Josh Wicks

Joshua Myiah Wicks ( born November 1, 1983 in Landstuhl, Germany ) is an American football player and currently plays for DC United in Major League Soccer.

Career

Youth

Born in Palatine Landstuhl Americans grew up in San Bernardino (California ), where he played college football at Cal State Bakersfield. During the summer holidays he played in 2003 for the Des Moines Menace in the USL Premier Development SC League.

Professional

From 2005 to 2006 Josh Wicks played for the Vancouver Whitecaps in the USL First Division. At the beginning of the 2005 season he was second behind goalkeeper Mike Franks. This was injured, however, and so Wicks came on 13 missions during the season and two in the play-offs. His rate was 0.55 goals against per game. In the 2006 season he also played for the Whitecaps and was the spare man behind the England goalkeeper Tony Craig. This year, the Caps for the first time were able to win the First Division. Wicks was three times on the court.

In 2007 he moved to the Portland Timbers, who also played in the USL First Division. There he came to 27 missions and was awarded as the best goalkeeper in the league. During the winter break playing for a few months in Kenya in the AFC Leopards.

In early 2008, he joined the Major League Soccer Los Angeles Galaxy. Before the season, he was taken to sample at the Pan - Pacific Championship in 2008 and the subsequent trip to Asia of the Association. The former Galaxy coach Ruud Gullit was very impressed by the goalkeeper and Wicks received a contract. His MLS debut was 30 August 2008 against New England Revolution, where he came off the bench against the injured Steve Cronin.

A season later he went to D.C. United. There he made his first game against his former club Los Angeles Galaxy.

From 2011 Wicks plays for IFK Mariehamn in Finland.