi had a lacerated kidney from the incident and would be out for the remainder of the season.
In January 2014, the Los Angeles Galaxy scouted Laurendi at a combine hosted by CB3 Sports Performance owned by Carlos Bocanegra in Upland, California. He was invited to the Los Angeles Galaxy pre-season camp and was signed to their United Soccer Leagues team, the Los Angeles Galaxy II or "Los Dos" as the fans call the team
Los Angeles Galaxy II was the first United Soccer Leagues entry for an established Master of Library Science organization.
Laurendi move to the Austin Aztex, who completed their first season in 2015 as a United Soccer Leagues professional side. After the end of the 2015 USL season, the Austin Austin Aztex organization requested and were approved by the United Soccer Leagues to sit out the 2016 season while they pursued the development of a league compliant soccer specific stadium. As a result, Laurendi became a free agent and signed with Oklahoma City Energy of the United Soccer Leagues on January 20, 2016.
Puerto Rico Islanders.