Kenny Cooper

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Personal information
Kenny Cooper
Date of birth	October 21, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth	Baltimore, MD, United States
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Nickname	Super Cooper, KC33
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current club	FC Dallas
Number	33
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003–06 2004 2005 2006–	Manchester United Académica Coimbra (loan) Oldham Athletic (loan) FC Dallas	0 (0) 0 (0) 10 (3) 30 (11)
National team²
2007–	United States	2 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 January 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 20 January 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

This article is about the soccer player. For the calypsonian, see Mighty Bomber.

Kenny Cooper (born October 21, 1984 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American soccer player, who currently plays for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer.

Cooper signed for Manchester United on a free transfer in 2003, after playing youth soccer with the Dallas Solar 85 Soccer Club. He was the Dallas area high school player of the year while playing for Jesuit College Preparatory School, where he graduated in 2003.

Cooper played in the United reserve squad, and was loaned at the start of the 2004-05 season to Académica Coimbra of Portugal. However, the loan was terminated after half a season due to Cooper seeing very limited playing time, and after a brief stay in Manchester, he was loaned out to Oldham Athletic. Manchester United released Cooper midway through the 2005-06 season and he came back to the U.S. to sign with the hometown MLS club, FC Dallas. He scored 11 goals in his first season.

Before playing for FC Dallas he made one appearance for the Wearside club, Sunderland A.F.C

Cooper got his first cap and first goal for the US national team on January 20, 2007 against Denmark where he scored a goal after coming on near the end of the game. He then played in the Guetamala game as a second half sub.

Cooper's father, Kenny Cooper Sr., is English and played professionally in England and the United States as well as serving as a long-time head coach of the Baltimore Blast.

[edit] International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 January 2007	Home Depot Center, California, United States	Denmark	3-1	3-1	Friendly match

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List of current MLS players

FC Dallas - Current Squad
1 Hislop \| 4 C. Gbandi \| 5 Saragosa \| 6 Toja \| 7 Thompson \| 9 Miña \| 10 Núñez \| 11 Goodson \| 12 Alvarez \| 13 McCarty \| 14 Moor \| 15 Serioux \| 16 Wagenfuhr \| 17 Pitchkolan \| 19 Rhine \| 20 Ruiz \| 21 Yi \| 22 Dello-Russo \| 23 Wagner \| 25 Oduro \| 26 Wallace \| 27 Daniels \| 28 Križanović \| 29 Jones \| 30 Burse \| 31 S. Gbandi \| 33 Cooper \| 48 Sala \| – Ibrahim \| Coach: Morrow