Scot Thompson

Football player infobox| playername= Scot Thompson
fullname = Scot Thompson
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|2|11
cityofbirth = New York, NY
countryofbirth = United States
height = height|ft=6|in=0
currentclub = Portland Timbers
clubnumber = 17
position = Defender
youthyears = 1999-2002
youthclubs = UCLA
years = 2003-2004
2004-
clubs = Los Angeles Galaxy Portland Timbers
caps(goals) = 01 (0) 88 (7)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = October 1 2007
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Scot Thompson (born February 11, 1981 in New York, New York) is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division.

Thompson played college soccer at UCLA from 1999 to 2002, helping lead the Bruins to a national championship in 2002. He finished his career at UCLA with 68 starts, and was named to the first-team All-Pac 10 as a senior.

Prior to attending UCLA, Scot was a standout defender at Trabuco Hills High School from 1995 to 1999, where he was a four year Varsity starter, and earned all South Coast League 1st Team Honors for three years. During this time, Scot was invited to train with the US National Under-19 Squad. Other notable teammates, Peter Padayachee and Jared Hayman, earned South Coast League 1st Team Honors and attended Brown University. In Scot's senior year the Mustangs earned a share of the South Coast League title and were knocked out of the quarter-finals of the CIF playoffs.

Upon graduating, Thompson was selected 16th overall by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft. Unfortunately for Thompson, he tore his ACL in the preseason, and missed the entire 2003 season as a result. Returning healthy in 2004, Thompson was nevertheless unable to break into the Galaxy's starting lineup - he was loaned mid-season to the Portland Timbers of the A-League, where he excelled. Easily one of the Timbers' best players, Thompson started 13 games for the team, registering two assists, while helping lead the team to the A-League's best regular season record. When the Timbers were eliminated from the playoffs, Thompson returned to the Galaxy; however, he only made one appearance, playing a single minute. Thompson was released at the end of the season and, despite professing intentions of going to Europe, re-signed with the Timbers. In July 2005, Thompson put in an impressive performance for the Timbers in a friendly match against English soccer team Sunderland FC, which had been recently promoted to the English Premier League. He was invited to participate in a several week training session with Sunderland later in 2005, although he was not offered a contract with the club. History repeated itself in 2006: after an impressive performance in an exhibition match against English soccer team Coventry City, he was invited to a 10 day trial training session in August.

After a particularly noteworthy play, his fans in Portland routinely chant "S-C-O-T, Scot with One T!"

External links

* [http://www.portlandtimbers.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=1 Portland Timbers player profile]