Selected in the first round (12th overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft.
The learning curve for Jean Alexandre continues to arc very much upward after a 2010 campaign in which the physical midfielder was one of Jason Kreis’ most used players off the substitutes’ bench. The education of the budding Haitian international was quickly accelerated last May, when he followed a starting nod for les Grenadiers at Argentina in one of the powerhouse’s final World Cup tune-ups with several appearances for Real Salt Lake in place of injured captain Kyle Beckerman. While his minutes in League play would dry up as the season progressed, he proved a key cog in the team’s run to the top of the CONCACAF Champions League’s Group A table, appearing in the final three matches, including a strong 90 minutes in the group-clinching 3-1 win over Cruz Azul in late October.
With the RSL Technical Staff’s definition of growth hinging on third-year players being fully productive members of the squad, some might consider 2011 a make-or-break year for the 2009 MLS Super Draft first round selection. No one would likely agree with that assessment more than mature Alexandre, whose quiet confidence, incredible physical abilities and growing poise on the ball should allow him to be a regular contributor for the Claret-and-Cobalt across all competitions this season. But Alexandre’s growth off the field might prove to be an even more important endeavor, as the 2010 RSL Humanitarian of the Year recipient is working to expand the academy he operates alongside his father in his birthplace of Verrettes, Haiti, allowing potentially hundreds more children in the impoverished nation educational opportunities and quality soccer training.
MLS Career
2010: Logged 868 minutes in 21 appearances (8 starts) across all competitions … Total includes 112 minutes (3 GP/1 GS) in CONCACAF Champions League action and 240 minutes (2 GP/2 GS) in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play … Efforts off the field earned the Haitian international RSL’s 2010 Humanitarian of the Year award at season’s end … Started on 4/14 @ SJ in RSL’s U.S. Open Cup qualifying opener and went the full 120 minutes in the 3-3 draw, from which RSL advanced 5-3 in PK’s … Played 68 minutes on 5/15 for RSL Reserves v. Mexican U-21’s before being wrongfully ejected from the 1-1 draw at Rio Tinto Stadium … Logged a then-career-high 66 minutes in MLS play on 5/22 @ CHV, entering the 2-1 road win in place of an injured Kyle Beckerman … Would start at the deep midfield position in three of RSL’s next four contests [5/29 v. KC, 6/02 @ DC (USOC) & 6/05 @ DC] … 90-minute performance on 5/29 v. KC (4-1 W) marked his first full match in MLS play … Played all 120 minutes of the U.S. Open Cup qualifying match on 6/02 @ DC [1-2 L (OT)] … Started and played 66 minutes on 6/19 v. Puntarenas FC (CRC) in an international friendly in Sandy (2-0 W) … Three League starts in the second half of the season came on 7/17 @ DAL (1-2 L), 8/11 @ PHI (1-1 T), & 9/25 v. COL (1-1 T) … Made his second career postseason appearance on 10/31 @ DAL, playing the final 17 minutes in a 1-2 defeat in Leg One of the Western Conf. Semifinal Series.
2009: Made four League appearances, all off the bench, for a total of 99 minutes … Selected by RSL in the first round (12th overall) in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft out of Lynn University … Made his MLS debut 3/28 @ SEA, playing final 2 minutes of RSL’s 0-2 loss to Sounders FC … Second appearance for RSL came a week later on 4/02 v. CLB (5 min) … Appeared in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualifying action on 4/28 @ SEA, entering in the 66th minute of the 1-4 defeat … Played an impactful 45 minutes on 8/29 @ KC, his hard-nosed play helping close out a 1-0 victory at CommunityAmerica Ballpark that marked one of RSL’s two road wins in regular season play … Entered 9/12 v. CHI contest in 15th minute in place of an injured Clint Mathis and registered a career-high 47 minutes in the 1-1 draw at Rio Tinto Stadium … Made his MLS postseason debut on 11/05 @ CLB (1 min.), helping close out the Eastern Conference Semifinal-clinching 3-2 win at Crew Stadium … Made 9 appearances – all starts – and added 4G & 1A while on loan to Aztex throughout the ’09 campaign … Scored the USL Goal of the Week on 6/12 @ Puerto Rico on a 35-yard rocket during Aztex’s 1-4 loss … Tallied a goal and assist in 88 minutes of play for Aztex on 8/16 v. Minnesota in a 2-2 draw, helping him earn a spot on the USL-1 Team of the Week … Scored lone goal for Austin Aztex on 10/07 in their 1-0 exhibition win over Mexican first division side Monterrey … Also played 90 minutes on 10/14 in exhibitions v. reserve side for Premiership’s Stoke City and on 10/20 v. Football League Championship side Sheffield Wednesday during the Aztex weeklong tour of England.
College
Scored 34 goals (including 10 game-winners) and added 16 assists during his 69-game career at Lynn University, helping the Fighting Knights to four consecutive NCAA Division II Tournament appearances … 2008: Despite moving to center forward only because of a need at the position, recorded the greatest offensive season for a Lynn men’s soccer player since the program joined the NCAA, registering 23 goals and seven assists for 53 points … Led Division II in points per game (2.79) and finished second in goals per game (1.21), numbers that garnered him Daktronics First-Team and NSCAA Third-Team All-American accolades … Also became the first player in school history to be named both the Sunshine State Conference Player and Offensive Player of the Year in the same season … Helped the Fighting Knights to an 18-2 mark and the Sunshine State Conference regular season and tournament titles … 2007: Started each of the Knights’ 19 games as a junior, scoring three goals and adding two assists while earning First-Team All-SSC honors from his preferred central midfield spot … Made his offensive contributions count, with two of his three goals counting as game-winners and both of his assists coming on match-winning tallies … 2006: Registered a pair of goals and assists in 14 games (11 starts) … 2005: Made an immediate impact as a freshman, starting 14 of 17 games in which he appeared while notching six goals and five helpers … Came on as a substitute in NCAA National Semifinals against Fort Lewis, scoring a goal in a loss against the eventual national champion.
Haitian National Team
Has four career appearances for the Haitian National Team … Named to the Haitian squad for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup … Started in his lone Gold Cup appearance of Haiti’s four games in the tournament, playing 61 minutes on 7/04/09 v. Honduras in Seattle before leaving due to a back injury that removed him from consideration for the rest of the tournament … Made his first three appearances for the Haitian National Team during the summer of 2008.
Club / High School
Played for the Ventura County Fusion of the United Soccer Leagues (USL) Premier Development League (PDL) during the summer of 2008 … Played in only four games for the Fusion before leaving the Southern California-based side to make his first appearances for the Haitian National Team … Was a four-year letter-winner in soccer at Atlantic High School in Delray Beach, FL … Selected to Palm Beach Post First-Team All-Area and Sun-Sentinel First-Team All-County squads … Voted Atlantic’s MVP for the 2003 and 2004 seasons.
Personal
Caught RSL’s attention after an impressive performance with Lynn University during a preseason contest in 2008 … Holds a United States green card, thus does not count against RSL’s international player allotment … Son of Jean and Dieumene Alexandre … Along with his father in 2009, started the Jean Alexandre Football Academy, an education and training academy in his birthplace of Verrettes, Haiti … Supported the “Shoes for Haiti” donation drive in late 2010/early 2011 that resulted in 1,500 shoes being collected, which will go towards expanding the reach of his academy to younger age groups … Helped RSL coordinate shipment of soccer equipment and clothing to children at the academy following the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti in January 2010 … Moved to South Florida with his family at the age of nine … Majored in Sports and Recreation Management at Lynn after becoming the first Haitian player to sign a soccer scholarship at the school … An impressive all-around athlete, was a two-year letter-winner in track and field, winning a district championship and becoming a state finalist in the triple jump.