Nat Borchers
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Borchers wearing a Real Salt Lake kit | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 13, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Tucson, Arizona, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Portland Timbers | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2002 | Denver Pioneers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002 | Boulder Rapids Reserve | ||
| 2003–2005 | Colorado Rapids | 83 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Odd Grenland | 46 | (1) |
| 2008–2014 | Real Salt Lake | 205 | (10) |
| 2015– | Portland Timbers | 52 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 2003–2004 | United States U23 | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2010 | United States | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 15, 2016. | |||
Nat Borchers (born April 13, 1981) is an American soccer player who currently plays for American club Portland Timbers as a defender. Borchers had won the MLS Cup in 2009 with Real Salt Lake and in 2015 with the Timbers.
Career
Youth and college
Born in Tucson, Arizona, Borchers attended East High School in Pueblo, Colorado where he played on the boys' soccer team. In his four years at East High School, he was selected all-league three times and All-State once. He was chosen as the League MVP his senior year. He also played for the youth club, Colorado Storm (Club Colorado Select). In addition to playing soccer, Borchers ran track and played basketball.
Borchers played four years of college soccer for the University of Denver from 1999 to 2002, and also excelled for the Colorado Rapids' PDL affiliate, the Boulder Rapids Reserve. He was selected all-league three times and was the MVP of the league in his senior year at DU. Despite this, Borchers went undrafted in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft. Borchers earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting while in school.
Professional
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Borchers was signed to the Colorado Rapids developmental roster on March 18, 2003. However, he soon proved to be far better than most had expected and by the middle of the 2003 season had secured a starting spot in Colorado's first team central defense. Throughout the 2005 season, Borchers continued to anchor the Rapids defense.
In 2006, Borchers was transferred to Norwegian club Odd Grenland. In February 2008, Borchers signed with MLS side Real Salt Lake on a transfer, after being released by Odd Grenland.[1] His success with RSL in his first three seasons with the club led to a long-term deal announced on February 14, 2011 that kept Borchers in Salt Lake through the 2014 season.[2]
On December 8, 2014, Borchers was traded to Portland Timbers in exchange for allocation funds.[3]
International
Borchers' surprising 2003 season led to him being called up for the Under-23 team's Olympic Qualifiers, in which the team was eliminated. He earned his first cap for the senior national team on March 9, 2005, against Colombia. Nat most recently played for the senior team on November 17, 2010, against South Africa, entering in the 67th minute.
Real estate
In addition to soccer, Borchers is an active real estate investor and agent.
Senior career statistics
Club
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Post season | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| USA | League | Open Cup | MLS Playoffs | CONCACAF | Total | |||||||
| 2003 | Colorado Rapids | Major League Soccer | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 26 | 1 |
| 2004 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2005 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 31 | 0 | ||
| Total | 82 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 89 | 3 | ||
| NOR | League | NM Cupen | Relegation Playoff | - | Total | |||||||
| 2006 | Odd Grenland | Tippeligaen | 23 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 28 | 3 |
| 2007 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 24 | 2 | ||
| Total | 42 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 52 | 5 | ||
| USA | League | Open Cup | MLS Playoffs | CONCACAF | Total | |||||||
| 2008 | Real Salt Lake | Major League Soccer | 29 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 0 |
| 2009 | 30 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | - | - | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2010 | 30 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||
| 2011 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 3 | ||
| 2012 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2013 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 34 | 1 | ||
| Total | 205 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 242 | 10 | ||
| USA | League | Open Cup | MLS Playoffs | CONCACAF | Total | |||||||
| 2015 | Portland Timbers | Major League Soccer | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 39 | 4 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| Total | 52 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 381 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 444 | 23 | ||
A dash (-) indicates the team did not participate in this competition for the year.
International
- As of September 16, 2013. [7]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Honors
Club
- Real Salt Lake
- MLS Cup: 2009
- Eastern Conference (playoffs): 2009
- Western Conference (playoffs): 2013
- Portland Timbers
See also
References
- ↑ The Daily Scoop
- ↑ http://www.realsaltlake.com/news/2011/02/nat-borchers-signs-contract-extension-through-2014
- ↑ http://www.timbers.com/news/2014/12/portland-timbers-acquire-defender-nat-borchers-real-salt-lake-e
- ↑ Statistics, retrieved: March 24, 2014
- ↑ Nat Borchers, retrieved: March 24, 2014
- ↑ Odds BK NM Cupen; retrieved: March 25, 2014
- ↑ Nat Borcher - USMNT, retrieved: March 25, 2014
- ↑ http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2015/12/6/9858868/timbers-crew-2015-mls-cup-final-score-results
- ↑ http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2015/11/portland_timbers_fans_celebrat.html
External links
- MLS player profile
- Odd Grenland profile (Norwegian)
- Nat Borchers at National-Football-Teams.com