Clarence Goodson
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Clarence Edgar Goodson IV | ||
Date of birth | May 17, 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Alexandria, Virginia, United States | ||
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Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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San Jose Earthquakes | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2003 | Maryland Terrapins | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003 | Boulder Rapids Reserve | 12 | (1) |
2004–2007 | FC Dallas | 74 | (3) |
2008–2010 | IK Start | 69 | (10) |
2011–2013 | Brøndby | 60 | (6) |
2013– | San Jose Earthquakes | 44 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2014 | United States | 46 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 21, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 14, 2014 |
Clarence Edgar Goodson IV (born May 17, 1982) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays defender for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer.
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Youth career
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Goodson attended Annandale High School his freshman and sophomore seasons before moving to Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School. He was the Annandale team MVP, setting a school record for goals and points by a sophomore in 1998. He then went on to win the Virginia State High School Soccer title playing for W.T. Woodson High School in 2000. He played his club soccer with the Braddock Road Warhawks, winning the 1999 U-17 national championship. Goodson played three years of soccer at the University of Maryland, which he joined in 2000. After redshirting in 2001, Goodson helped anchor the defense of one of the best teams in college soccer.[citation needed] In his career at Maryland, Goodson played 66 games, registering 10 goals and 11 assists. In 2003, he spent the collegiate offseason with the Boulder Rapids Reserve.[1]
Club career
After his junior year, Goodson signed a Project-40 with Major League Soccer (MLS), entering the 2004 MLS SuperDraft as an underclassman, where he was drafted seventh overall by the Dallas Burn. In his first year with the Burn, Goodson played only 247 league minutes in five games; however, he saw extended action in Cup competitions and exhibitions. He became a starter in 2005, the year the team was renamed FC Dallas.
On November 21, 2007, Goodson was selected by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2007 MLS Expansion Draft but declared that he would not be signing a new contract with MLS in January 2008; instead, he signed a contract with the Norwegian team IK Start. He remained with Start through the 2010 season. In November 2010, Goodson signed with Brøndby of the Danish Superliga.[2]
Goodson returned to MLS on June 28, 2013 when he signed with San Jose Earthquakes.[3]
International
Goodson made his international debut in a friendly against Sweden on January 19, 2008. He was a member of the U.S. squad at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and scored in the semifinal against Honduras on July 23, 2009. On May 26, 2010, Goodson was selected to be part of the 23 man roster for the American national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Goodson has been used in the rotation of Centerbacks for the US Men's National Team under Jurgen Klinsmann. Goodson was named to the United States roster for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup competition. He was included on Klinsmann's 30-man preliminary roster for the US team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but he was not included on the final roster.[4]
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International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | July 23, 2009 | Soldier Field, Chicago, USA | ![]() |
1 – 0 | 2–0 | 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
2. | January 23, 2010 | StubHub Center, Los Angeles, USA | ![]() |
1 – 3 | 1–3 | Friendly |
3. | June 11, 2011 | Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, USA | ![]() |
1 – 2 | 1–2 | 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
4 | July 5, 2013 | Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, USA | ![]() |
5 – 0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
5 | July 21, 2013 | M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, USA | ![]() |
1 – 0 | 5–1 | 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
Personal
Goodson married Kelsey Dawson on January 31, 2009, in Tacoma, Washington. The couple were featured on an episode of HGTV's House Hunters International,[5] searching for an apartment in Copenhagen after Goodson's transfer to Brøndby IF. He purchased an apartment valued at $900,000.
Goodson is a Christian. Goodson participates in a weekly team Bible study.[6]
Career statistics
- As of November 11, 2015.
Season | Club | League | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
2004 | FC Dallas | Major League Soccer | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
2005 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
2006 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
2007 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | ||
FC Dallas totals | 74 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 5 | ||
2008 | Start | First Division | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
2009 | Tippeligaen | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |
2010 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | ||
Start totals | 69 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 10 | ||
2010–11 | Brøndby | Superligaen | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
2011–12 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
2012–13 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
Brøndby totals | 60 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 6 | ||
2013 | San Jose Earthquakes | Major League Soccer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
2014 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
2015 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||||
San Jose totals | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 2 | ||||
Career totals | 250 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 269 | 23 |
Honors
International
- United States
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2013; runner-up 2009, 2011
References
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- ↑ http://www.sjearthquakes.com/news/2013/06/earthquakes-sign-us-national-team-defender-clarence-goodson
- ↑ "World Cup: Clarence Goodson not pleased with USMNT snub, says Jurgen Klinsmann 'unwilling' to give immediate explanation, MLS.com, May 26, 2014.
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External links
- MLS player profile
- Clarence Goodson at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Clarence Goodson – FIFA competition record
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Alexandria, Virginia
- American Christians
- American soccer players
- American expatriate soccer players
- Colorado Rapids U-23 players
- FC Dallas players
- IK Start players
- Brøndby IF players
- San Jose Earthquakes players
- Maryland Terrapins men's soccer players
- United States men's international soccer players
- 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players
- FC Dallas draft picks
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- Soccer players from Virginia
- American expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Premier Development League players
- Major League Soccer players
- Tippeligaen players
- Danish Superliga players
- Major League Soccer first round draft picks