Alex

Crognale

CB San Antonio #21

Centre-Back – Defender

Alex Crognale

San Antonio USL Championship

#1877 centre-back aged 30+

Date of birth / Age: 27 Aug 1994 (32)
Citizenship: United StatesItaly
Foot: Right
Height / Weight: 1.96 m / 93 kg
Main position: Centre-Back
Contract until: 2026

Benchmarks

centre-backs with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#5350

centre-back in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#1877

among centre-backs aged 30+

In his league

36%

of USL Championship centre-backs rank below him

Finishing

+1.8

goals above expected · better than 90% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

8 Expected

6.2

51 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

0 Expected

0.7

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Season 2026

AppsAppearances: 25
StartsStarting eleven: 23
GoalsGoals: 4
AssistsAssists: 0
YellowYellow cards: 6
2nd yellowSecond yellows: 0
RedRed cards: 0
MinutesMinutes: 2,207

Starting eleven92%

23 of 25 appearances

Minutes played2,207

88 per appearance

Goal involvement4

4 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

242 matches · since 2017

DMCB

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Back	241	21	4
Defensive Midfield	1	1	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
20262026	USL ChampionshipUSL Championship	San Antonio	22	20	4	0	5	0	0	1,900
20262026	USL Jagermeister CupUSL Jagermeister Cup	San Antonio	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	307
20252025	USL ChampionshipUSL Championship	San Antonio	18	18	2	0	6	0	0	1,620
20252025	USL Jagermeister CupUSL Jagermeister Cup	San Antonio	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	262
20252025	US Open CupUS Open Cup	San Antonio	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
20242024	USL ChampionshipUSL Championship	Birmingham Legion	29	28	2	0	6	0	1	2,444
20242024	US Open CupUS Open Cup	Birmingham Legion	2	1	0	–	1	–	0	131
20232023	USL ChampionshipUSL Championship	Birmingham Legion	34	33	3	1	11	0	0	3,014
20232023	US Open CupUS Open Cup	Birmingham Legion	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	300
20222022	USL ChampionshipUSL Championship	Birmingham Legion	32	32	1	0	6	1	0	2,898
20222022	US Open CupUS Open Cup	Birmingham Legion	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	134
20212021	USL ChampionshipUSL Championship	Birmingham Legion	27	25	3	0	6	0	0	2,205
20202020	USL ChampionshipUSL Championship	Birmingham Legion	17	17	3	0	7	0	0	1,524
20192019	MLSMLS	Columbus Crew	12	9	0	0	5	0	0	883
20192019	USL ChampionshipUSL Championship	Indy Eleven	6	6	0	0	1	0	0	540
20192019	US Open CupUS Open Cup	Columbus Crew	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
20182018	USL ChampionshipUSL Championship	Orange County SC	27	25	4	2	6	0	0	2,348
20182018	MLSMLS	Columbus Crew	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	94
20182018	US Open CupUS Open Cup	Columbus Crew	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	120
20172017	MLSMLS	Columbus Crew	17	12	0	1	1	0	0	1,069
20172017	US Open CupUS Open Cup	Columbus Crew	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			264	241	23	4^*	65	1^*	1	22,153

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
USL Championship	212	22	3
MLS	34	1	1
US Open Cup	12	0	–
USL Jagermeister Cup	6	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

DateMoveFee
Jan 2025 Jan 2025 · Transfer Birmingham Legion San Antonio Transfer
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Transfer Columbus Crew Birmingham Legion Transfer
Nov 2019 Nov 2019 · Back from Loan Indy Eleven Columbus Crew Back from Loan
Mar 2019 Mar 2019 · Loan Columbus Crew Indy Eleven Loan Loan
Nov 2018 Nov 2018 · Back from Loan Orange County SC Columbus Crew Back from Loan
Nov 2018 Nov 2018 · Transfer Orange County SC Columbus Crew Transfer
Mar 2018 Mar 2018 · Loan Columbus Crew Orange County SC Loan Loan
Dec 2016 Dec 2016 · Transfer Maryland College Park Terrapins Columbus Crew Transfer

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
San Antonio 2025–2026 47 6
Birmingham Legion 2020–2024 146 12
Columbus Crew 2017–2019 38 1
Indy Eleven 2019 6 0
Orange County SC 2018 27 4

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