Troy Perkins

Troy Perkins ( born July 29, 1981 in Springfield, Ohio) is an American football player ( goalkeeper).

Youth and College

Perkins attended Thomas Worthington High School in Worthington, Ohio. After graduating, he moved to the University of South Florida, where he played football at the University of team. After two seasons, he went for his season as a senior at the University of Evansville. In Evansville, he only got 21 goals in 19 games. His rate was 1.09 goals per game. In 2002 and 2003 he also played in the USL Premier Development League for the Cape Cod Crusaders.

Vereinskarierre

After graduating Perkins was not selected in the MLS Draft. A short time later, he received a "developmental contract" at DC United. Perkins got his chance for DC to play after the two -choice goalkeeper Nick Rimando and Doug Warren could not show the desired performance. He took the chance and was in his first season, a total of 16 times on the court. Here, he scored a goal ratio of 1.62 goals - per - game. Despite the good performance he shared at the end of the season his place with Nick Rimando.

It was not until the 2006 season, he was goalkeeper of the team and was in almost all the games on the court. At the end of the season he was awarded with the " MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award " was in the " MLS Best XI " and was for the MLS All -Star Game against Chelsea was nominated, where he led the first half on the court stood.

In the next season he was able to improve his average to 1.10 goals - per - game. Nevertheless, he moved on 20 December 2007 on the Norwegian first division side Vålerenga IF. One reason for this was the commitment of Zach Wells as the new goalkeeper.

When the Norwegians he two years guarded the gate.

On 13 January 2010 he returned to DC United. The transfer was complicated because DC for the Brazilian player Fred, a transfer fee and the first pick in the MLS Super Draft 2010 had to give at Philadelphia Union so that United had obtained the necessary rights to be able to commit to Perkins. Previously, he had turned down offers from various French club Feyenoord Rotterdam.

After one season, he is for Steve Cronin and a transfer fee to the Portland Timbers. The Timbers, he held the status of Master goalkeeper while preparing for the 2011 season. But he missed the first six league games due to a knee injury. In his first game for Portland on April 20, 2011, he reached the first goalkeeper of the Timbers tight at the back ( shutout ).

During the 2012 season, Perkins moved in exchange for Donovan Ricketts to the Canadian team Montreal Impact.

National

His first international match played Perkins on 21 January 2009 against Sweden. He was also a member of the squad for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2009.

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