Stuart Holden

Stuart Holden

Personal information
Full name	Stuart Holden
Date of birth	August 1, 1985 (1985-08-01) (age 23)
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Houston Dynamo
Number	22
Youth career
2003–2004	Clemson Tigers
Senior career1
Years	Club	Apps (Gls)2
2005	Sunderland	00 0(0)
2006–	Houston Dynamo	77 (13)
National team3
	United States U-20	11 (1)
2007–2008	United States U-23	07 (1)
2009–	United States	01 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 July, 2009. 2 Appearances (Goals). 3 National team caps and goals correct as of 4 July, 2009

Stuart Holden (born August 1, 1985 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish-born American soccer player who currently plays for Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer.

Career

Professional

Holden grew up in Houston, Texas. After playing two years at Clemson University, Holden signed with English club Sunderland in March 2005. Just days later, on March 12, Holden was attacked outside a bar in Newcastle^[1], leaving him with a fractured left eye socket and preventing him from making a first-team appearance with the club.

Holden returned to the United States to play in Major League Soccer with hometown club Houston Dynamo for the 2006 season. He made his MLS debut on May 27, 2006, and scored his first professional goal on July 22, 2006, in a 1-1 home draw against New England. He appeared thirteen times in the 2006 regular season and twice as a substitute in Houston's run to the MLS Cup 2006 championship. In the championship penalty shootout, Holden took the Dynamo's second shot and scored to the top right corner.

Holden's playing time increased in 2007, and he made the most of it as an outside midfielder, starting on the left when teammate Brad Davis went down with injury. In July, Holden scored goals on consecutive Thursday night games televised by ESPN2 and added three assists in league play and another in SuperLiga play, as of July 25.

International

Holden was capped eleven times as a United States youth international at the U-20 level. Early in 2007, Holden was called in to the U.S. U-23 squad for a camp in California and in December for a camp and trip to China to play matches against the China U-23 team. In July 2008 Holden was named to the U.S. squad competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. On August 7 he scored in the USA's opening match, a 1-0 victory against Japan. In December of 2008 Holden was called into a camp set to begin in January of 2009 preceding a friendly against Sweden on January 24th. He sustained a hip injury prior to the friendly and was forced to withdraw from camp.

Stuart Holden was named to the United States Gold Cup squad on June 25th, 2009. Holden scored a goal for the United States in his national team debut against Grenada on July 4th.

International Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	July 4, 2009	Qwest Field, Seattle	Grenada	2-0	4-0	2009 Gold Cup Group stage

References

See also

• List of current MLS players

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