Nick Garcia

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Nick Garcia
Personal information
Full name Nick Garcia
Date of birth April 9, 1979 (1979-04-09) (age 29)
Place of birth    Plano, TX, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club San Jose Earthquakes
Number 3
Youth clubs
1997-99 Indiana
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000-07
2008-		 Kansas City Wizards
San Jose Earthquakes		 191 (1)
1 (0)   
National team2
2003-2006 United States 6 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 3 April 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 1 March 2005.
* Appearances (Goals)

Nick Garcia (born April 9, 1979 in Plano, Texas) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer.

As a senior at Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, Texas, Garcia won the 1996-97 Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year award. Garcia played college soccer at Indiana University, leading Indiana to the consecutive national titles in 1998 and 1999, and was named All-American in his final season. He signed with Project-40 and MLS in 2000, and was drafted second overall (behind colossal disappointment Steve Shak) in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft by the Kansas City Wizards.

Garcia has played in -- and started -- almost every game for the Wizards ever since. In 2000, he helped them to win the MLS Cup and the US Open Cup in 2004.

Garcia captained the US Under-20 national team at the World Youth Championship in Nigeria in 1999 and earned his first cap for the full national team on February 12, 2003, against Jamaica. So far, he has amassed six caps for the United States.

[edit] Career Statistics

As of August 22, 2006

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season Domestic Playoffs US Open Cup Continental Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Kansas City Wizards 2006* 23 1 0 0
2005 30 0 2 0 32 0
2004 26 0 4 0 4 0 34 0
2003 29 0 3 0 1 0 33 0
2002 27 0 3 0 3 0 33 0
2001 24 0 3 0 27 0
2000 32 0 7 0 39 0
Total 191 1 20 0 10 0 198 0
Career Totals 191 1 20 0 10 0 198 0

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