Michael Harrington (soccer)
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | January 24, 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Greenville, North Carolina, United States | ||
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Position(s) | Defender | ||
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Current team
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Free Agent | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2003 | IMG Soccer Academy | ||
2003–2006 | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2006 | Raleigh CASL Elite | 10 | (1) |
2007–2012 | Sporting Kansas City | 149 | (5) |
2013–2014 | Portland Timbers | 58 | (0) |
2015 | Colorado Rapids | 14 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2003 | United States U17 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 30, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 24, 2012 |
Michael Harrington (born January 24, 1986 in Greenville, North Carolina) is an American soccer player who most recently played for the Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.
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Career
College and amateur
Harrington attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he played on the men's college soccer team from 2003 to 2006. During the collegiate off season, he also played for the Raleigh CASL Elite of the USL Premier Development League.
Professional
Harrington was selected in the first round (third overall) of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft by Kansas City Wizards. He finished 3rd overall in voting for Rookie of the Year.
After six years with Kansas City, Harrington was traded to Portland Timbers on December 3, 2012 in exchange for allocation money.[1]
On December 8, 2014, it was announced that Harrington was traded to Colorado Rapids in exchange for allocation money.[2]
International
Harrington was a member of the U-17 Residency Program at the Bradenton Academy and while there played for the US at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland in which the team reached the quarterfinals.[3] Two years later Harrington represented America at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.[4]
He was called up for the 2014 US Men's National Team and trained with them during the January training season.
Honors
Sporting Kansas City
See also
References
External links
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- American soccer players
- North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' soccer)
- Raleigh Elite players
- Sporting Kansas City players
- Portland Timbers players
- Colorado Rapids players
- Premier Development League players
- Major League Soccer players
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- Sporting Kansas City draft picks
- Major League Soccer first round draft picks
- American soccer defender stubs