- Quavas Kirk
Football player infobox
playername= Quavas Kirk
fullname = Quavas Kirk
nickname = "Q, Little Ezra"
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1988|4|13
cityofbirth = Aurora,Illinois
countryofbirth = U.S.
height = height|ft=6|in=1
currentclub =DC United
clubnumber = 5
position = right winger
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2006-2007
2008–
clubs =Los Angeles Galaxy D.C. United
caps(goals) =33 0(0)
10 0(1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate =13 September 2008
ntupdate = 3 December, 2006Quavas Kirk (born
April 13 ,1988 in Aurora,Illinois ) is an American soccer right winger who currently plays forD.C. United ofMajor League Soccer .Quavas Kirk was drafted by the Galaxy in the 3rd round of the
2005 MLS SuperDraft , 34th overall. He made his MLS debut in 2006. He scored his first professional goalAugust 1 ,2006 in theLamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in a 2-0 fourth-round win overDallas Roma F.C. Kirk has been a standout in the United States' under-17 national team, scoring 22 goals in 53 games. He played in the 2005 U-17 World Championship.
Kirk was expected to play a key role for the U-20 national team in the
2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup but picked up a pre-tournament injury and was excluded from the roster.Until the arrival of
David Beckham , Kirk wore the number 23 shirt for the Galaxy. However, despite publicly announcing his desire to retain the jersey, he was handed the number 15 to accommodate Beckham, who prefers to wear number 7 or 23. (Beckham had chosen the number 23 because 7 was already taken when he was transferred to Real Madrid by Raul and he admiresMichael Jordan ).On February 15, 2008, Kirk was traded to
DC United in exchange for the rights toGreg Vanney cite web
title=United acquire Kirk from Galaxy
url=http://dcunited.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080215&content_id=139154&vkey=pr_dcu&fext=.jsp&team=t103
accessmonthday=16 February
accessyear=2008 ] He scored his first career league goal onAugust 23 ,2008 in a 3-0 DC win over theColorado Rapids .ee also
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List of current MLS players References
External links
* [http://dcunited.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t103&player=kirk_q&playerId=kir349214&statType=current Kirk biography] at mlsnet.com
Persondata
NAME=Quavas Kirk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= ?
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Major League Soccer player.
DATE OF BIRTH=April 13 ,1988
PLACE OF BIRTH=Aurora,Illinois
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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