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Jersey Number 7
Joey Zalinsky
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- D
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 170
- Hometown:
- Brick, N.J.
- High School:
- Brick Memorial
- Club Team:
- New York Red Bulls
- Major:
- Undeclared
2021 All-Big Ten Freshman Team
Senior (Fall 2024)
Senior (Fall 2024)
- Started all 13 games he was available for
- Played all 90 minutes in eight outings
- Recorded a career best two assists in the season opener versus Northeastern (Aug. 22) and a goal in the next game at Delaware (Aug. 26) to end the season with four points
- After earned points in back-to-back games for the first time in his career, he was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 27)
- Took five total shots and put two on frame
- Helped the team to two shutouts at Lehigh (Sept. 2) and Michigan State (Nov. 3) on defense
- Drafted 37th overall in the 2024 MLS Super Draft by St. Louis City FC
- Started all 15 games he was available for
- Played in all 90 minutes of 2-0 shutout win against Columbia (Sept. 13) the historic 2-1 win against Maryland (Oct. 3) for the program's first-ever win in College Park
- Registered three shots and put one on target
- Ranked second on the team with 1,314 minutes on the pitch
- Started all 19 games he was available for, playing the entire contest all but twice
- Ranked second on the team with 1,695 minutes played
- Scored his first career goal against Creighton (Aug. 28) on his only shot on frame all season
- Added an assist at Penn State (Oct. 25) to end the season with the first 3 points of his career
- 2022 Fall Academic All-Big Ten selection
- Named to All-Big Ten Freshman Team
- Played in 15 matches with 14 starts as a rookie
- Ranked No. 21 in Top Drawer Soccer's Top 100 Freshmen
- Played 100 percent of the minutes in 11 matches, averaging 88 minutes per contest
- Ran close to 10 miles while playing all 110 minutes of the scoreless draw with Temple (Aug. 30)
- Led the defense to posting four consecutive shutouts to start a season at Rutgers for the first time since the 1990 NCAA Championships runner-up team
- Played all 110 minutes in the scoreless draw at No. 8 Maryland, marking Rutgers' first point against a top-10 team since 2016
- A New Jersey native and product of Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls development academy
- Zalinsky stars out of the back for New York Red Bulls II in the USL Championship
- A member of the MLS development club since 2016, he made his debut for the Red Bulls II squad in September of 2020, contributing to a 6-0 shutout win over Philadelphia Union II
- He has also consistently trained with the NY Red Bulls First Team
- Son of Tina & Joe
- Has one brother, Logan
- Greatest sports influence is Sergio Ramos
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