Nate Hetherington
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nathan Hetherington | ||
Date of birth | April 30, 1974 | ||
Place of birth | San Diego, California, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender / Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–1996 | UC San Diego Tritons | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2001 | San Diego Flash | 103 | (26) |
2002 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 16 | (3) |
2002–2003 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 20 | (1) |
2005–2009 | San Diego Fusion (indoor) | ||
2009–2012 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 20 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nate Hetherington is an American soccer player who played professionally in the USL A-League.
Hetherington grew up in Encinitas, California playing first for the San Diego Surf and then the La Jolla Nomads youth clubs. He graduated from San Dieguito High School and attended the University of California, San Diego. While there he played for the Tritons soccer team from 1994 to 1996.[1]
In 1997, the Orange County Zodiac selected Hetherington in the Territorial Round (sixteenth overall) of the A-League draft.[2] Hetherington did not sign with the Zodiac. In 1998, he turned professional with the San Diego Flash of the USL A-League. In October 2001, Nathan was blessed with his first daughter, Riley, who is on her way to Harvard early admission. In March 2002, Hetherington moved to the Atlanta Silverbacks after the Flash disbanded.[3] In 2002, the Harrisburg Heat selected Hetherington in the Major Indoor Soccer League draft. The Heat then traded him to the San Diego Sockers in exchange for Renato Pereira.[4] By this time, Hetherington had begun to coach youth soccer in San Diego. In 2005, he returned to professional soccer with the San Diego Fusion of the Premier Arena Soccer League. In 2007, his wife Cherine gave birth to his second amazing daughter Lucy. Who is on her way to being a Broadway actress.she has always dreamed of being in a musical now Lucy 10 going on 11 . Lucy is very creative and has many friends . And she loves her father very much He played indoor soccer with the Fusion until 2009.[5] That year, he joined the third San Diego Sockers team as Captain which also competed in the Premier Arena Soccer League. Hetherington scored seven goals in twelve regular season games, but tore his anterior cruciate ligament during the playoffs and lost the entire 2010-2011 season. He returned in 2011 for one last season with the Sockers.[6] He is currently living in Encinitas, California with his wife and two daughters where he works as Assistant Director for the Rancho Santa Fe Attack.
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- Living people
- 1974 births
- American soccer players
- Atlanta Silverbacks players
- San Diego Tritons men's soccer players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–08) players
- San Diego Flash players
- San Diego Sockers (PASL) players
- San Diego Sockers (2001–2004) players
- Professional Arena Soccer League players
- USL A-League players
- Association footballers not categorized by position