Tony Donatelli

Youth and college

Donatelli played for Hunter Soccer Club as a child before playing college soccer at Temple University from 2002 to 2005, and with the Ocean City Barons in the USL Premier Development League. In 2005, he was named to the PDL All-Eastern Conference Team after finishing second in Barons scoring with ten goals and six assists in sixteen games played. Tony played youth soccer for The Philadelphia soccer club, FC Coppa.

Professional

Donatelli was drafted in the third round of the 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft by Houston Dynamo, but was not offered a contract by the team. He signed instead with the Vancouver Whitecaps in the USL First Division, and scored two goals and two assists in twenty-four games played in his debut season. In the 2006 playoffs, Donatelli made a significant impact, scoring three times in four games including a goal in Vancouver's 3–0 win over the Rochester Rhinos in the USL Division One Championship game. On June 10, 2008, Donatelli was traded to Montreal Impact for Charles Gbeke. On October 20, 2008, Donatelli accepted a two-year extension deal. During the 2008 season he was loaned for a match to the Impact's farm team Trois-Rivières Attak in the Canadian Soccer League. During the 2009 USL season Donatelli contributed by helping the Impact clinch a playoff spot under new head coach Marc Dos Santos. He recorded his first playoff goal in the quarterfinal match against Charleston Battery in the second match of the aggregate…