Kenny Cooper

Cooper in training, 2009

Kenny Cooper ( born October 21, 1984 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American football player.

Career

Youth

Kenny Cooper went to Dallas to the Jesuit College Preparatory School and was in 2003, where he also received his college degree, high school player of the year in Dallas and the surrounding area. In the same year he took the Solar Soccer Club Dallas at Dallas Cup, an international youth club tournament, part, whereby some former NASL players were aware of him. This contacted Jimmy Ryan, the head of the youth football department at Manchester United. Ryan had played with Kenny Cooper's father together in the NASL with the Dallas Tornado. He was invited for a trial and committed following of ManU.

Manchester United

In his first year in England Cooper played at youth level for Manchester United, in 2004 he was promoted to the senior level. By 2006 he was in the squad of Manchester United, but never made ​​it into the first team.

At the beginning of the 2004/2005 season he was loaned to Académica Coimbra in Portugal, but he played for the Portuguese a single game. After half a year he returned to Manchester and was immediately awarded it to Oldham Athletic. There, Cooper was ten times for use and scoring three goals.

FC Dallas

In February 2006 he left the British Isles and returned to his hometown of Dallas, where he signed a contract with FC Dallas. In his first season he scored 11 goals in 31 games. In the following years he was a regular player of the club. In the MLS season in 2008, he was the only player of FC Dallas, who was standing with all games on the court. Until the end of July 2009, he played a total of 90 times for FC Dallas, he succeeded in doing 40 goals.

1860 München

Beginning of August 2009 joined Cooper on the German second division club TSV 1860 Munich. He signed a contract with the Lions in 2012, which was provided with an option for another year. On 9 August 2009, he came to his first race for the Sechzger. In the game against TuS Koblenz he was in the starting lineup and scored the first goal of the season for TSV 1860.

End of January 2010 Cooper, who had an injury towards the end of the first round was must pause borrowed until season's end to the English second division club Plymouth Argyle. He was seven times off the bench and thus came to a total of 138 minutes of playing time.

On 1 July 2010, he broke in the first practice after his return to Munich ankle and had to pause by several months. The last game in 2010 against SC Paderborn he came to the first season use, when he came off the bench in 71 minutes.

Portland Timbers

On January 13, the TSV 1860 Munich announced that Cooper will continue on its current contract until 2012 and will not change with immediate effect to the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer. On January 17, 2011, the Exchange, of the part of the Timbers, completed. On 19 March 2011, he shot the MLS debut of the Portland Timbers first MLS goal in the history of the team.

New York Red Bulls

On January 12, 2012 Cooper moved to the Red Bulls. The Timbers were given a transfer fee and a first round pick in the MLS SuperDraft. His first race for the Red Bulls, he completed 11 March 2012 in the season opener of the team. On the 2nd Round Cooper scored his first goal. He scored against his former club FC Dallas.

FC Dallas

In January 2013, Kenny Cooper returned to FC Dallas.

National

On 20 January 2007 he made ​​his international debut against Denmark, in the same match he scored his first goal.

His first major tournament was the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, where the choice of the United States reached the second place. Cooper could mark two goals in the tournament.

Private

Cooper's father, also called by their first names Kenny, played as a goalkeeper in the North American Soccer League and later worked as a coach in the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1996, Cooper sen., Who came from the British Blackpool, announced his retirement as coach and moved with his family to Dallas, Texas. Cooper senior and former football player Mike Renshaw together hold a wine -import operation.

On January 7, 2012 Cooper married his girlfriend Molly Grimm in Charleston, South Carolina.