Nat Borchers

Nat Borchers

Personal information
Full name	Nat Borchers
Date of birth	April 13, 1981 (1981-04-13) (age 30)
Place of birth	Tucson, Arizona, United States
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Real Salt Lake
Number	6
Youth career
1999–2002	Denver Pioneers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002	Boulder Rapids Reserve
2003–2006	Colorado Rapids	87	(3)
2006–2008	Odd Grenland	30	(1)
2008–	Real Salt Lake	119	(6)
National team‡
2005–	United States	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 28, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 17, 2010

Nat Borchers (born April 13, 1981, in Tucson, Arizona) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.

Career

Youth and College

Borchers attended East High School in Pueblo, Colorado where he played on the boy's soccer team. In his four years at East High School, he was selected all-league three times and All-State once. He was chosen as the League MVP his senior year. He also played for the youth club, Colorado Storm (Club Colorado Select). In addition to playing soccer, Borchers ran track and played basketball.

Borchers played four years of college soccer for the University of Denver from 1999 to 2002, and also excelled for the Colorado Rapids' PDL affiliate, the Boulder Rapids Reserve. He was selected all-league three times and was the MVP of the league in his senior year at DU. Despite this, Borchers went undrafted in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft. Borchers earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting while in school.

Professional

Borchers was signed to the Rapids' developmental roster March 18, 2003, however, and soon proved to be far better than most had suspected. By the middle of the 2003 season, Borchers had secured a starting spot in Colorado's central defense. Throughout the 2005 season, Borchers continued to anchor the Rapids defense.

In 2006, Borchers was transferred to Norwegian club Odd Grenland. In February 2008, Borchers signed with MLS side Real Salt Lake on a transfer, after being released by Odd Grenland.^[1] His success with RSL in his first three seasons with the club led to a long-term deal announced on February 14, 2011 that will keep Borchers in Salt Lake through the 2014 season.^[2]

International

Borchers' surprising 2003 season led to him being called up for the Under-23 team's Olympic Qualifiers, in which the team was eliminated. He earned his first cap for the senior national team on March 9, 2005, against Colombia. Nat most recently played for the senior team on November 17, 2010, against South Africa, entering in the 67th minute.

Honors

Real Salt Lake

• Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 2009
• Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Championship (1): 2009

See also

• List of current MLS players

References

1. ^ The Daily Scoop
2. ^ http://www.realsaltlake.com/news/2011/02/nat-borchers-signs-contract-extension-through-2014

External links

• MLS player profile
• Odd Grenland profile (Norwegian)

Persondata
Name	Borchers, Nat
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Date of birth	April 13, 1981
Place of birth	Tucson, Arizona, United States
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