Nick Downing

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Nick Downing
Personal information
Full name Nick Scott Downing
Date of birth (1980-01-25) January 25, 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Redmond, Washington, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1998–2001 Maryland Terrapins
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Seattle Sounders Select
2001–2003 New England Revolution 17 (0)
2003Portland Timbers (loan) 26 (0)
2004 Charleston Battery 19 (0)
Total62(0)
International career
1997 United States U-17 29 (1)
1999 United States U-20 22 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nick Downing (born January 25, 1980, in Redmond, Washington) is a retired American professional soccer player who is currently the strength and conditioning coach for New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.

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Biography

Early career

The son of Jim and Linda Downing, Nick played soccer locally for Crossfire Sounders and Eastlake High School [1] . As a teenager, Downing had stints training with German clubs Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart. [2] Downing made 29 appearances and scored one goal with US U-17 national soccer team, including captaining the team at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt. [2] Afterwards, he was named the 1998 Gatorade Player of the Year.

College

As a freshman, Downing played in 23 matches and was named to Soccer America's All-Freshman team. In his second season, he was a second-team All South Atlantic Regions selection. In 1999 Downing was a Hermann Trophy and Missouri Athletic Club award finalist. During his junior year, Downing announced his decision to forgo his final year of NCAA eligibility and enter the MLS SuperDraft. [3]

Major League Soccer

In 2001, Downing was signed to a Project-40 contract. Selected in the second round of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft, Downing made only five league appearances for New England Revolution. [4] [5] The next season Downing saw the pitch twelve times. [6] In 2003, Downing did not make any first team appearances, was loaned to Portland and was later released. [7]

After being released from his MLS contract, Downing signed with Charleston Battery. [8]

Coaching

Downing joined New England Revolution in January 2012 as the club's first ever strength and conditioning coach. [9]

Honors

New England Revolution

Statistics

Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
USALeague Open Cup League Cup North America Total
2001 New England Revolution MLS 5020000070
2002 120000000120
2003 0000000000
2003 Portland Timbers (loan) A-League 260000000260
2004 Charleston Battery 190000000190
Career total620200000640

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References

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