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2025 MIT Men's Soccer Roster

29 Gianluca Balestrieri

  • Position F
  • Height 5-10
  • Class First Year
  • Hometown Bethesda, Md.
  • High School Gonzaga College High School

Biography

Before MIT:
  • MD State Cup Champion 2019
  • Virginia State Cup Champion 2021
  • Jefferson Cup Champion 2022
  • 2021 ECNL Mid-Atlantic Conference Champion (Arlington 2007 ECNL)
  • 2021 ECNL National Champions League Playoffs National Final Four
  • 2022 National ECNL Playoffs Group Champions (Arlington 2007 ECNL) 
  • 2022 ECNL MID-ATLANTIC CUP CHAMPIONS
  • Top Drawer MLS Next Standouts of Week: May 20-21, 2023, September 9-10, 2023, October 20-21, 2023, October 27-29th, 2023; February 9-10, 2024; February 24-26, 2024; April 24, 2024.
  • TopDrawer Class of 2025 #5 Ranked Player International Region
  • National Honors Society (scholarship branch)
  • Member of Gonzaga Jazz band [electric guitar]
  • Captain of Gonzaga Chess team
  • Leader of Latin American Student Organization
  • Gonzaga STEM Excellence Award for class of 2025
  • Gonzaga Presidential Scholarship Award
  • Dean’s First Class High Honors Roll every semester of High School
  • AP Honors with Distinction Award for AP subjects
  • Speaks 4 languages: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
  • Canada U20 Camp Roster
  • MLS Next Cup Finalist
Favorite Sports Memory:
  • My favorite sports memory is scoring the winning goal against a rival team (Renate Calcio) in a big away fixture in the Primavera season of 2024-2025.
Club:
  • AS Cittadella
  • U20 Italian Primavera Pro Academy League

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