Sean Franklin

Sean Michael Franklin ( born March 21, 1985 in Los Angeles, California) is an American football player at the position of a defender. Since 2008 he is with Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer ( MLS), the top division in the North American Soccer, under contract. In 2011 he made his debut for the national team of his native country.

Career

Beginning of his career and time at Cal State Northridge and the Quakes

His active career as a football player began in Panorama City, a suburb of Los Angeles, born in 1985, Sean Franklin in young years. After he was just a hobby active first, he played among others, during his high school years at the Highland High School in Palmdale, California. There he trained mostly under the regionally respected youth coach Danny Young and was also a three-time letter winner. In addition, he was honored in his senior year for the Golden League 's Most Valuable Player in 2003 and made it into the All- Area first- team after he had brought his team to the championship title in the Golden League. In addition, he led his team in his senior year as captain. After his high school days of triple Letterman moved to the University, where his father was already active as a football player in the 1970erb, the California State University, Northridge. There he quickly advanced to become one of the most successful defensive players in the history of the university's football team. After a year as a redshirt, he was in the next game year, only one of two players of the teams that have been used in all 19 games of the season, to be subsequently brought, among others, the " All- Big West Conference Second- Team". In the same year he was also the first time brought into the U -20 team of the United States, in which he, however, was not used. As a sophomore, he brought his best performance of the season at the university, as it was used in 21 games, while six assists for his teammates made ​​after he had succeeded in the preseason even once. At the end of the season he was also awarded the " All- Big West Conference first- team " and choosing the " All- Far West Region Third - Team" for his services nor with the choice.

In 2006, he was a master power of the team in action again and done it one more time to use in all 19 league matches. Here, get him another four assists for his teammates and he was once again awarded the election to the " All- Big West Conference first- team." In addition, he made it at the end of this year, the " All- Far West Region second- team " and yet also scored his first goal as a player of the Northridge Matadors, as the sports department at Cal State Northridge is called. This he succeeded on 11 October 2006 in a 4-1 win over the football team at UC Irvine. In his off-season at the university he spent much of his time with the San Fernando Valley Quakes in the USL Premier to be regarded as viertklassig Development League (PDL ). This he did in the following year 2007, in which he first made ​​it with that in their Club history in the play-offs, there, however, in the semifinals against the BYU Cougars, a college football team with gaming operations in the fourth highest league, broke his arm and so the season had to end prematurely. Due to this injury, he missed a large part of his college season in which he returned only in the last eight games of the season while at a 2:3 defeat against the UC Santa Barbara and his second and last goal for the Northridge Matadors scored. Until his departure from the University, he went to a total of 65 championship appearances, ten assists and two goals and also still on 23 championship stakes and four goals in the Quakes in the Viertklassigkeit.

Draft to Los Angeles Galaxy

Early 2008, Franklin was drafted after graduating from Cal State Northridge as the best right-back of the entire Drafts via the MLS SuperDraft 2008 in the first round as the fourth pick to the Los Angeles Galaxy. He was in this year, equal to a total of six players who found their way to Los Angeles Galaxy over the MLS SuperDraft. After he had been represented in the season opening game of Galaxy on the bench for the first time and already stood in the subsequent first home game of Galaxy in the new season on the court, he quickly established himself in the team. After his professional debut on April 3, 2008 against the San Jose Earthquakes as he played through the full game time at center-back, he was used to the end of the season in 26 other games. The majority of the game in 2008, who studied right-back in the position of a center-back and had to cancel due to a knee injury in July only two championship matches. In addition, this season he achieved his first assist of at Galaxy, as he gave the template to a Edson Buddle scored by goals in a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids on October 12, 2008. End of the season he was voted best defender of Los Angeles Galaxy and was also still the MLS Rookie of the Year Award, as the best rookie player in the league.

In 2009 he fell for several months due to surgery his torn right hamstring and then returned slowly back into the running game back operation. By the end of the season he brought it merely inserts 13 Championship where he stood, however, in all of the beginning on the lawn. Also in this season, he succeeded again an assist and also he was a member of the team, as this the championship title in the regular season in the " Western Conference " secured and so the way to the final of the MLS Cup in 2009 paved. Franklin, who was used in all four play-off games of his team, was also one of the key players on the team, which narrowly lost only in the play-off final, which held annually MLS Cup against Real Salt Lake on penalties. The subsequent Major League Soccer 2010 was personally a bit better than the previously gone for Franklin. He was a master force in the defensive line of the team did again and brought it than this of which he played a total of 25 championship appearances in 24 from the start. In addition, he scored this season as six assists for his teammates. With Los Angeles Galaxy, he was ranked at the end of the football year, once again No. 1 on the " Western Conference " and qualified as without problems one more time for the play-off. In this Franklin competes in all three games of his team, but in the semi-final against FC Dallas clear defeated 0-3 and was eliminated.

The way up to the senior team

After he was appointed for the first time in the U-20 national team of his home country back in 2004, he was only about three years later, was in 2007 made ​​his debut for the junior selection of the U.S. as he prepares for an international youth tournament in South Korea a second time was brought into the squad. Finally, where he was against the U -20 team team of Egypt his debut when he played from the start and was replaced on 65 minutes by Hunter Freeman and acted also in this game as one of the top performers. Already about a month before Franklin was brought in the U-23 squad in the U.S., where he made his debut against the U -22 selection at Japan's Kirin Challenge Cup. Both games, in U- 20 and U -23, remained his only in a junior national team in his career. Even before his actual debut in the senior national team of the United States Franklin has already brought a number of times in their squad, where he mostly just mittrainierte, but no real prospects had an insert. He received his first convocation here in November 2008 for the scheduled this month for the 2010 World Cup qualifying match against Guatemala. Although he he was with the national team of the United States mittrainierte on game day but not in their squad and had to take a seat in the stands. In addition, Franklin was brought for the winter training camp in January 2009 in the national team of the United States. For use it afterwards was never enough, however, what it was, among other things, that he had to leave camp early due to injury.

Only two years later he would have the chance to be employed in the U.S. national team again. So caught up in coach Bob Bradley for the winter training camp again in 2011 in the national team, for which he soon after 22 January 2011 in a friendly against Chile (1-1) made ​​his debut when he came into use about the entire game. Overall, fewer than six more Americans arrived that day with Sean Franklin with Chris Wondolowski, Zach Loyd, Jeff Larentowicz, Sean Johnson, Anthony Wallace and Eric Alexander to their team debut.

Achievements

  • Triple Letterman
  • " Golden League 's Most Valuable Player ": 2003
  • " All- Area first- team ": 2003
  • Master of the " Golden League ": 2003
  • " All- Big West Conference Second- Team": 2004
  • " All- Big West Conference first- team ": 2005, 2006 and 2007
  • MLS Cupfinalist: 2009
  • Winner of the MLS Supporters' Shield: 2010
  • MLS Rookie of the Year: 2008
  • " Defender of the Year " by the Los Angeles Galaxy: 2008

Private / family / Trivia

  • Sean Michael Franklin was born the son of Lynette and John Franklin, who played in the years 1975 to 1977 at Cal State Northridge football, in the district of Panorama City of Los Angeles. In addition, Sean Franklin has three sisters and a brother.
  • His main subject at the university was graphic design.
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