This article is about the american soccer player. For early people named Tim Howard, see Tim Howard ( disambiguation )
Timothy Matthew Howard ( born March 6, 1979 ) is a former american english professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He death played for USL Championship club Memphis 901 FC, a club of which he is a minority owner and sporting director. He is besides external ambassador in the US for early club Everton. Howard is widely considered to be one of the greatest goalkeepers in american soccer history. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Howard was named to the 2003–04 PFA Premier League Team of the year and was awarded the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Glove. Referencing the American populace ‘s preference for other sports over soccer in contrast to most other countries, the Chicago Tribune described Howard as the “ rare of creatures – an american english soccer hero ”. [ 8 ]
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Howard began his career with the North Jersey Imperials, before making a travel to the MetroStars. His appearances soon attracted the attention of English Premier League cabaret Manchester United, who signed him in 2003. He enjoyed relative success with the clubhouse, as they won the 2003 FA Community Shield, the 2003–04 FA Cup and the 2005–06 League Cup. After United signed goalkeeper Edwin van five hundred Sar, however, Howard went out on loanword to Everton to play more first-team football, and finally signed permanently with them in February 2007. On January 4, 2012, Howard scored his first professional goal in a Premier League match against Bolton Wanderers, making him only the fourth goalkeeper to score a goal in the Premier League. [ 9 ] In 2016, Howard made his return to MLS, signing for the Colorado Rapids. He played for three years for the Rapids before hanging up his gloves in October 2019. Almost immediately, Howard ramped up his front-office character in USL Championship side Memphis 901 FC and was announced as the clubhouse ‘s sporting film director in January 2020. He late returned to professional soccer in March 2020, signing a play contract with the club he co-owned. [ 10 ] Howard is the most capped goalkeeper of all-time for the United States men ‘s national team, with 121 caps since 2002 until his international retirement in 2017. He was an unused substitute for the 2006 FIFA World Cup but later established himself as first-choice custodian of the United States ‘ international tournament games beginning with the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, in which the U.S. ended as runner-up against Brazil. Howard participated at both the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, starting in all their matches. The team reached the Round of 16 on both occasions, and during the latter Howard set a World Cup record for most saves in a pit, with 15 against Belgium. [ Note 1 ]
early biography [edit ]
Howard was born in North Brunswick, New Jersey, [ 11 ] the son of african-american truck driver Matthew Howard and his hungarian wife Esther ( née Fekete ), who worked for a container packing distributor. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] His beget moved out “ before [ Howard ] formed [ his ] first memory ” [ 13 ] and his parents divorced when Howard was three. [ 14 ] Afterwards, Howard lived with his mother. [ 15 ] Howard was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome and OCD when he was in the one-sixth grade. [ 14 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In 1991, before Howard was a adolescent, Tim Mulqueen, a erstwhile adjunct coach for the U.S. under-17 soccer team, saw Howard ‘s electric potential at a single $ 25 soccer coach school term. He took Howard under his fly, offering him release soccer coaching. [ 18 ] When Howard was 14 and 15 years old, Peter Mellor, the former professional goalkeeper who was coaching for the United States Soccer Federation and writing the course of study for the first gear U.S. Soccer National Goalkeeping License for coaches, saw the 14-year-old Howard in an Olympic Development Player camp, identified him as a star of the future, and placed him in the Olympic Development Program. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Mellor besides helped Howard obtain his sour let appeal after he joined Manchester United from the MetroStars in 2003. [ 19 ] Howard attended North Brunswick Township High School. [ 22 ] Howard proved a leading not entirely in soccer as a midfielder, but besides on the basketball court, where he averaged 15 points per game and helped bring his team to the state finals in his senior year. [ 23 ] During high school, he played for Central Jersey Cosmos. [ 24 ] In 1995, Howard was part of the U.S. under-17 police squad. [ 24 ]
Club career [edit ]
In 1997, Mulqueen became the coach of the North Jersey Imperials, [ 25 ] a team in the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues ( USISL ), and served as the goalkeeping passenger car for Major League Soccer ( MLS ) ‘s MetroStars ; he considered Howard for a side on the Imperials. Howard signed with the Imperials and played in his first gear professional game before graduating from high school. [ 26 ] He notched six appearances with the North Jersey Imperials. [ 25 ]
MetroStars [edit ]
Howard was brought up to the MetroStars by Mulqueen, who at the time was the MetroStars ‘ goalkeeping coach. Howard was victorious in his MLS debut with the MetroStars on August 18, 1998, making five saves in a 4–1 winnings over Colorado at Giants Stadium ( his only appearance of the year ). He later played in one game with the Nike Project-40 Team, a 3–1 gain over the Staten Island Vipers at Giants Stadium on May 6, 1998. With the MetroStars during the 1999 MLS season, Howard made eight starts in nine contests. Howard had a 1.58 GAA and won just one match in a season in which the Metros won just seven games. He besides spent most of the international season with the United States Under-20 team, leaving the cabaret to compete in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in April and the 1999 Pan american Games in July. Howard posted a 5–2–2 commemorate with a 1.59 GAA in 2000, splitting prison term between the MetroStars and the United States Olympic team, besides winning all three of his U.S. Open Cup starts that season. Howard won the 2001 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year award, recording 146 saves and finishing the year with a 1.33 GAA, [ 27 ] four shutouts, and a 13–10–3 record. [ 28 ] He besides received the MLS Humanitarian of the Year Award. [ 27 ] Howard played in 27 of 28 even temper games in 2002 for the MetroStars, recording four shutouts. [ 28 ] He was named to the MLS Best xi for the second straight season. Before leaving the MetroStars in 2003, he appeared in thirteen games and had three scavenge sheets [ 28 ] as the club challenged for first place during the temper ‘s beginning half .
manchester United [edit ]
Manchester United paid a US $ 4 million transfer tip to sign Howard in the middle of the 2003 MLS season, and he replaced Fabien Barthez as the club ‘s first-choice goalkeeper. [ 29 ] Howard started off very well at Manchester United, saving the decisive punishment in the Community Shield against Arsenal. other luminary performances followed, including Bolton Wanderers and a home FA Cup tie victory over Manchester City. In March 2004, however, Howard ‘s poor people parry handed a final moment goal to Porto, eliminating United from the UEFA Champions League. [ 30 ] The error appeared to shatter Howard ‘s confidence and he was replaced by Roy Carroll. [ citation needed ] After a period of rest, Howard reclaimed his starting status ahead of Carroll for the 2004 FA Cup Final, picking up a achiever ‘s decoration. He was the irregular American actor to collect a achiever ‘s decoration in the FA Cup, after julian Sturgis of Wanderers in the 1873 final. Howard was besides named in the PFA Best xi in his foremost season at Manchester United. [ 31 ] In Howard ‘s second season with Manchester United, he started ill, making several errors and was dropped again for Carroll. After Carroll made several errors vitamin a well, Howard regained the start position but his performances were improbable, leading to Carroll regaining his place again, playing in the FA Cup final frustration to Arsenal. At the end of the 2004–05 season, Howard signed a modern sign, which was to run until 2009. In the summer of 2005, Manchester United released both of his competitors for the goalkeeper position – Ricardo López Felipe and Carroll. however, they besides bought experience Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van five hundred Sar from Fulham soon after .
Everton [edit ]
Howard joined Everton on loanword for the 2006–07 temper and made his debut for the club against Watford on the opening day of the Premier League season. He signed a permanent wave deal with the club in February 2007 for a fee reported to be worth around £ 3 million. [ 32 ] Howard made his hundredth appearance for Everton against West Ham United, on November 8, 2008. On April 19, 2009, in the FA Cup semi final, he saved two penalties against his former cabaret Manchester United in a penalty shoot-out to send Everton to the concluding against Chelsea. During the 2008–09 Premier League season, Howard set the club record for most league match houseclean sheets in a season. Howard started the 2009–10 Premier League season with four consecutive clean sheets, including away to Portsmouth where he helped his team fasten a 1–0 acquire. [ 33 ] Howard saved a Jermain Defoe penalty in injury time to help his side draw 2–2 with Tottenham Hotspur on December 6, 2009. [ 34 ] Howard captained Everton for the foremost meter in a 3–3 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on December 12, 2009. [ 35 ]
“ It was barbarous. You saw the back four-spot and the keepers not being able to believe balls all night, and at the back one wrong step and it can be a nightmare. For our goal I was disappointed from a goalkeepers ‘ union point of view. You never want to see that happen. It ‘s not nice, it ‘s awkward, so I felt for Adam but you have to move on from it. ”
Tim Howard, on his beginning goal. [ 36 ]
During the 2011–12 Premier League season, Howard scored his first goal in master soccer in a 2–1 get the better of to Bolton Wanderers. His wind-assisted 101-yard clearance at Goodison Park made him lone the fourth goalkeeper to score in a Premier League equal since its formation in 1992. [ 37 ] He described his goal as “ barbarous ” and refused to celebrate out of sympathy/respect for his beat opposite issue, Ádám Bogdán. [ 36 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] In March 2012, Howard agreed a new sign to keep him at the club until the summer of 2016. [ 40 ] On March 2, 2013, Howard ‘s run of 210 consecutive Premier League appearances dating back to September 2007 came to an end as he missed a crippled against Reading with a finger wound. [ 41 ] He was two games short of equalling Neville Southall ‘s clubhouse record. [ 42 ] In May, Howard kept his hundredth clean sheet for Everton in a 0–0 disembowel against Liverpool in the Merseyside bowler hat. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] On December 26, Howard was sent off in a 1–0 kill to Sunderland, which ended Everton ‘s hopes of remaining an entire calendar year unbeaten at base. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] In April 2014, Everton extended Howard ‘s contract by two years until 2018. [ 47 ] On February 19, 2016, Everton coach Roberto Martínez confirmed Howard was expected to serve as the stand-in to Joel Robles. [ 48 ] Howard had recently been affected by a knee injury and a personnel casualty of form. [ 49 ] Before his final match with the baseball club, Howard made a speech before the fans, stating, “ I will remain an Evertonian for life. This will constantly be my team, my club. ” [ 49 ]
Colorado Rapids [edit ]
On March 20, 2016, it was announced that Howard would return to MLS, signing a three-and-a-half-year deal with the Colorado Rapids and becoming available when the MLS transfer window opens on July 4. On June 28, Howard was given the number 1 jersey as he appeared in his first press league with the club. [ 50 ] On November 6, 2016, Howard saved two penalty kicks – with a third besides being sent off the crossbar – against the LA Galaxy to send Colorado to the western Conference Championship. On January 22, 2019, Howard announced the 2019 Major League Soccer season would be his final season as a professional musician. [ 51 ] He retired in October 2019. [ 52 ]
Memphis 901 [edit ]
On March 4, 2020, Howard announced his retort to professional soccer, signing a play contract with Memphis 901 FC in the USL Championship, where he besides serves as sporting film director and minority owner. [ 53 ]
International career [edit ]
Howard makes a write during training for the U.S. national team, 2006
Howard represented the United States under-20 national team at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria, playing in group stage victories over England and Cameroon, before a personnel casualty in the Round of 16 against Spain. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] [ 56 ] In July 1999, Howard was called up for the United States under-23 home team for the 1999 Pan American Games tournament. The United States ended the tournament with a bronze decoration having overcome Canada in the Bronze decoration match. [ 57 ] Howard was used as a backup to Brad Friedel at the 2000 Summer Olympics. On March 10, 2002, he received his first aged cap, against Ecuador. On May 2, 2006, Howard was named as one of three goalkeepers on the United States roll for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, but served as a stand-in to Kasey Keller. Howard became the team ‘s first choice goalkeeper under Bob Bradley and started in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup final, a 2–1 win over Mexico .
Howard with the U.S. national team against Austria in 2013 Howard was the starting goalkeeper for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, including the semi-final in which the United States upset Spain, then the number one-ranked team in the populace. Howard ‘s eight saves earned him his beginning clean sheet of the tournament and the first base shutout of the spanish side since 2007. Following the United States ‘ second-place finish up in the tournament, Howard was awarded the Golden Glove for best goalkeeper. [ 58 ] Howard was the starting goalkeeper for the 2010 World Cup, in South Africa, and turned in a man of the match performance against England in his World Cup introduction. [ 59 ] Howard ‘s distribution to Landon Donovan led to the game-winning goal of the final group match against Algeria, giving the United States enactment into the round of 16. [ 60 ] During the United States ‘ round of 16 game against Ghana, Howard conceded two goals in a 2–1 passing. After Mexico defeated the United States to win the 2011 Gold Cup Final, Howard made a controversial instruction regarding the post-match ceremony. The trophy presentation was conducted entirely in spanish, despite the tournament being held in the United States. Howard went on to say that it was a “ discredit ” and commented further that if the final had been in Mexico City and the United States had won, the ceremony would not have been made in English. [ 61 ]
On June 7, 2014, in the buildup to the 2014 World Cup, Howard received his hundredth capital for the United States in a 2–1 kill of Nigeria. [ 62 ] On June 22, Howard was named man of the match for his display during the United States ‘ 2–2 draw with Portugal ; [ 63 ] his most noteworthy save was a reaction stop to deny Éder, having previously diverted Nani ‘s dart onto the post. On July 1, Howard was again award homo of the meet, despite the United States losing 2–1 to Belgium after extra clock in the round of 16. [ 64 ] During the pit, he broke the record for most saves in a World Cup peer with 15. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] [ 67 ] [ Note 1 ] After breaking this criminal record, his performance was celebrated global on the internet, with the hashtag # ThingsTimHowardCouldSave trending on Twitter. [ 68 ] Following the World Cup, in August 2014, Howard asked U.S. men ‘s national team coach Jürgen Klinsmann to take a break from international football until September 2015 ; [ 69 ] as a resultant role, he missed the 2015 Gold Cup. He was called up again in August 2015, for the team ‘s friendly against Peru on September 4, at RFK Stadium. [ 70 ] Howard was a extremity of the team that won the 2017 Gold Cup. [ 51 ] however, following to national team ‘s failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup late that year, after a surprise 2–1 away kill to Trinidad and Tobago on October 10, [ 71 ] he was no longer capped at international horizontal surface. With 121 appearances, he is the most cap goalkeeper in U.S. men ‘s national team history. [ 72 ]
personal life [edit ]
He is divorced from Laura Cianciola Howard, with whom he has two children. [ 73 ] He is a devout Christian and has said, “ The most important thing in my life is Christ. He ‘s more significant to me than winning or losing or whether I ‘m playing or not. Everything else is good a bonus. ” [ 74 ] He is besides involved with Athletes in Action, a ministry arm of Campus Crusade for Christ. [ 74 ] Howard was named MLS Humanitarian of the class in 2001 for his make with children with Tourette syndrome, [ 17 ] and was added to the New Jersey Tourette Syndrome Association Board of Directors in the lapp year. [ 27 ] In 2014, the U.S. Tourette Syndrome Association described him as the “ most luminary individual with Tourette syndrome around the populace ” [ 75 ] when he was deemed a “ Champion of Hope ” for the “ enormous courage he displayed in sharing his floor on an international platform, educating the public on a disorder that is so rarely talked about, and encouraging young people living with TS to speak out about their experiences ”. [ 75 ] In 2014, Howard showed off his sleeve and torso tattoo for PETA ‘s “ Ink, not Mink ” anti-fur political campaign. [ 76 ]
Publications [edit ]
Howard ‘s autobiography, The Keeper: A Life of Saving Goals and Achieving Them ( ISBN 978-0-06-238739-4 ), was co-author with Ali Benjamin and published in 2014. It describes his career and his life with Tourette syndrome and OCD. [ 16 ] In the ledger, Howard says that his neurological makeup gave him an enhanced perception and an ability to hyper-focus that contributed to his achiever on the field. [ 16 ] The New York Times koran inspection said that “ few are cooler or quicker than Mr. Howard ” and that “ the history is good, but reading it require [ mho ] a certain tolerance for sports clichés ”. [ 77 ] The Chicago Tribune describes Howard as the “ rare of creatures – an american soccer champion ”, adding that the book has “ stimulate recollections ” and that Howard is a “ gracious narrator, though here and there he engages in balmy score-settling ”. [ 8 ]
Club ownership [edit ]
In September 2018, Howard became part-owner of English fifth-tier club Dagenham & Redbridge and American second-tier baseball club Memphis 901. [ 78 ] It was announced in December 2019 that Howard had taken over as sporting director at Memphis 901, and that he was already handling roll management for the baseball club. [ 79 ] besides, in October 2019 it was announced that Howard would be the first international ambassador in the United States for former club Everton. [ citation needed ]
career statistics [edit ]
cabaret [edit ]
International [edit ]
Howard on external duty against Honduras in 2011
United States
Year
Apps
Goals
2002
2
0
2003
7
0
2004
3
0
2005
2
0
2006
2
0
2007
10
0
2008
9
0
2009
13
0
2010
9
0
2011
15
0
2012
12
0
2013
12
0
2014
8
0
2015
2
0
2016
5
0
2017
10
0
Total
121
0
Honors [edit ]
Manchester United
Everton
United States
Individual
See besides [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
- a b FIFA ‘s initial match statistics showed 16 saves, and many newsworthiness sources continue to use this issue. The official FIFA statistics were updated on July 5, 2014, to show 15 saves .
References [edit ]
- General references