Conor Casey
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Conor Patrick Casey | ||
Date of birth | July 25, 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Dover, New Hampshire, United States | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Philadelphia Union | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2000 | Portland Pilots | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | Borussia Dortmund II | 23 | (14) |
2001–2004 | Borussia Dortmund | 4 | (1) |
2001–2002 | → Hannover 96 (loan) | 23 | (8) |
2003–2004 | → Karlsruher SC (loan) | 30 | (14) |
2004–2006 | Mainz 05 | 40 | (3) |
2006 | Mainz 05 II | 2 | (1) |
2007 | Toronto FC | 2 | (0) |
2007–2012 | Colorado Rapids | 119 | (50) |
2013– | Philadelphia Union | 31 | (10) |
International career‡ | |||
2001 | United States U20 | 3 | (0) |
2000 | United States U23 | 9 | (0) |
2004–2010 | United States | 19 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 27, 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 23, 2013 |
Conor Patrick Casey (born July 25, 1981, in Dover, New Hampshire) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer. He is known as a strong, physical striker with a deceptively deft touch.[1]
Career
Youth and College
Casey was born in New Hampshire, but moved to Colorado as at age five, 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 2000, he led the NCAA in scoring with twenty-three goals and seven assists.[2]
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 goal. 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 two 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 [3] and after 2 games with 0 goals and 0 assists, he was traded to his hometown club, Colorado Rapids, on April 19, 2007, in exchange for Riley O'Neill and an undisclosed amount of allocation money.[4]
He played 15 games with the Rapids in 2007 scoring 2 goals and 3 assists. In 2008, he scored 11 goals and 2 assists in 21 games. Casey ended the 2009 MLS season, with 16 goals, just one less than leader Jeff Cunningham to go along with 1 assist in 24 games. He was named in the MLS Best XI in 2009.[5] In 2010, Casey became the All Time goal scorer for the Colorado Rapids as he scored 13 goals and 6 assists in 27 games. Likewise in 2010, Casey was selected as the MVP for the 2010 MLS Cup championship.[6] In 2011, Casey suffered a season-ending achilles injury [7] in a July 16 game against the Seattle Sounders as he finished that season with 6 goals and 1 assist in 14 games. In 2012, Casey scored 2 goals and 3 assists in 18 games. On November 16, 2012, Casey was released by the Colorado Rapids.[8]
On December 14, 2012, Casey was selected by Philadelphia Union in the first round of the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft, Stage 2.[9]
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.[10] He 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,[11] 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.
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | October 10, 2009 | Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras | Honduras | 3–2 | Q 2010 World Cup | |
2. |
Career statistics
Club
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
2000–01 | Borussia Dortmund II | Fußball-Regionalliga Nord | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
2001–02 | Oberliga Westfalen | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | |
2001–02 | Hannover 96 | 2. Bundesliga | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 |
2002–03 | Bundesliga | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
Borussia Dortmund | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
2003–04 | Karlsruher SC | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 14 |
2004–05 | Mainz 05 | Bundesliga | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 |
2005–06 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
2006–07 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
2006–07 | Mainz 05 II | Oberliga Südwest | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Canada | League | Voyageurs Cup | League Cup | North America | Total | |||||||
2007 | Toronto FC | Major League Soccer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
USA | League | Open Cup | League Cup | North America | Total | |||||||
2007 | Colorado Rapids | Major League Soccer | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
2008 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | ||
2009 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16 | ||
2010 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 15 | ||
2011 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | ||
2012 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
2013 | Philadelphia Union | 31 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 10 | |
Total | Germany | 122 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 43 | |
Canada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
USA | 139 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 60 | ||
Career total | 263 | 98 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 277 | 103 |
Updated October 27, 2013
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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United States | |||
2004 | 6 | 0 | |
2005 | 2 | 0 | |
2006 | 0 | 0 | |
2007 | 0 | 0 | |
2008 | 1 | 0 | |
2009 | 8 | 2 | |
2010 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 19 | 2 |
Statistics accurate as of March 4, 2013
Honors
- Colorado Rapids
- Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Championship: 2010
- Major League Soccer MLS Cup: 2010
- United States
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions: 2005
- Individual
- MLS Cup Most Valuable Player: 2010
- MLS Best XI: 2009
- Colorado Rapids – All Time Goal Scorer: 54
- Colorado Rapids – All Time Hat Trick: 3
See also
References
- ^ "Conor Casey". U.S. Soccer. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ "Conor Casey". ESPN FC. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ "Casey to play in MLS for Toronto". ESPN FC. March 5, 2007. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ "Rapids Acquire Denver South High Grad Conor Casey". OurSports Central. April 20, 2007. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ "Rapids Forward Conor Casey Named To 2009 MLS Best XI". OurSports Central. November 16, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ Lalas, Greg (November 22, 2010). "Colorado's Casey named MLS Cup MVP". Colorado Rapids. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ "Casey out for the year with torn Achilles". Colorado Rapids. July 19, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ "Rapids to part ways with eight players". Colorado Rapids. November 16, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ "Union selects Conor Casey in Stage 2 of MLS Re-entry draft". Philadelphia Union. December 14, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ "Conor Casey Suffers ACL Tear". ussoccer.com. July 9, 2005. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
- ^ "Kick Started". Outside Online May 2010 Issue. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
External links
- MLS player profile
- Conor Casey at National-Football-Teams.com
- US Soccer Profile
- Transfermarkt profile
- Conor Casey at Soccerway
- Soccernet profile
- 1981 births
- Living people
- American soccer players
- American people of Irish descent
- University of Portland alumni
- Portland Pilots men's soccer players
- American expatriate soccer players
- Soccer players from New Hampshire
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate soccer players in Canada
- Hannover 96 players
- 1. FSV Mainz 05 players
- 1. FSV Mainz 05 II players
- Karlsruher SC players
- Borussia Dortmund players
- Borussia Dortmund II players
- Toronto FC players
- Colorado Rapids players
- Philadelphia Union players
- Olympic soccer players of the United States
- United States men's international soccer players
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players
- Major League Soccer players
- Major League Soccer All-Stars
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- United States men's under-23 international soccer players