Nick Rimando
| Nick Rimando | ||
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Nicholas Paul Rimando | |
| birthday | 17th June 1979 | |
| place of birth | Montclair , CA , United States | |
| size | 175 cm | |
| position | goalkeeper | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1997-1999 | UCLA Bruins | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2000-2001 | Miami Fusion | 47 (0) |
| 2002-2006 | DC United | 98 (0) |
| 2007-2019 | Real Salt Lake | 369 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 1998-1999 | USA U-20 | 31 (0) |
| 2002-2018 | United States | 22 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of December 15, 2014 2 As of April 15, 2015 |
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Nicholas Paul "Nick" Rimando (born June 17, 1979 in Montclair , California ) is a retired American football player.
Youth and college
Rimando attended Montclair High School and then played two years for the UCLA Bruins at the University of California, Los Angeles . In 1997 he won the College Cup together with the team. After his sophomore year, he signed a Project 40 contract with Major League Soccer.
Club career
Rimando came to Miami Fusion via the MLS SuperDraft 2000 and quickly took over the position of goalkeeper from the previous goalkeeper Jeff Cassar . In his first year he played 22 games. In his second year he had 25 missions and was able to win the MLS Supporters' Shield with the team . After Fusion broke up after the 2001 season, he moved to DC United .
He made every game for United in the 2002 season. In 2003 he only played 25 games because he was injured at the end of the season. In 2004 he lost his regular seat to Troy Perkins . Over the next two years he alternated with Perkins from time to time. In his final season for DC, he only made two games.
He moved on 11 December 2006 along with Freddy Adu to Real Salt Lake . He was transferred to the New York Red Bulls on February 9, 2007 , but was brought back on February 23, as the previous goalkeeper Scott Garlick surprisingly announced his resignation. During his 2007 season, Rimando was the first choice in goal at Salt Lake. The team did not deliver an outstanding performance, but Rimando showed consistently good performances throughout the season. He made 146 saves in 27 games and was the best goalkeeper in the league. At the end of the season, he was voted Real Salt Lake's Best Player.
In 2008 and 2009 he was also the team's regular goalkeeper. In July 2008 he was voted MLS Player of the Month. Because of his outstanding performance in the MLS Cup 2009, he was voted best player of the game.
Rimando ended his active career in 2019.
National team
Rimando took part in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship , where he was a substitute goalkeeper behind Tim Howard . His first international match for the US national soccer team was on November 17, 2002 against El Salvador . After this game he was not considered for a long time. Due to his good performance during the MLS 2009 season , he came back into the focus of the national team. While preparing for the 2010 World Cup, he took part in several national team courses, but was always in fourth place behind Howard, Brad Guzan and Marcus Hahnemann . So he was not nominated for the world championship.
In the following years he became an integral part of the national team. At the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013 he was the goalkeeper on the pitch during the tournament. The team won the tournament. For the soccer World Cup 2014 he was nominated as the third goalkeeper in the squad.
Trivia
Rimando's father is of Filipino descent and his mother is from Mexico.
In December 2005, he married his long-time girlfriend, Jacqui Little. Little also played soccer for Washington Freedom in the now-defunct Women's United Soccer Association . The wedding was performed by his teammate Ben Olsen on a Malibu beach . Nick and Jacqui now have a son named Jett Nicholas Rimando.
successes
United States
- CONCACAF Gold Cup (1): 2013
DC United
- Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 2004
- Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Championship (1): 2004
Real Salt Lake
- Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 2009
- Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Championship (1): 2009
- Major League Soccer Western Conference Championship (1): 2013
As a player
- MLS Cup Most Valuable Player: 2009
- MLS All-Star Team: 2010, 2011, 2013
- MLS Save of the Year Award: 2012 , 2013
Web links
- Nick Rimando in the database of weltfussball.de
- Nick Rimando in the database of MLSSoccer.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Nick Rimando MLS .
- ↑ 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players (PDF), FIFA. June 11, 2014, p. 32. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ↑ Joaquin Henson: Fil-Am thwarts Beckham's goal . December 1st, 2009. Archived from the original on May 25th, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
- ↑ Behind the Badge: Triple threat . DCUnited.com. December 15, 2005. Archived from the original on October 25, 2006. Retrieved on March 24, 2010.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rimando, Nick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rimando, Nicholas Paul (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th June 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montclair , California , USA |