Pat Noonan

Pat Noonan

Personal information
Full name	Pat Noonan
Date of birth	August 2, 1980 (1980-08-02)
Place of birth	Ballwin, Missouri, United States
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Los Angeles Galaxy
Number	11
Youth career
1999–2002	Indiana Hoosiers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002	Mid Michigan Bucks	17	(9)
2003–2007	New England Revolution	119	(37)
2008	Aalesund	8	(0)
2008–2009	Columbus Crew	16	(1)
2009	Colorado Rapids	17	(2)
2010–2011	Seattle Sounders FC	21	(1)
2012–	Los Angeles Galaxy	0	(0)
National team‡
2004–2008	United States	15	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 7, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of August 30, 2011

Pat Noonan (born August 2, 1980 in Ballwin, Missouri) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.

Career

College and amateur

Noonan attended De Smet Jesuit High School, and played college soccer at Indiana University from 1999 to 2002. He was named an NSCAA first-team All-American his senior and junior seasons, and second-team All-American his sophomore year. His senior year, he also finished as runner-up to Alecko Eskandarian for the Hermann Trophy. He finished his career at Indiana with 48 goals and 31 assists. During his college years Noonan also played with the Mid-Michigan Bucks in the USL Premier Development League

Professional

Upon graduating, Noonan was selected in the first round (9th overall) of the 2003 MLS SuperDraft by New England Revolution. Although he started slowly, Noonan soon resumed his scoring ways, finishing his first season with the Revs with ten goals and seven assists, and runner-up to Damani Ralph for Rookie of the Year. Noonan did even better his sophomore year, scoring eleven goals and registering eight assists, tying with Amado Guevara for the MLS Scoring Champion Award. A late-season slump saw Noonan end 2005 with eight goals and seven assists. Noonan's 2006 campaign was marred by injury and he appeared in only 14 games, netting just one goal. He began 2007 injured once again and then became a substitute as he regained his fitness. However, he rounded into form and finished the season with 7 goals. Noonan's option for the 2008 season was not picked up by New England and on January 23, 2008 he signed with Norwegian club Aalesunds FK.

On August 6, 2008 Noonan re-signed with MLS and was traded from New England, who still retained his rights, to Columbus Crew in exchange for the Crew’s natural first-round selection in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft and allocation money. Additionally, the teams traded spots in the current 2008 allocation standings – with Columbus moving into the 10th spot and New England moving to third – and agreed to considerations regarding 2009 allocation rankings. For Columbus Crew, Noonan won the MLS Supporters' Shield, MLS Cup and Trillium Cup, all of them in 2008.

Noonan was traded to Colorado Rapids in June 2009. After making seventeen league appearances, Noonan was waived by Colorado on March 23, 2010. After a short trial with Seattle Sounders FC, Noonan signed with the club on March 30, 2010. He remained with Seattle through the 2011 season. At season's end, the club declined his 2012 contract option and he entered the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft. Noonan was selected by Los Angeles Galaxy in stage two of the draft on December 12, 2011. Eleven days later he signed with Los Angeles.

International

Noonan earned his first cap for the United States national team on March 13, 2004 against Haiti. While he has accumulated 15 caps, injuries and inconsistency prevented him from claiming a major role with the national team. However in early 2008 he started with the U.S. National Team against Sweden and registered an assist in a 2-0 victory. He has not played for the national team since 2008.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	March 9, 2005	Fullerton, California	Colombia	1-0	3-0	Friendly match

Honors

United States

• CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions (1): 2005

Columbus Crew

• Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Championship (1): 2008
• Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 2008
• Major League Soccer Supporter's Shield (1): 2008

New England Revolution

• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (1): 2007
• Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Championship (3): 2005, 2006, 2007

Seattle Sounders FC

• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (1): 2011

See also

• List of current MLS players

External links

• MLS player profile
• Pat Noonan articles on Yanks Abroad
• Pat Noonan at National-Football-Teams.com