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Nick Hagglund
Hagglund with FC Cincinnati in 2019
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Stuart Hagglund
Date of birth (1992-09-14) September 14, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 FC Cincinnati
Number 14
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Xavier Musketeers 81 (4)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Toronto FC 88 (5)
2015–2018 → Toronto FC II (loan) 6 (1)
2019– FC Cincinnati 22 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 7, 2019

Nicholas Hagglund (born September 14, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for FC Cincinnati in Major League Soccer.

Career

Xavier University

Hagglund (center) playing for Xavier in the 2012 Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinals

Hagglund played four years of college soccer for the Xavier Musketeers. He made 81 appearances, starting in 80, while scoring four goals and adding 11 assists. Hagglund was named Big East Defensive Player of the Year for 2013, along with First Team All-Big East honors. During his collegiate career he has also earned Atlantic 10 Defensive Player honors, and was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team. In his freshman campaign he was named to Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team and Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team.[1]

Toronto FC

On January 16, 2014 Hagglund was drafted in the first round (10th overall) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC.[1]

Hagglund made his professional debut in a 2–0 win over the Columbus Crew on April 5, 2014.[2]

On September 27, 2014 Hagglund scored his first 2 goals in a 3–2 come from behind home victory against the Portland Timbers.[3]

In August 2015, Hagglund was temporarily loaned to Toronto's lower division USL club, Toronto FC II.[4]

On November 30, 2016, Hagglund scored the goal that put Toronto FC ahead 3–2 against the Montreal Impact in the Eastern Conference Final. This tied the aggregate score at 5–5, and sent the game into extra time. Toronto FC went on to score 2 in extra time to win the game 5–2 and earn their first-ever appearance in the MLS Cup against the Seattle Sounders.[5]

FC Cincinnati

On January 23, 2019, Hagglund was traded to his hometown team FC Cincinnati ahead of their inaugural season in MLS. Cincinnati received the No. 24 Allocation Ranking and Hagglund from Toronto in exchange for $200,000 in General Allocation Money in 2019, $100,000 in Targeted Allocation Money in 2020 and the No. 1 Allocation Ranking.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played on May 4, 2019.[7][8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Toronto FC 2014 MLS 25 2 2 0 — — 27 2
2015 MLS 12 0 2 0 — 0 0 14 0
2016 MLS 16 0 4 0 — 6[a] 1 26 1
2017 MLS 15 0 0 0 — 4[a] 0 19 0
2018 MLS 20 3 4 0 4[b] 0 1[c] 0 25 3
Totals 88 5 12 0 4 0 11 1 115 6
Toronto FC II (loan) 2015 USL 1 0 — — — 1 0
2016 USL 4 1 — — — 4 1
2018 USL 1 0 — — — 1 0
Totals 6 1 — — — 6 1
FC Cincinnati 2019 MLS 10 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Career totals 104 6 12 0 4 0 11 1 121 7
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the MLS Cup playoffs.
  2. ^ Appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League.
  3. ^ Appearance in the Campeones Cup.

Honors

Club

Toronto FC:[7]

Individual

  • Big East Defensive Player of the Year: 2013[1]
  • All-Big East First Team: 2013[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Nick Hagglund Player Profile". Major League Soccer. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "Columbus Crew 0, Toronto FC 2 MLS Match Recap". Major League Soccer. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "Toronto FC 3, Portland Timbers 2 MLS Match Recap". Major League Soccer. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  4. ^ "Konopka and Hagglund Loaned to Toronto FC II". WakingTheRed.com. August 19, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  5. ^ "Toronto FC 5, Montreal Impact 2 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs Recap". Major League Soccer. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  6. ^ "Club Acquires Defender Nick Hagglund". FC Cincinnati. January 23, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  7. ^ a b Nick Hagglund at Soccerway
  8. ^ "Nick Hagglund » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
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