Colton Storm
{{short description|American professional soccer player (born 1994)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Colton Storm
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|7|6}}
| birth_place = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
| height = {{height|m=1.78}}
| currentclub =
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| position = Defender
| youthyears1 = 2011–2012
| youthclubs1 = Philadelphia Union
| collegeyears1 = 2013–2016
| college1 = North Carolina Tar Heels
| collegecaps1 = 69
| collegegoals1 = 2
| years1 = 2014–2015
| clubs1 = Reading United
| caps1 = 9
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2016
| clubs2 = Portland Timbers U23s
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2017–2018
| clubs3 = Sporting Kansas City
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2017–2018
| clubs4 = → Swope Park Rangers (loan)
| caps4 = 53
| goals4 = 3
| years5 = 2019
| clubs5 = North Carolina FC
| caps5 = 2
| goals5 = 0
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| club-update = January 21, 2022
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Colton Storm (born July 5, 1994) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender, primarily as a right-back.
Career
=College & Youth=
Storm played four years of college soccer at UNC-Chapel Hill between 2013 and 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208978263|publisher=goheels.com|title=Colton Storm Bio - University of North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site|accessdate=2017-03-26}} While at college, Storm also appeared for USL PDL sides Reading United AC and Portland Timbers U23s.{{cite web|url=http://www.uslpdl.com/colton-storm|publisher=uslpdl.com|title=Colton Storm|accessdate=2017-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326225511/http://www.uslpdl.com/colton-storm|archive-date=2017-03-26|url-status=dead}}
=Professional=
On January 13, 2017, Storm was drafted in the first-round (14th overall) during the 2017 MLS SuperDraft by Sporting Kansas City.{{cite web|url=http://www.brotherlygame.com/2017/1/14/14270900/2017-mls-superdraft-philadelphia-union-academy-colton-storm-brian-nana-sinkham|publisher=brotherlygame.com|title=Two former Union youth players selected in first round - Brotherly Game|accessdate=2017-03-26}} He signed with the club on February 25, 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.brotherlygame.com/2017/2/25/14730968/sporting-kansas-city-sign-colton-storm-former-philadelphia-union-youth|publisher=brotherlygame.com|title=Sporting Kansas City sign former Philadelphia Union youth Colton Storm - Brotherly Game|accessdate=2017-03-26}}
Storm made his professional debut with Kansas City's United Soccer League affiliate Swope Park Rangers, on March 25, 2017, against Oklahoma City Energy.{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/swopeparkrangers-okcenergyfc-905440|publisher=uslsoccer.com|title=Swope Park Rangers vs OKC Energy FC|accessdate=2017-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326142707/http://www.uslsoccer.com/swopeparkrangers-okcenergyfc-905440|archive-date=2017-03-26|url-status=dead}}
On August 14, 2019, Storm was signed by North Carolina FC for the remainder of the 2019 USL Championship season.{{cite web|url=https://www.northcarolinafc.com/news_article/show/1041635|publisher=North Carolina FC|title=North Carolina FC Signs Former UNC Standout Colton Storm|date=August 14, 2019|accessdate=August 15, 2019}}
Personal
On April 1, 2017, Colton Storm was pranked by his fellow Sporting Kansas City teammates Dom Dwyer and Soony Saad. Storm believed he was speaking to a girl named Joanna, and introduced himself as another man named Mark from Cabo. Storm was actually in contact with Dwyer who was responding through Joanna's social media account. Storm showed up at a local Kansas City café and was met by Sporting Kansas City's manager Peter Vermes. Vermes told Storm that he knew that Storm was pretending to be "Mark from Cabo" and told him Joanna was not coming. Storm then saw his teammates Dwyer and Saad and realized that he had been catfished.{{Cite web|title=Watch: Sporting KC trio pulls hilarious prank on rookie Colton Storm|url=https://www.thescore.com/mls/news/1268941/amp|access-date=2022-01-21|website=theScore.com}}
References
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External links
- {{MLS player|colton-storm}}
- {{soccerway|colton-storm/476555}}
- https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/watch-sporting-kc-put-the-fear-of-god-into-a-rookie-with-classic-april-fools-prank
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Category:American men's soccer players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:North Carolina FC players
Category:North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer players
Category:Sportspeople from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Category:Sportspeople from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Category:Reading United AC players
Category:Soccer players from Pennsylvania
Category:Sporting Kansas City draft picks
Category:Sporting Kansas City players
Category:Sportspeople from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Category:Sporting Kansas City II players
Category:USL Championship players
Category:USL League Two players
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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