- Scot Thompson
Football player infobox| playername= Scot Thompson
fullname = Scot Thompson
nickname =
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
ntupdate =Scot Thompson (born
February 11 ,1981 in New York,New York ) is an Americansoccer player who currently plays for the Portland Timbers of theUSL First Division .Thompson played
college soccer atUCLA 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 the2003 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 teamSunderland 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 teamCoventry 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]
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