Conor Casey

Conor Casey

Personal information
Full name	Conor Casey
Date of birth	July 25, 1981 (1981-07-25) (age 30)
Place of birth	Dover, New Hampshire, United States
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Colorado Rapids
Number	9
Youth career
1999–2000	Portland Pilots
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2004	Borussia Dortmund	4	(1)
2001–2002	→ Hannover 96 (loan)	23	(8)
2003–2004	→ Karlsruher SC (loan)	30	(14)
2004–2006	Mainz 05	40	(3)
2007	Toronto FC	2	(0)
2007–	Colorado Rapids	101	(48)
National team‡
2001	United States U20	3	(0)
2000	United States U23	6	(0)
2004–	United States	20	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 23, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 5, 2010

Conor Casey (born July 25, 1981, in Dover, New Hampshire) is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.

Career

Youth and College

Casey was born in New Hampshire, but moved to Colorado as at age 5, and considers Denver his hometown. He played soccer at Denver's South High School and went on to play two years of college soccer for the University of Portland from 1999 to 2000. In his first year at the University of Portland, Casey was named best player of the year. In his second, he led the university soccer team in scoring with twenty-three goals and seven assists.

Professional

After playing well in the 2000 Summer Olympics Casey signed a four-year contract with German club Borussia Dortmund. After finishing a year of playing with the club, Casey was loaned out in the 2001–02 season to Braziers Hannover 96, where he scored seven goals in nineteen games. The subsequent year, Casey stayed with Dortmund, but only saw action in four games, scoring one try. In 2003–04, he was again loaned to a second division club, Karlsruher SC, scoring fourteen goals in thirty games. In 2004, Casey signed with Bundesliga club Mainz 05, but scored only 2 goals and struggled with injuries during two-and-a-half seasons with the club.

After being released by Mainz, Casey returned to America and signed with Major League Soccer. Casey was originally allocated to Toronto FC, but was traded to his hometown club, Colorado Rapids, on April 19, 2007, in exchange for Riley O'Neill and an undisclosed amount of allocations. Casey ended the 2009 MLS season, with 16 goals, just one less than leader Jeff Cunningham. In 2010 Casey became the All Time goal scorer for the Colorado Rapids. Likewise in 2010 Casey was selected as the MVP for the 2010 MLS Cup championship.

International

Casey played at the 2001 World Youth Championship in Argentina and has since graduated to the senior United States national team, getting his first cap on March 31, 2004, against Poland. On July 7, 2005, Casey suffered a tear to his ACL while playing against Cuba in the USA's opening game of the Gold Cup.^[1] Served as a late sub for the United States during several matches in the 2009 Confederations Cup. Casey scored twice (his first ever Senior team goals) against Honduras in a critical world cup qualifier at San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on October 10, 2009. The unanimous Man of the Match, Casey scored the U.S.'s first two goals,^[2] and was fouled to set up the game winning free-kick goal by Landon Donovan. The win put the United States through to the 2010 World Cup.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	October 10, 2009	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Honduras	1 – 1	3 – 2	Q 2010 World Cup
2.	October 10, 2009	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Honduras	2 – 1	3 – 2	Q 2010 World Cup

Honors

Colorado Rapids

• Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Championship (1): 2010
• Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 2010

United States

• CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions (1): 2005

Individual

• MLS Cup Most Valuable Player: 2010
• MLS Best XI: 2009
• Colorado Rapids – All Time Goal Scorer: 42
• Colorado Rapids – All Time Hat Trick: 3

See also

• List of current MLS players

References

1. ^ "Conor Casey Suffers ACL Tear". ussoccer.com. July 9, 2005. http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Mens-National-Team/2005/07/Conor-Casey-Suffers-ACL-Tear.aspx. Retrieved October 13, 2011. 
2. ^ "Kick Started". Outside Online May 2010 Issue. http://outside.away.com/outside/gear/201005/soccer-style-us-team-world-cup-conor-casey-robbie-findley-heath-pearce.html. Retrieved May 2, 2010. 

External links

• MLS player profile
• Conor Casey articles on Yanks Abroad
• Conor Casey at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Casey, Conor
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	July 25, 1981
Place of birth	Dover City, New Hampshire, United States
Date of death
Place of death