Wil Trapp

Wil Trapp

Trapp in 2017
Personal information
Full name William Alexander Trapp
Date of birth (1993-01-15) January 15, 1993
Place of birth Columbus, Ohio, United States[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Columbus Crew SC
Number 20
Youth career
2008–2011 Columbus Crew SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Akron Zips 45 (1)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Columbus Crew SC 117 (1)
National team‡
2011 United States U18 2 (0)
2012–2013 United States U20 18 (1)
2015–2016 United States U23 4 (0)
2015– United States 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 5, 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 6, 2016

William Alexander "Wil" Trapp (born January 15, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Columbus Crew SC in Major League Soccer and the United States national team.

Career

Youth

Born in Columbus, Ohio, Trapp is a product of Columbus Crew SC and a former varsity player at Lincoln High School where he led them to the Division 1 State Championship in 2009 and earned the 2010 NSCAA National High School Player of the Year award.[3] Trapp went to the University of Akron where he started in 45 games for the team from 2011 to 2012, scoring once.[3]

During his youth career in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, Trapp received many accolades. With the Crew Academy side, Trapp won the Crew Soccer Academy Player of the Year twice, in 2009 and again in 2010.[3] He was also given the honor of captaining the Crew U16 and U18 sides.[3] While with Akron, Trapp won two All-MAC First Team honors in 2011 and 2012 and Third Team NSCAA All-American honors in 2012.[3] He also helped the Crew Academy win the 2012 U-19 NYSA National Championship, the team's third in four years.[3]

Columbus Crew

Trapp in 2017

On December 13, 2012 it was announced that Trapp had signed a homegrown contract with the Columbus Crew SC of Major League Soccer.[3] He then made his professional debut with the side in a league match on July 6, 2013 against the Portland Timbers at MAPFRE Stadium in which he started and played the full 90 minutes as the Crew won the match 1–0, ending the Timbers' 15-match unbeaten streak.[4]

On September 13, 2014, Trapp scored his first professional goal, in a 2–2 draw at the Houston Dynamo.[5]

On October 20, 2014, following a 3–1 Crew victory over the New York Red Bulls, Thierry Henry said Trapp "owned the show," telling reporters after the match, "Wil Trapp was outstanding today. I know Higuain usually gets all the [credit], and their striker Schoenfeld will get credit because he scored two goals. But Wil Trapp was the key…Wil Trapp does his job, he brings the ball out for them... difficult to stop. He has for him a good future. As an American, [you] should be happy. I thought he was the difference."[6][7]

Trapp was named as a 2016 MLS All-Star, the first Homegrown Player in Crew SC history to be named as an all-star. He made the 22-man game day roster, coming on as a halftime substitute for Giovani dos Santos in the 2–1 defeat to Arsenal.[8][9]

International

Trapp played for the U-14, U-15 and U-18 national teams. He first gained national attention with the U-20 national team, appearing for them in the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and the 2013 Toulon Tournament. Trapp was selected to the Best XI at the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Trapp played in all 270 minutes for the United States in the U-20 World Cup and captained the side against France. However, the United States failed to progress out of the group stage.[10]

Trapp was a part of the U-23 national team for the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship, where the team placed third. He captained the side in the 2016 CONCACAF-CONMEBOL play-off, a 3–2 aggregate defeat for the USA that sent Colombia to the Olympics.[11]

Trapp made his debut for the senior national team on January 28, 2015 in a 3–2 friendly defeat at Chile. He came on as a substitute for Mix Diskerud in the 60th minute.[12]

Career statistics

As of August 5, 2017[13]
Club Season League MLS Cup US Open Cup CONCACAF Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Columbus Crew SC 2013 160––00––160
2014 2812010––311
2015 1905010––250
2016 300––20––320
2017 2400010–250
Career total 11717050001291

Honors

References

  1. ↑ "Wil Trapp". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Wil Trapp". Columbus Crew SC. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Crew Signs Wil Trapp to Homegrown Contract". Columbus Crew SC. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Columbus Crew 1, Portland Timbers 0 | MLS Match Recap". Major League Soccer. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  5. ↑ Major League Soccer (2014-09-13), GOAL: Wil Trapp blasts a rocket from outside the box | Houston Dynamo v Columbus Crew, retrieved 2016-05-07
  6. ↑ http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/10/21/columbus-crews-wil-trapp-admits-getting-goosebumps-when-hearing-praise-thier
  7. ↑ http://player.theplatform.com/p/TZlbt/raiMSG1/select/0TQ75TiDKWfErJHSpjxnYx2ooZ0goaHm?width=760&height=423&videoWidth=760&videoHeight=423&feedParams=byId%3D2562800856
  8. ↑ "2016 AT&T MLS All-Star Game Roster". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "MLS All-Stars 1–2 Arsenal". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  10. ↑ Merz, Craig. "Columbus Crew midfielder Wil Trapp looking to turn strong U-20 World Cup showing into MLS debut". Major League Soccer. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  11. ↑ "United States 1–2 Colombia (2–3 aggregate)". CONCACAF.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "U.S. MNT Opens 2015 with 3-2 Road Loss against Chile". USSoccer.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  13. ↑ Wil Trapp at Soccerway
  14. ↑ "2013 Young Male Athlete of the Year Q&A: Wil Trapp". ussoccer.com. November 27, 2013.

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