Brad Knighton

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Brad Knighton
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Knighton with Carolina RailHawks in 2011
Personal information
Full name Bradley Burton Knighton
Date of birth (1985-02-06) February 6, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Hickory, North Carolina, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2006 UNCW Seahawks
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006 Indiana Invaders 11 (0)
2007–2009 New England Revolution 6 (0)
2008 → Portland Timbers (loan) 8 (0)
2010 Philadelphia Union 8 (0)
2011 Carolina RailHawks 28 (0)
2012–2013 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 21 (0)
2014–2022 New England Revolution 50 (0)
2015 → Richmond Kickers (loan) 1 (0)
2021 New England Revolution II 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 13, 2022

Bradley Burton Knighton (born February 6, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player.

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College and amateur soccer

Knighton played four years of college soccer at UNC-Wilmington as well as for Indiana Invaders in the USL Premier Development League.

Professional career

Undrafted by Major League Soccer, he attended a New England Revolution tryout in early 2007 and was good enough to be invited on trial for the preseason. He impressed during the trial in Bermuda, winning a spot as the Revolution's third-choice keeper and a developmental contract with the club. [2] The signing made him the first soccer player from UNC-Wilmington to be on a MLS roster.

After spending his first year and a half with the Revs behind Matt Reis and Doug Warren, he was loaned to the Portland Timbers on July 2, 2008, for the remainder of the 2008 Major League Soccer season. [3] The move was aimed at getting Knighton some valuable playing time as he had seen no first team action while with New England. He has now moved on to coaching the academy .

Knighton was selected by Philadelphia Union in the 2009 MLS Expansion Draft on November 25, 2009. [4] His first action with the team was a start in a friendly against Manchester United in which he allowed no goals before being replaced at halftime. He made his league debut for Philadelphia on August 8, 2010, against FC Dallas away, but was sent off for denying of an obvious goalscoring opportunity in 22nd minute. In his next start, he shut out the Chicago Fire at PPL Park on September 11, 2010, earning his first professional clean sheet, and also Philadelphia's first in franchise history. He was given a second consecutive start of the season vs. San Jose but was not able to hold down the starting position over the rest of the season, finishing with just 8 appearances.

On January 25, 2011, Knighton was waived by Philadelphia. [5] In April 2011 he signed with Carolina RailHawks FC of the North American Soccer League. [6]

Knighton signed with Vancouver Whitecaps FC of MLS in January 2012. [7] After Joe Cannon, the starting goaltender for most of the season, had a blunder against the Portland Timbers in August 2012, Knighton established himself as the starting goalkeeper.

Knighton was traded back to New England in December 2013 in exchange for a conditional pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played March 7, 2020 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Indiana Invaders 2006 [10] USL PDL 110——110
New England Revolution 2007 MLS 00—0000
2008 00—0000
2009 60—0060
Portland Timbers (loan) 2008 [10] USL-1 80——80
Philadelphia Union 2010 MLS80——80
Carolina RailHawks 2011 [11] NASL 280——280
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2012 MLS100201 [a] 0130
2013 11040—150
Total2106010280
New England Revolution 2014 MLS20300050
2015 30100040
2016 13040—170
2017 6030—90
2018 7010—80
2019 80000080
2020 10—0010
Total46012000580
Richmond Kickers (loan) 2015 [10] USL 10——10
Career total1230180101420
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs

Honors

New England Revolution

NASL Best XI: 2011

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References

  1. ↑ "Brad Knighton". New England Revolution. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  2. ↑ Knighton to Sign Pact with Revolution Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine UNCW Athletics, February 26, 2007, retrieved March 5, 2007.
  3. ↑ "New England Revolution Loans Out Two Players". July 2, 2008. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
  4. ↑ Union select 10 players in expansion draft Archived November 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Philadelphia Union Communications (January 25, 2011). "Union Waive Goalkeeper Knighton". Philadelphiaunion.com. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  6. ↑ "RailHawks Release Roster | North American Soccer League". Nasl.com. April 4, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Whitecaps FC acquire goalkeeper Brad Knighton | Vancouver Whitecaps FC". Whitecapsfc.com. January 17, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Revolution acquires GK Brad Knighton from Vancouver before trade deadline". New England Revolution. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  9. ↑ Brad Knighton at Soccerway. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  10. 1 2 3 "Brad Knighton | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Archived from the original on May 22, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Brad Knighton - Vancouver Whitecaps". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012.
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