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.
[edit] Career
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
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[edit] Honors
[edit] Colorado Rapids
[edit] United States
[edit] Individual
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Casey, Conor |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
Footballer |
| Date of birth |
July 25, 1981 |
| Place of birth |
Dover City, New Hampshire, United States |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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Honduras
