Brad Guzan

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Brad Guzan
Personal information
Full name Brad Guzan
Date of birth September 9, 1984 (1984-09-09) (age 23)
Place of birth    Evergreen Park, IL, United States
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Chivas USA
Number 18
Youth clubs
2003-04 South Carolina Gamecocks
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003-04
2005-
 Chicago Fire Premier
Chivas USA
 13 (0)
68 (0)   
National team2
2006- United States 7 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 10 November 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 6 June 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Brad Guzan (born September 9, 1984 in Evergreen Park, Illinois) is an American soccer goalkeeper who currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer.

Guzan, who is of Mexican American ancestry, played his youth soccer at the Chicago Magic Soccer Club and went on to play two seasons of college soccer at the University of South Carolina, and was a second-team All-America in his sophomore season.[1] After spending two years with the Chicago Fire Reserves in the USL Premier Development League he chose to forgo the rest of his college years, signing a Generation adidas contract with MLS. Chivas USA drafted Guzan with the second overall pick of the 2005 MLS SuperDraft.

Guzan had a good rookie year for the expansion club, beating out Mexican veteran Martín Zúñiga for the starting job.

Guzan has played for the Under-18 United States national team. He got his first cap for the senior national team on February 19, 2006, against Guatemala. On November 7, 2007, Guzan was named MLS Goalkeeper of the Year.[2]

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[edit] Transfer Speculation

Ever since he appeared in the Milk Cup in 2003, Guzan has found himself linked with a host of top European clubs, and his performances in the 2007 MLS Season (in which he won the Goalkeeper of the Year award), as well as with the U.S. National Team have made interest even stronger. Though he is most often linked with a move to Arsenal,[3] he has also been linked to Premier League side Liverpool,[4] Aston Villa,[5] Greek side Olympiacos,[6] as well as French side AJ Auxerre.[7] In January 2008 Guzan trained with Celtic with a view to agreeing on a permanent contract.[8] Villa subsequently sought to gazump the Scottish Premier League champions with a bid of $4 million, doubling a previous offer by Celtic.[9] However, on January 31st Guzan's move to Villa Park collapsed after a work permit was rejected by the Home Office.[10] On May 29th, 2008 following the US' defeat to England at Wembley (where Guzan featured as a second half substitute) he reiterated his desire to sign for Aston Villa and revealed he was close to the necessary number of appearances to be automatically granted a work permit.

[edit] Honours

[edit] United States

  • - Gold Cup 2007 - winner
  • - 2007 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year- winner

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3117115
  2. ^ Chivas USA's Guzan wins top goalkeeper, <http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/7395318>. Retrieved on 7 November 2007 
  3. ^ Brad Guzan to continue the American keepers’ invasion of Premier League?, <http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/brad-guzan-to-continue-the-american-premier-league-keeper-invasion.html>. Retrieved on 6 January 2008 
  4. ^ Connolly on Brad Guzan, <http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=323332&root=mls&cc=3888>. Retrieved on 6 January 2008 
  5. ^ Villa duo attracting interest, <http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/01/26/villa-duo-attracting-interest/>. Retrieved on 6 January 2008 
  6. ^ Guzan has offers from Celtic, Olympiakos, <http://kornerpocket.blogspot.com/2008/01/guzan-has-offers-from-celtic-and.html>. Retrieved on 27 January 2008 
  7. ^ Connolly on Brad Guzan, <http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=323332&root=mls&cc=3888>. Retrieved on 6 January 2008 
  8. ^ Celtic eye Gancarczyk and Guzan, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7200785.stm>. Retrieved on 21 January 2008 
  9. ^ Aston Villa offers $4 million for Guzan, <http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=502902&cc=5901>. Retrieved on 28 January 2008 
  10. ^ Villa miss out on keeper, <http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_3097200,00.html>. Retrieved on 1 February 2008 

[edit] External links

  • Brad Guzan profile, detailed club and national team statistics, honors (palmares) and timeline
Preceded by
Troy Perkins		 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year
2007		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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