2005 Regular Season: (2005 Richmond Statistics: 27 GP, 1874 MIN, 8+2=18, 36 shots, 34 fouls)… Ranked in the regular season top ten league leaders in points (10th) with 18 and goals (9th) with nine… Named to the USL First Division Team of the Week four times for the weeks of 4/26/05, 5/17/05, 5/24/05 and 6/07/05 for multiple point games… Was responsible for three goals against Rochester during last season’s USL First Division Semi-Finals, leading the team to the Championship Final…
Other Professional Experience: 2004 Regular Season: Finished the season as the Kickers second leading scorer with 20 points… Recorded the most assists on the team (six)… he appeared in 31 games in 2004… He was named to the A-League Team of the Week for the first time for a goal and an assist in the 2-1 victory in Syracuse on 6/25 and was ranked in the top 20 point leaders and top 10 assist leaders in the A-League.
Amateur/College: (Virginia Commonwealth University)… Delicâte is Virginia Commonwealth’s career leader with 44 goals and 13 assists for 101 points. A natural goal scorer, he had 16 game-winning goals in his career and was the first Ram to ever reach the century mark in career points. As a member of the Richmond Kickers Future (PDL), Delicâte led the team in points with 32 on 15 goals and two assists in 2003. He logged over 2, 700 minutes on the field in 34 games, scoring a total of 25 goals and 55 points total during his two years with the Future. 2003 season: Matthew led the team in scoring with 39 points (15 goals, 9 assists), the third highest in school history. The 2003 Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year, Delicâte led the league in scoring as well. 2002 season: Delicâte recorded career highs in goals (12 and points (26) en route to being named second team All-Colonial Athletic Association for the second straight year. He also made the All-Virginia second team and ranked second in goals and fifth in points in the CAA. He was selected to the Verizon Academic All-America third team and earned MVP honors at the CAA Tournament after scoring two goals and one assist in two games. 2001 season: Matthew was a second-team All-CAA selection and led the Rams in goals scored with 11. He ranked third in CAA in that category and fifth in total points (22). 2000 season: Delicâte was the only freshman to play in every game, starting 13. He led the team in goals with six and was named to the Nike/ALLTELL Soccer Classic all-tournament team.
Personal: Named to VCU Dean’s List in both fall 2000 and spring 2001…Son of Catherine Costelloe and Malcolm Delicâte …Studied physics and French.
Favorite Movie: Jurassic Park, Die Hard with a Vengeance
Favorite Band/Music: Dance/Trance, U2, Oasis
Favorite Food: Spuds with some meat
Favorite TV Show: Alias, EPL Review Show
Favorite Sports Team: Manchester United, Swansea City
Person I’d Most Like to Meet: Albert Einstein
