Joe Cannon (soccer)

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Joe Cannon
Personal information
Full name	Joe Cannon
Date of birth	January 1, 1975 (age 32)
Place of birth	Sun Valley, Idaho, United States
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Nickname	Bazooka Joe
Playing position	goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Los Angeles Galaxy
Youth clubs
1993 1995-97	UC Santa Barbara Santa Clara
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998 1998-02 2003 2003-06 2007–	San Diego Flash San Jose Earthquakes RC Lens Colorado Rapids Los Angeles Galaxy	28 (0) 101 (0) 0 (0) 86 (0)
National team2
2003-	United States	2 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Joe Cannon (born January 1, 1975 in Los Altos, California) is a soccer goalkeeper, the first netminder in Major League Soccer's history to win two MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Awards. He is currently with the Los Angeles Galaxy.

After playing college soccer at Santa Clara University, Cannon was not drafted by an MLS team and instead signed with the now-defunct San Diego Flash of the A-League in 1998. After a season with the Flash, he was signed by MLS's San Jose Earthquakes and immediately become their starting goalkeeper. From 1999 to 2002, Cannon manned the Quake nets, leading them to the MLS Cup championship in 2001, and winning his first MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award in 2002.

Cannon left the Quakes in 2003, signing a six-month contract with RC Lens of France's Ligue 1. Unfortunately for Joe, he wasn't able to break into the Lens first team, and left France after the season; the Earthquakes traded his rights to the Colorado Rapids for three draft picks. Cannon couldn't get into the squad in Colorado as incumbent keeper Scott Garlick was playing well, but Rapids coach Tim Hankinson controversially made the switch for the playoffs. Although Colorado did not advance, Garlick was traded to the Dallas Burn, and Cannon kept his starting position.

In 2004, Cannon was one of the better goalkeepers in MLS, often keeping Rapids in games thanks to his play, and winning his second Goalkeeper of the Year award, being named to his first MLS Best XI and becoming a finalist for the MVP. He has earned two caps with the US national team (as of early 2005), his first coming against New Zealand on June 8, 2003.

On December 1, 2006, Cannon was traded to Los Angeles Galaxy for Herculez Gomez and Ugo Ihemelu.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

Los Angeles Galaxy - Current Squad
0 Cronin | 1 Cannon | 2 Randolph | 3 Harden | 4 Jazic | 5 Albright | 8 Vagenas | 9 Glinton | 10 Donovan | 11 Jaqua | 12 Roberts | 13 Jones | 14 Marshall | 15 Kirk | 16 Veris | 18 Martino | 18 Tudela | 18 Findley | 21 Gordon | 24 Sturgis | 25 Quaranta | 33 Friesz | – Russell | – Thomas | Coach: Yallop