Jimmy Conrad

Jimmy Conrad ( born February 12, 1977 in Temple City, California) is an American football player and current for the Major League Soccer club Chivas USA active. In addition, Conrad is currently plaing for national player of the United States and was nominated by Bruce Arena for the Football World Cup 2006 in Germany.

Sports career

The defender learned to play football in the youth team of the Santa Anita Stallions, the student team of Temple City High School and in the Mountain View Youth Soccer League. In the years 1994 and 1995 he attended the San Diego State University and was as active as later in the university selection at UCLA, where he also completed two seasons and in 1997 won the championship in the NCAA.

Conrad was outside the Draft System of MLS and 1998, then joined in the A-League, a second-rate league in the United States, the now -defunct club San Diego Flash and won on the side of Joe Cannon, his and future teammates in San José, the championship in the Pacific Division. After only one year Conrad joined the MLS club to San Jose Clash ( from the year 2000: " San Jose Earthquakes " ) and came in his first season to 17 matches. In the second season, he continued to develop first-team regular and stood at 25 inserts total in all nine games without conceding a goal of the club on the pitch. In addition, he was in a memorable game, despite a barrier, participate in the championship match against Los Angeles Galaxy in the Rose Bowl, because all the MLS and the opposing club allowed to play before his difficult cancer stepfather. After the end of the season he spent on loan additionally a short time at the Polish club Lech Poznań.

Due to a broken foot had Conrad in the early stages of 2001, first pause. After his return he played, however, back in the starting line- and won with his club after a final victory against the Galaxy MLS Cup, the U.S. Championship. In his fourth and final season for the San Jose Earthquakes Conrad was part of the league 's second- best defense, failed with his team, but then in the quarterfinals at Columbus Crew.

Conrad then moved in 2003 to the Kansas City Wizards, and this transfer was subject to the obligation of Arturo Alvarez in connection, which was in turn hired about the draft system in San Jose. In Kansas Conrad immediately became a top performer, came in all 30 games for the course and missed only 20 minutes use. Only a year later he won with his new club the U.S. Open Cup and was elected to the team of the season. In addition, he sat at the all-star game on the bench and came in the election of the best defenders in the league among the top three players.

In 2005, he won election to the best defensive player and was again nominated for eleven of the season. He also came on 7 July 2005 at the Gold Cup against Cuba on his debut for the U.S. national soccer team and later represented a league selection in a friendly match against Real Madrid in the Spanish capital.

In May 2006, announced Bruce Arena that the central defender Conrad was nominated for the FIFA World Cup in 2006 and surprised with this decision, as Conrad, were classified as having 28 years of relatively late authoritative debutants, little prospects for the future forecast at another National team career.

In December 2010, Conrad moved within the MLS to CD Chivas USA

Others

  • Conrad grew up as the oldest child on with six siblings, with whom he has two sisters and four brothers.
  • He dropped out of UCLA with a degree in mathematics.

Achievements

  • CONCACAF Gold Cup winner 2005
  • MLS Cup winner: 2001
  • U.S. Open Cup winner: 2004
  • A- League champions (Pacific Division ): 1998
  • Best defender in MLS: 2005

Club stations as a professional footballer

  • San Diego Flash ( 1998)
  • San Jose Clash / Earthquakes (1999 - 2002) Lech Posen (2000, borrowed )
Defender (association football) National Collegiate Athletic Association Joe Cannon (soccer) Rose Bowl Stadium Comeback Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
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