Clarence Goodson

Personal information
Full name	Clarence E. Goodson IV
Date of birth	May 17, 1982 (1982-05-17) (age 29)
Place of birth	Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Brøndby
Number	7
Youth career
2000–2003	Maryland Terrapins
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003	Boulder Rapids Reserve	12	(1)
2004–2007	FC Dallas	74	(3)
2008–2010	Start	69	(10)
2011–	Brøndby	27	(3)
National team‡
2008–	United States	27	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 26, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 11, 2011

Clarence Goodson (born May 17, 1982 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American professional football player who currently plays defender for Brøndby IF in Denmark, with whom he signed a three-year deal in November 2010.^[1]

Career

Goodson attended Annandale High School his freshman and sophomore seasons before moving to Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School. He was the Annandale team MVP, setting a school record for goals and points by a sophomore in 1998. He then went on to win the coveted Virginia State High School Soccer title playing for W.T. Woodson High School in 2000. He played his club soccer with the Braddock Road Warhawks, winning the 1999 U-17 national championship. Goodson played three years of soccer at the University of Maryland, which he joined in 2000. After redshirting in 2001, Goodson helped anchor the defense of one of the best teams in college soccer. In his career at Maryland, Goodson played 66 games, registering 10 goals and 11 assists. In 2003, he spent the collegiate offseasn with the Boulder Rapids Reserve.^[2]

After his junior year, Goodson signed a Project-40 with Major League Soccer (MLS), entering the 2004 MLS SuperDraft as an underclassman, where he was drafted seventh overall by the then-Dallas Burn. In his first year with the Burn, Goodson played only 247 league minutes in five games; however, he saw extended action in Cup competitions and exhibitions. He became a starter in 2005, the year the team was renamed FC Dallas.

On November 21, 2007, he was selected by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2007 MLS Expansion Draft, but declared that he would not be signing a new contract with MLS in January 2008; instead, he signed a contract with the Norwegian team IK Start.

International

Goodson signing autographs with Landon Donovan during an open training session at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Goodson made his international debut in a friendly against Sweden on January 19, 2008. He was a member of the U.S. squad at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and scored in the semifinal against Honduras on July 23, 2009. On May 26, 2010, Goodson was selected to be part of the 23 man roster for the American national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	July 23, 2009	Soldier Field, Chicago, USA	Honduras	1 – 0	2 – 0	2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2.	January 23, 2010	Home Depot Center, Los Angeles, USA	Honduras	1 – 3	1 – 3	Friendly
3.	June 11, 2011	Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, USA	Panama	1 – 2	1 – 2	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Personal

Goodson got married to Kelsey Dawson on January 31, 2009, in Tacoma, Washington. He is also a devout Christian.

The couple were featured on an episode of HGTV's House Hunters International^[3], searching for an apartment in Copenhagen after Goodson's transfer to Brøndby IF.

Career statistics

References

External links

United States Squad v d e United States squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up 1 Perkins 2 Pearce 3 Goodson 4 Marshall 5 Beckerman 6 Cherundolo 7 Rogers 8 Pause 9 Davies 10 Holden 11 Ching 12 Conrad 13 Clark 14 Parkhurst 15 Cronin 16 Heaps 17 Cooper 18 Robles 19 Adu 20 Quaranta 21 Evans 22 Arnaud 23 Busch Coach: Bradley v d e United States squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Howard 2 Spector 3 Bocanegra (c) 4 M. Bradley 5 Onyewu 6 Cherundolo 7 Beasley 8 Dempsey 9 Gomez 10 Donovan 11 Holden 12 Bornstein 13 Clark 14 Buddle 15 DeMerit 16 Torres 17 Altidore 18 Guzan 19 Edu 20 Findley 21 Goodson 22 Feilhaber 23 Hahnemann Coach: B. Bradley v d e United States squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up 1 Howard 2 Spector 3 Bocanegra 4 M. Bradley 5 Onyewu 6 Cherundolo 7 Edu 8 Dempsey 9 Agudelo 10 Donovan 11 Wondolowski 12 Bornstein 13 Jones 14 Lichaj 15 Ream 16 Kljestan 17 Altidore 18 Rimando 19 Rogers 20 Adu 21 Goodson 22 Bedoya 23 Hahnemann Coach: B. Bradley