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State pro notes: New year will bring a new team for Pyzdrowski

12/21/2014, 9:45pm CST
By ERIC ANDERSON
Matt Pyzdrowski

After four seasons at Ängelholms FF, goalkeeper Matt Pyzdrowski (Marquette) reportedly will leave the Swedish second-division club in the next few weeks.

The 28-year-old Pyzdrowski, who made 105 appearances for Ängelholms, is considering contract offers from clubs in the top-tier Allsvenskan and from other European teams, according to the Helsingborgs Dagblad. (Read full article in Swedish)

Pyzdrowski, who started his pro career with the Portland Timbers in the USSF Division-2 Professional League in 2010, has played in 29 of 30 Superettan league matches each of the past two years. He was 10-13-9 with 10 clean sheets in all competitions this season for Ängelholms, which struggled in the 16-team league and didn't secure its spot in the Superettan for 2015 until the final day of the season.

In 2011 – his first year in Sweden – the Illinois native helped lead the team to the promotion playoffs, where they lost to Syrianska FC 4-3 on aggregate in a two-leg series. Pyzdrowski's 2012 season was a tough one, as he was limited to 17 appearances because of multiple concussions and then a broken foot.

On Twitter: @MattPyzdrowski

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