Gyasi Zardes

What I admire about Gyasi Zardes is the clean arc of his story: a Hawthorne kid who came up through the LA Galaxy academy, paid his dues in college at Cal State Bakersfield, then returned home as a homegrown signing. That kind of full-circle loyalty is rare in modern sport. At 188 cm, he strikes me as a forward who wins on physicality and graft rather than flash, the sort who does the unglamorous running. I have a soft spot for players who bloom where they were planted, and Zardes feels like exactly that, a local product who stayed true to his roots.

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Name (English)

Gyasi Zardes

Name (Japanese)

ギャシ・ザーデス

Reading

ぎゃし・ざーです

Born

September 2, 1991 (age 35)

Origin

Hawthorne, California, United States

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

High school

Leuzinger High School

University

California State University, Bakersfield

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyasi%20Zardes
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14072793

Tags

• California
• association football player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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