Macoumba Kandji

Early life and college

Kandji was born in Senegal, raised in The Gambia, and came to the United States in 2003. He attended East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he was voted MVP in 2003 as the Men's All-State Team forward, and played college soccer at Georgia Military College, where he was selected in the All-Region team in 2004 and 2005, scoring 17 goals and providing six assists during the 2005 season. During 2006, Kandji also impressed while playing for Atlanta Silverbacks U23's in the USL Premier Development League, scoring one goal and one assist in eight games.

Professional

Kandji joined the senior Atlanta Silverbacks team in 2007. He made his first team debut 4 August 2007 against Charleston Battery. From then on, he began to establish himself as one of the top players of the USL. During the 2008 season Kandji appeared in 21 league matches for Atlanta, registering 11 goals and five assists. He was named to the USL-1 Weekly Best 11 on six occasions, despite playing just one game in the final six weeks of the season due to an ankle injury. Kandji finished the 2008 season ranked third in points (27 points, 21 games), though he missed nearly a third of the season due to injury, travel restrictions, and a loan to New York Red Bulls. During his time with the Silverbacks, Kandji was the main feature of an ESPN Soccernet article highlighting some of the USL's tops stars. On 15 September 2008, Kandji signed with New York Red Bulls…

As of match played 15 May 2015

Atlanta Silverbacks

USL 1 runner-up: 2007 New York Red Bulls

Major League Soccer Western Conference Championship: 2008 Colorado Rapids

Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Championship: 2010 Major League Soccer MLS Cup: 2010 HJK Helsinki

Veikkausliiga: 2014 Finnish Cup: 2014 Individual

2007 USL Division 1 Player of the Week (Week 17) 2007 USL Division 1 Goal of the Week (Week 17 – view here) 2008 USL Division 1 Player of the Week (Weeks 10, 16) 2008 USL Division 1 Team of the Week (Weeks 7, 10, 12, 16, 17, 22) 2008 USL Division 1 Goal of the Week (Week 16 – view here) 2009 MLS Player of the Week (Week 8) 2018 Veikkausliiga Player of the Month (June). 2018 Veikkausliiga Player of the Month (July). Veikkausliiga Team of the Year: 2018