Matthew Nelson (soccer)

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Personal information
Matthew Nelson
Full name	Matthew Nelson
Date of birth	November 12, 1977 (1977-11-12) (age 30)
Place of birth	Tampa, FL, United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace Baltimore
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000 2000 2000-2001 2002 2003-2006 2007- 2007 2008-	Cape Cod Crusaders Boston Bulldogs Kilkenny City A.F.C. South Jersey Barons Virginia Beach Mariners Harrisburg City Islanders → Vancouver Whitecaps (loan) Crystal Palace Baltimore	12 (0) 03 (0) 16 (0) 19 (0) 90 (0) 18 (0) 03 (0) 05 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 June, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Matthew Nelson (born November 12, 1977 in Tampa, Florida) is a goalkeeper currently playing for USL Second Division side Crystal Palace Baltimore.

He started off playing with Cape Cod Crusaders, and South Jersey Barons of the USL Premier Development League. In 2003 he signed for the Virginia Beach Mariners where he was a key performer for the club, playing their until 2006. During his four seasons in Virginia Beach, he recorded a 32-38-18 record and 23 shutouts.

In 2007 he signed with Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL Second Division, where he enjoyed a very successful regular season with Harrisburg. Recording a league-leading 10 shutouts and a 10-4-4 record, and also recorded the league’s second best goals-against-average at 0.611 and was selected to the USL-2 All-League Second Team. And helped Harrisburg win the USL Second Division Championship.

On July 27, 2007 the Vancouver Whitecaps acquired him on loan for the remainder of the season, where he played the final three games for Vancouver. The Whitecaps had talks with Nelson in regards to the 2008 season, but Nelson chose not to return to Vancouver.^[1]