Matt Jordan

Matt Jordan

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Michael Jordan
Date of birth	October 13, 1975 (1975-10-13)
Place of birth	Aurora, Colorado, United States
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1994–1997	Clemson Tigers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2002	Dallas Burn	114	(0)
2003–2004	Odense BK	2	(0)
2004–2005	Columbus Crew	3	(0)
2006	Colorado Rapids	0	(0)
2007–2010	Montreal Impact	80	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 24, 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

Matt Jordan (born October 13, 1975 in Aurora, Colorado) is a former soccer goalkeeper. He is currently the Director of Soccer Operations for the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer.

Career

Youth and College

Jordan graduated from Overland High School in Aurora, and played college soccer at Clemson University from 1994 to 1997, for whom he started 80 total games, and was named a first-team All-American in 1997 while leading the Tigers to the NCAA quarterfinals.

Professional

Upon graduating, Jordan was selected tenth overall in the 1998 MLS College Draft by the Dallas Burn. Stuck behind Mark Dodd, Jordan only started one game as a rookie. However, he took the job from Dodd in the 1999 season, impressing everybody with his athletic ability. Jordan started for the next four years for the Burn, starting a total of 114 games with the team and registered a 1.51 goals against average, leading the Burn to the playoffs in each of four years with the team. However, the Burn acquired promising young goalkeeper D.J. Countess midseason 2002 and Jordan, seeing the writing on the wall, opted to try his fortunes overseas, signing with Odense BK of Denmark after the 2002 season.

However, Jordan saw little time with Odense, and returned to MLS in the middle of the 2004 season, signing with the Columbus Crew. He only played one game for the Crew, however, spending most of the year behind Jon Busch. In 2005, an injury kept Jordan out for most of the season, and after newly-acquired Jonny Walker played well, Jordan was shipped to his hometown Rapids for a pick in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. He was waived during the 2007 pre-season, and the Rapids brought Zach Thornton on board.

The Impact signed Jordan in 2007 to replace long-time starter Greg Sutton, who had moved on to MLS expansion side Toronto FC. In Montreal, Jordan established himself on a successful Impact team that won the inaugural Canadian Championship in 2008, posting two clean sheets and receiving the George Gross Memorial Trophy as tournament MVP.

On December 18, 2008, Montreal announced the re-signing of Jordan to two year contract.

On February 1, 2011, Jordan announced his retirement as player. He will stay with Montreal as director of soccer operations.

Honors

Club

Montreal Impact

• USL First Division Championship (1): 2009
• Canadian Championship Voyageurs Cup (1): 2008

Individual

• George Gross Memorial Trophy: 2008

External links

• Montreal Impact bio