Nick Garcia

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Personal information
Nick Garcia
Full name	Nick Garcia
Date of birth	April 9, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth	Plano, TX, United States
Height	5'10
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Kansas City Wizards
Number	3
Youth clubs
1997-99	Indiana
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2000-	Kansas City Wizards	191 (1)
National team**
2003-	United States	6 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 August 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 1 March 2005.

Nick Garcia (born April 9, 1979 in Plano, Texas) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer.

As a senior at Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, Texas, Garcia won the 1996-97 Gatorade National Boys Socccer Player of the Year award. Garcia played college soccer at Indiana University, leading Indiana to the consecutive national titles in 1998 and 1999, and was named All-American in his final season. He signed with Project-40 and MLS in 2000, and was drafted second overall (behind colossal disappointment Steve Shak) in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft by the Kansas City Wizards.

Garcia has played in -- and started -- almost every game for the Wizards ever since. In 2000, he helped them to win the MLS Cup and the US Open Cup in 2004.

Garcia captained the US Under-20 national team at the World Youth Championship in Nigeria in 1999 and earned his first cap for the full national team on February 12, 2003, against Jamaica. So far, he has amassed six caps for the United States.

[edit] Career Statistics

As of August 22, 2006

**All-Time Club Performance**
Club	Season	Domestic		Playoffs		US Open Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Kansas City Wizards	2006*	23	1			0	0
	2005	30	0			2	0			32	0
	2004	26	0	4	0	4	0			34	0
	2003	29	0	3	0	1	0			33	0
	2002	27	0	3	0	3	0			33	0
	2001	24	0	3	0					27	0
	2000	32	0	7	0					39	0
	Total	191	1	20	0	10	0			198	0
Career Totals		191	1	20	0	10	0			198	0

[edit] See also

List of current MLS players

[edit] External links

Kansas City Wizards - Current Squad
3 Garcia \| 4 Thomas \| 5 Zavagnin \| 6 Burciaga \| 7 Johnson \| 9 Victorine \| 11 van den Bergh \| 12 Conrad \| 13 John \| 14 Jewsbury \| 17 Movsisyan \| 19 Sealy \| 20 Wahl \| 21 Watson \| 22 Arnaud \| 23 Zotinca \| 24 Kronberg \| 25 Groenwald \| 26 Raybould \| 28 Shirley \| 29 Pore \| 33 Raad \| 35 McMahen \| – Hartman \| Coach: Bliss