Anthony Wallace (soccer)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Anthony Wallace | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Brooklyn, New York, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left Back / Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Colorado Rapids | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2006 | IMG Soccer Academy | ||
| 2006 | South Florida Bulls | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2010 | FC Dallas | 15 | (0) |
| 2010– | Colorado Rapids | 17 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2006 | United States U17 | 18 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | United States U20 | 25 | (2) |
| 2011– | United States | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 28, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Anthony Wallace (born January 26, 1989 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Youth and College
Wallace was born in Brooklyn, but moved with his family to St. Petersburg, Florida when he was two years old. He graduated from Lakewood High School before moving to Edison Academic Center in Bradenton, Florida for his final three years, where he was an honor student. He played college soccer for the University of South Florida, playing in all USF's games in 2006 as a defensive midfielder.
[edit] Professional
Wallace was picked as a Generation Adidas player and was the ninth overall pick in Round one of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft.
After making six appearances for Dallas' reserve team, Wallace made his debut for Dallas on September 15, 2007, in a 4-2 defeat to New England Revolution.[1] In the 2008 MLS Season, Anthony had a career high, four starts for FC Dallas. He also made 10 reserve team appearances scoring one goal.
Wallace was traded to Colorado Rapids on July 30, 2010 in exchange for a fourth-round selection in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft and a conditional selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft.[2] On November 24, 2010 Wallace was selected by Portland Timbers in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft but then immediately traded back to Colorado in exchange for allocation money.
[edit] International
Wallace played for the United States Under-17 and Under-18 teams and was a member of the USA Under-20 National squad in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada.[3] He played in two of the Group matches against Poland [4] and Brazil[5] and also played in the knockout stages against Uruguay [6] and the USA's Quarter Final defeat to Austria.[7] Wallace earned his first cap for the senior team on January 22, 2011 in a friendly against Chile.
[edit] Honors
[edit] Colorado Rapids
- Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Championship (1): 2010
- Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 2010
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Hunt, Steve (2007-09-17). "Wallace's debut a bright spot for FCD". Major League Soccer. http://fc.dallas.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20070917&content_id=117794&vkey=news_fcd&fext=.jsp&team=t104. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ http://www.cbssports.com/soccer/story/13683849/rapids-acquire-defender-wallace-in-trade-with-fc-dallas
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007, USA Squad list". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2007-06-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070627163849/http://fifa.com/u20worldcup/teams/team=1888304/squadlist.html. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007, USA vs Poland match report". FIFA. 2007-07-03. Archived from the original on 2007-07-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20070707092652/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=249401/match=58863/report.html. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007, USA vs Brazil match report". FIFA. 2007-07-06. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20071114101054/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=249401/match=58861/report.html. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007, USA vs Uruguay match report". FIFA. 2007-07-11. Archived from the original on 2007-09-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20070904204651/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=249409/match=58881/report.html. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007, USA vs Austria match report". FIFA. 2007-07-14. Archived from the original on 2007-09-05. http://web.archive.org/web/20070905112408/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=249410/match=58890/report.html. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
[edit] External links
- MLS player profile
- Anthony Wallace at National-Football-Teams.com
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