Nick Rimando
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Nick Rimando | |
| Date of birth | June 17, 1979 (age 27) | |
| Place of birth | Montclair, California, USA | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Real Salt Lake | |
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| 1997-99 | UCLA | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000-01 2002-06 2007– |
Miami Fusion D.C. United Real Salt Lake |
47 (0) 98 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2001 | United States | 1 (0) |
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Nick Rimando (born June 17, 1979 in Montclair, California) is an American soccer goalkeeper who currently plays for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.
Rimando played two years of college soccer at UCLA. Prior to playing at UCLA, Nick played high school soccer at Montclair High School in Montclair, California. As a rookie in 1997, he tended goal as the Bruins won the College Cup; after his sophomore year, he signed a Project-40 contract with MLS.
Rimando was selected 35th in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft by the Miami Fusion, and, to the surprise of many, quickly took the starting position from Jeff Cassar. He started 22 games as a rookie, and 25 as a sophomore, helping the Fusion to win the 2001 MLS Supporters' Shield. When the Fusion were contracted after the 2001 season, Rimando was selected third overall by D.C. United (his coach at Miami, Ray Hudson, was the new United boss) in the subsequent Allocation Draft.
For DC, Rimando played in every game in 2002 and in 25 games in 2003 until he missed the end of the season with an injury. In 2004, with Hudson gone, he lost his starting job to Troy Perkins, but regained it for the stretch run, backstopping DC to the MLS Cup. In 2005 he regained his everyday starter status, but was beaten out by Perkins again in 2006, playing only two games during the whole season.
Although mostly a backup to Tim Howard, Rimando played for the United States at the 1999 World Youth Championship in Nigeria. He earned his first cap with the senior team on November 17, 2002 against El Salvador.
In December 2005, Nick Rimando married his long time girlfriend, Jacqui Little. She played for the Washington Freedom in the now-defunct WUSA and was also from California. The wedding was performed by teammate Ben Olsen.
On December 11, 2006, Nick Rimando was traded along with Freddy Adu to Real Salt Lake. He was then traded to Red Bull New York on February 9, only to be traded back to Real Salt Lake on February 23 following the sudden retirement of the latter team's first-choice keeper Scott Garlick.
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1 Rimando | 2 Lancos | 3 Talley | 5 Torres | 6 Worthen | 7 Williams | 8 Brown | 9 Kreis | 10 Ballouchy | 11 Adu | 12 Hashimoto | 13 Harris | 15 Cutler | 16 Forko | 17 Klein | 18 Tejada | 20 Besagno | 21 Jimenez | 22 Watson | 23 Pope | 24 Seitz | 25 Brown | 29 Harrison | 31 Stewart | 36 Reynish | 90 Cunningham | Coach Ellinger |
