Drew Cost

Drew Cost (born January 31, 1989, in West Chester, Pennsylvania) is an American soccer player.

Drew Cost

Personal information
Full name	Andrew David Cost
Date of birth	(1989-01-31) January 31, 1989
Place of birth	West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2007–2010	Penn State Nittany Lions
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008	Lancaster Inferno
2011	Rochester Rhinos	19	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 5, 2011

Career

College and amateur

Cost attended Henderson High School, played in the Pennsylvania Olympic Development Program, and played club soccer for the Pennsylvania Classics, before going on to play four years of college soccer at the Pennsylvania State University. At Penn State he was named to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team in 2007, was a two-time All-Big Ten Second Team selection in both 2009 and 2010, and in his senior was a CoSIDA/ESPN Second Team Academic All-District selection and was named to the Wolstein Classic All-Tournament Team.

During his college years Cost also played for the Lancaster Inferno in their single season in the National Premier Soccer League in 2008.

Professional

Cost was selected with the 32nd pick of the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft by Real Salt Lake, but was not offered a contract by the team and was released during pre-season.

Cost turned professional when he signed with USL Professional Division club Rochester Rhinos. He made his professional debut on April 23, 2011, in a 3–2 win over the Dayton Dutch Lions. Rochester re-signed Cost for 2012 on October 25, 2011.

External links

• Rochester Rhinos profile
• Penn State bio Archived 2011-01-27 at the Wayback Machine