Pat Noonan

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Pat Noonan

Full name	Pat Noonan
Date of birth	August 8, 1980 (age 26)
Place of birth	Ballwin, MO, United States
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current club	New England Revolution
Number	11
Youth clubs
1999-2002	Scott Gallagher Indiana University\|Indiana
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002 2003-	Michigan Bucks New England Revolution	? 102 (34)
National team²
2004-	United States	12 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:08, 10 September 2006 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Pat Noonan (born August 8, 1980 in Ballwin, Missouri) is an American soccer player, who currently plays striker for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer.

Noonan played college soccer at Indiana University from 1999 to 2002. He was named an NSCAA first-team All-American his senior and junior seasons, and second-team All-American his sophomore year. His senior year, he also finished as runner-up to Alecko Eskandarian for the Hermann Trophy. He finished his career at Indiana with 48 goals and 31 assists.

Upon graduating, Noonan was selected 9th overall by the Revolution in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft. Although he started slowly, Noonan soon resumed his scoring ways, finishing his first season with the Revs with ten goals and seven assists, and runner-up to Damani Ralph for Rookie of the Year. Noonan did even better his sophomore year, scoring eleven goals and registering eight assists, tying with Amado Guevara for the MLS Scoring Champion Award. A late-season slump saw Noonan end 2005 with eight goals and seven assists.

Noonan earned his first cap for the United States national team on March 13, 2004 against Haiti.

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List of current MLS players

New England Revolution - Current Squad
1 Reis \| 2 Igwe \| 3 Hernandez \| 4 John \| 5 Sims \| 6 Heaps \| 7 Cristman \| 8 Franchino \| 11 Noonan \| 12 Warren \| 13 Larentowicz \| 14 Ralston \| 15 Parkhurst \| 16 Riley \| 17 Flood \| 18 Smith \| 19 Lochhead \| 20 Twellman \| 21 Joseph \| 22 Leonard \| 23 Gonzalez \| 24 Knighton \| 25 Dorman \| 27 Thompson \| 28 Loftus \| 30 Solle \| 32 Oka \| Coach: Nicol