Troy Perkins
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| Troy Perkins | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Troy Perkins | |
| Date of birth | July 29, 1981 (age 25) | |
| Place of birth | Worthington, OH, United States | |
| Height | 6'2 | |
| Position | goalkeeper | |
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| Current club | D.C. United | |
| Number | 1 | |
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| 2001-02 2003 |
USF Evansville |
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| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 2002-03 2004– |
Cape Cod Crusaders D.C. United |
22 (0) 48 (0) |
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Troy Perkins (born July 29, 1981 in Springfield, Ohio) is an American soccer player, who currently plays goalkeeper for D.C. United of Major League Soccer.
Perkins played college soccer at the University of South Florida and the University of Evansville. He was named third-team All-Conference USA in 2001, and second-team All-CUSA in 2002. He transferred to Evansville for his senior season. Perkins also played in the PDL for the Cape Cod Crusaders in 2002 and 2003.
Upon graduating in 2003, Perkins went undrafted. However, he was signed to a developmental contract by D.C. United. Not expected to contribute, Perkins was given an opportunity after both Nick Rimando and Doug Warren lost their starting positions. Perkins proved up to the task, and went on to start 16 games for the team, posting a 1.62 goals against average. Although Perkins was performing well, the team suffered during his tenure, and he was replaced near the end of the season with Nick Rimando, who would also start for United throughout the playoffs.
During the 2006 season, Perkins was the starting goalkeeper for United, playing 30 of 32 games. He was also named 2006 MLS Goalkeeper of the year, Best XI, and voted to the 2006 All Star Team.
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[edit] Trivia
- In early 2005 he trained with Bolton Wanderers F.C., an English Premier League club.
- In early 2006 he trained with Everton.
- Beginning in 2006, Perkins worked a second job as a mortgage loan processor[1], leading United fans to put up a banner that said, "Troy Saves -- and Loans."
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ A Goalie You Can Bank On. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
[edit] External Links
| D.C. United - Current Squad |
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1 Perkins | 2 Stokes | 5 Erpen | 6 Mediate | 7 Donnet | 8 Moose | 10 Gómez | 11 Eskandarian | 12 Wilson | 14 Olsen | 16 Carroll | 17 Gros | 18 Rimando | 19 Simms | 21 deRoux | 22 McTavish | 23 Walker | 24 Carroll | 26 Namoff | 30 McIntosh | 32 Boswell | 99 Moreno | – Nolly | Coach: Nowak |
