- Stuart Holden
Football player infobox| playername= Stuart Holden
fullname = Stuart Holden
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|8|1
cityofbirth = Aberdeen
countryofbirth =Scotland
height = height|ft=5|in=10
currentclub =Houston Dynamo
clubnumber = 22
position =Midfielder
youthyears = 2003-04
youthclubs = Clemson
years = 2005
2006-
clubs = SunderlandHouston Dynamo
caps(goals) = 00 0(0)
54 0(7)
nationalyears =
2007-08
nationalteam = United States U-20
Untied States U-23
nationalcaps(goals) = 11 (1)
7 (1)
pcupdate = 24 August 2008
ntupdate = 23 March 2008Stuart Holden (born
August 1 ,1985 in Aberdeen,Scotland ) is a Scottish/Americanfootball player who currently playsmidfielder for theHouston Dynamo inMajor League Soccer .Professional career
After playing two years at
Clemson University , Holden signed with English club Sunderland in March 2005. Shortly after, Holden suffered a brutal attack [http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13315084,00.html] in which his left eye socket was fractured outside a bar in NewcastleMarch 12 ,2005 .Holden returned to the U.S. to play in MLS with hometown team Houston for the 2006 season and made his MLS debut
May 27 ,2006 . Holden scored his first professional goalJuly 22 ,2006 in a 1-1 home draw against New England. He appeared thirteen times in the 2006 regular season and twice as a substitute in Houston's run to theMLS Cup 2006 championship. In the championshippenalty shootout , Holden took the Dynamo's second shot and scored to the top right corner.Holden's playing time increased in 2007, and he made the most of it as an outside midfielder, starting on the left when teammate
Brad Davis went down with injury. In July, Holden scored goals on consecutive Thursday night games televised by ESPN2 and added three assists in league play and another in SuperLiga play, as ofJuly 25 .International career
Capped eleven times as a United States youth international at the U-20 level. Early in 2007, Holden was called in to the U.S. U-23 squad for a camp in California and in December for a camp and trip to China to play matches against the China U-23 team. In July 2008 Holden was named to the U.S. squad competing in the
2008 Beijing Olympics . OnAugust 7 he scored in the USA's opening match, a 1-0 victory against Japan.ee also
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List of current MLS players
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