2024:

• Appeared and started in 15 games
• Academic All-Ivy League selection
• Tied for the team-lead with three assists

2023:

• Appeared in all 20 games while starting 16.
• Selected to the Ivy League All-Tournament Team.
• CSC Academic All-District selection.
• Scored first collegiate goal during win over UC Irvine (Sept. 16).

2022:

• Appeared in eight games
• First career start came in the victory at Princeton.

2021:

• Appeared in 14 games off the bench
• Played a career-high 56 minutes in the game at Hartford.

Academy: Captain of U19 and U17 FC Westchester Academy teams… Scored a team-high 15 goals for U17 team… Led team in starts and minutes played… Helped Westchester qualify for USSDA playoffs… Scored four goals in three playoff games… Helped team win 2018 New York State Cup.
 
High School: All-league and all-section tennis player at Horace Greeley High School… Helped tennis team to a pair of section championships.
 
Personal: Son of Steven and Luba Seidman… Father played soccer at Yale (Class of 1987)… Older brother Will play soccer at Yale (Class of 2022)… Volunteer at JCCA Cottage School… Horace Greeley Business Club member… Member of Horace Greeley Quiz Bowl team.
 
3 QUESTIONS FOR SEIDMAN
 
Biggest soccer influence? “My Academy coach Stephen Carson who played professionally in Europe for many years. He has used his experience from the game and knowledge to help me grow as the player and person I am today.”
 
Do you have an idol or hero? “Steven Gerrard. He was the captain of Liverpool (the team I support) and was a complete center midfielder who was a leader and could effectively dominate the game with his all-around attributes. I try to emulate my game after his whenever I play.”
 
Why Yale? “Yale provides me with the ideal balance of being part of an incredible current Ivy League winning Division I soccer program as well as having the opportunity of a world-class education. Both the Yale Soccer team and Yale College as a whole have a unique sense of community and tradition that I can’t wait to be part of.”
 
Stannard on Seidman: “With Jonathan and his brother, William, on the team, they will make the third set of brothers on the team, which is pretty cool and unique.  Jonathan has attended several camps in the past and it’s been great to see his development each year.  He is a soccer junkie and has a great feel for the game.  He has excellent vision and a good passing range.  He reads pressure well, is confident on the ball and looks to play forward and impact the game. 
 
“Jonathan will add much needed depth in our center midfield and help create even better competition.  Technically and tactically, he will be ready from day one and once he gets used to the speed and physicality of the college game, he has the potential to compete for minutes in the future.  He has a great mentality, so I think it’s just a matter of when.”