Michael Parkhurst

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Michael Parkhurst
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Personal information
Full name Michael Parkhurst
Date of birth January 24, 1984 (1984-01-24) (age 28)
Place of birth Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club F.C. Nordsjælland
Number 18
Youth career
2002–2004 Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2003 Bradenton Academics 10 (2)
2005–2008 New England Revolution 115 (1)
2008– F.C. Nordsjælland 79 (0)
National team‡
2008 United States U-23 5 (0)
2007– United States 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 1, 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 18, 2012

Michael Parkhurst (born January 24, 1984 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American soccer player. He plays primarily as center back for F.C. Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga. Parkhurst has amassed 10 caps for the United States men's national team, including a member of two CONCACAF Gold Cup squads and participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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[edit] Youth and college

Parkhurst attended the Bradenton Soccer Academy in Florida.[1] He played college soccer at Wake Forest University for the Demon Deacons from 2002 to 2004, where he started all sixty-two games the team played during his tenure, scoring one goal and registering two assists. Parkhurst was named a second-team All-American as a sophomore and junior and graduated from the university with a degree in history.[2] He then signed a Generation adidas contract with MLS following the 2004 season.

[edit] Professional career

[edit] New England Revolution

Parkhurst, who grew up in Rhode Island and played for CLCF Soccer and Bayside United, was in attendance at the inauguaral home game for the New England Revolution, in 1996.[3] Nine years later, on January 14, 2005, he was selected ninth overall in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by his hometown Revolution. He was ever-present for the Revs in his first season and was named MLS Rookie of the Year.

He scored his first career MLS goal on October 20, 2007, in a 2–2 draw between the Revolution and Toronto FC. The goal was scored from sixty yards out, having caught Toronto's keeper Kenny Stamatopoulos off-guard.

Parkhurst won the MLS Defender of the Year Award in 2007, the MLS Fair Play Award in 2007 and 2008 and was also twice named the MLS Humanitarian of the Year in 2006 and 2008.

[edit] F.C. Nordsjælland

After his contract with the Revolution expired after the 2008 season, Parkhurst signed a 3 year contract with Danish Superliga side Nordsjælland on December 9, 2008, as a free agent.[4][5] March 1, 2009, Parkhurst made his FCN league debut in a 1-1 away draw against Vejle.

2009-10 season, with the arrival of Andreas Bjelland and injury to Henrik Kildentoft, Parkhurst was inserted in to a variety of new positions, including full back and centre midfielder, becoming adapt at playing at right back.[6] Parkhurst would help the Wild Tigers to win the Danish Cup, the club's first silverware in their history, and his first trophy in Denmark.

The following season, Parkhurst was hampered by numerous injury set backs throughout the campaign, eventually losing his place to Jores Okore.[7][8] He would make his return in time for Nordsjælland's Danish Cup final, winning the cup with a 3-2 victory over F.C. Midtjylland, lifting the trophy for the second consecutive year.

With less than a year remaining on his contract, there was speculation on Michael Parkhurst's future at FCN at the start of the 2011-12 season, with the emergence of Bjelland and Okore's partnership in central defense, Parkhurst was forced to play out of position, often at right back.[9][10] Helping the club to their best ever start to a season, ending the winter break in December 2011 at a club record 2nd in the league, Parkhurst put rumors to rest when he signed a one year contract extension with F.C. Nordsjælland, despite financially better offers from other clubs.[11][12]

[edit] International career

Parkhurst is an Irish-American and thus holds an Irish passport. He had declared that he would be willing to play for the Irish national team if his American ambitions never came to fruition.[3] Parkhurst was called up by the United States national team for the 2007 Gold Cup, and earned his first cap against Trinidad and Tobago on June 9, 2007, thus eliminating any further possibility of playing for the Republic of Ireland.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Club

As of February 18, 2012.
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
USA League Open Cup League Cup North America Total
2005 New England Revolution Major League Soccer 32 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 36 0
2006 30 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 36 0
2007 25 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 32 1
2008 28 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 0
Denmark League Danish Cup League Cup Europe Total
2008–09 F.C. Nordsjælland Superliga 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2009–10 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
2010–11 22 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 26 0
2011–12 18 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 22 0
Total USA 115 1 5 0 14 0 0 0 134 1
Denmark 79 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 87 0
Career total 194 1 9 0 14 0 4 0 221 0

[edit] International

As of February 18, 2012.
National team Year Apps Goals
United States
2007 2 0
2008 2 0
2009 4 0
2010 1 0
2011 0 0
2012 2 0
Total 11 0

[edit] Honors

[edit] Club

United States New England Revolution
Denmark FC Nordsjælland

[edit] International

United States United States

[edit] Individual

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/parkhurst_michael00.html
  2. ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/mls/news?slug=ro-parkhurst010708
  3. ^ a b Dell'Apa, Frank (8 April 2005). "The Future is Now". The Boston Globe (Providence, Rhode Island). http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2005/04/08/the_future_is_now/. 
  4. ^ McCarthy, Kyle (9 December 2008). "Michael Parkhurst will move on to Denmark". The Boston Herald. http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/soccer/revolution/view.bg?articleid=1137774&srvc=sports&position=recent. Retrieved 8 December 2008. 
  5. ^ "FCN henter amerikansk landsholdsspiller" (in Danish). FC Nordsjælland. 9 December 2008. http://www.fcn.dk/script/site/page.asp?Cat_ID=17&artID=937. Retrieved 9 December 2008. 
  6. ^ Horn, Jakob (21 January 2010). "Kildentoft har savnet en konkurrent" (in Danish). Bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Kildentoft-har-savnet-en-konkurrent. Retrieved 1 December 2011. 
  7. ^ Houlind, Søren (31 August 2010). "FCN-stopper tilbage om tre uger" (in Danish). Bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/FCN-stopper-tilbage-om-tre-uger. Retrieved 1 December 2011. 
  8. ^ Jørgensen, Jakob Stig (4 April 2011). "Parkhurst ude i fire uger" (in Danish). Bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Parkhurst-ude-i-fire-uger. Retrieved 1 December 2011. 
  9. ^ Anker-Møller, Kristian (31 May 2011). "Parkhurst tager efteråret i FCN" (in Danish). Bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Parkhurst-tager-efteraaret-i-FCN. Retrieved 1 December 2011. 
  10. ^ Helmin, Jesper (24 October 2011). "Hjulmand: Parkhurst har været outstanding" (in Danish). Bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Hjulmand-Parkhurst-har-vaeret-outstanding. Retrieved 1 December 2011. 
  11. ^ Blond, Mikael (15 November 2011). "Parkhurst har fravalgt bedre tilbud" (in Danish). Bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Parkhurst-har-fravalgt-bedre-tilbud. Retrieved 1 December 2011. 
  12. ^ Houlind, Søren (20 November 2011). "Parkhurst har det godt i toppen" (in Danish). Bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Parkhurst-har-det-godt-i-toppen. Retrieved 1 December 2011. 

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Preceded by
Chris Klein		 MLS Fair Play Award
2007, 2008		 Succeeded by
Steve Ralston
Preceded by
Bobby Boswell		 MLS Defender of the Year
2007		 Succeeded by
Chad Marshall
Nordsjælland – current squad


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