Conor Casey

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Conor Casey
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Casey playing for the Philadelphia Union
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Personal information
Full name Conor Patrick Casey
Date of birth (1981-07-25) July 25, 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Dover, New Hampshire, United States
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Philadelphia Union
Number 6
Youth career
1999–2000 Portland Pilots
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Borussia Dortmund II 23 (14)
2001–2004 Borussia Dortmund 4 (1)
2001–2002 → Hannover 96 (loan) 23 (8)
2003–2004 → Karlsruher SC (loan) 30 (14)
2004–2006 Mainz 05 40 (3)
2006 Mainz 05 II 2 (1)
2007 Toronto FC 2 (0)
2007–2012 Colorado Rapids 119 (50)
2013– Philadelphia Union 70 (21)
International career‡
2001 United States U20 3 (0)
2000 United States U23 9 (0)
2004–2010 United States 19 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 28, 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of May 19, 2014

Conor Patrick Casey (born July 25, 1981, in Dover, New Hampshire) is an American soccer player who plays for American MLS club Philadelphia Union as a striker. He is known as a strong, physical striker with a deceptively deft touch.[1]

Career

Youth and College

Casey was born in New Hampshire, but moved to Colorado as at age five, and considers Denver his hometown. He played soccer at Denver's South High School and went on to play two years of college soccer for the University of Portland from 1999 to 2000. In his first year at the University of Portland, Casey was named best player of the year. In 2000, he led the NCAA in scoring with twenty-three goals and seven assists.[2]

Professional

After playing well in the 2000 Summer Olympics Casey signed a four-year contract with German club Borussia Dortmund. After finishing a year of playing with the club, Casey was loaned out in the 2001–02 season to Braziers Hannover 96, where he scored seven goals in nineteen games. The subsequent year, Casey stayed with Dortmund, but only saw action in four games, scoring one goal. In 2003–04, he was again loaned to a second division club, Karlsruher SC, scoring fourteen goals in thirty games. In 2004, Casey signed with Bundesliga club Mainz 05, but scored only two goals and struggled with injuries during two-and-a-half seasons with the club.

After being released by Mainz, Casey returned to America and signed with Major League Soccer. Casey was originally allocated to Toronto FC [3] and after 2 games with 0 goals and 0 assists, he was traded to his hometown club, Colorado Rapids, on April 19, 2007, in exchange for Riley O'Neill and an undisclosed amount of allocation money.[4]

He played 15 games with the Rapids in 2007, scoring 2 goals and 3 assists. In 2008, he scored 11 goals and 2 assists in 21 games. Casey ended the 2009 MLS season, with 16 goals, just one less than leader Jeff Cunningham to go along with 1 assist in 24 games. He was named in the MLS Best XI in 2009.[5] In 2010, Casey became the All Time goal scorer for the Colorado Rapids as he scored 13 goals and 6 assists in 27 games. Likewise in 2010, Casey was selected as the MVP for the 2010 MLS Cup championship.[6] In 2011, Casey suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon injury [7] in a July 16 game against the Seattle Sounders as he finished that season with 6 goals and 1 assist in 14 games. In 2012, Casey scored 2 goals and 3 assists in 18 games. On November 16, 2012, Casey was released by the Colorado Rapids.[8]

On December 14, 2012, Casey was selected by Philadelphia Union in the first round of the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft, Stage 2.[9] On January 23, 2015, it was announced that Casey had signed a new contract with the club for the 2015 season.[10]

International

Casey played at the 2001 World Youth Championship in Argentina and has since graduated to the senior United States national team, getting his first cap on March 31, 2004, against Poland. On July 7, 2005, Casey suffered a tear to his ACL while playing against Cuba in the USA's opening game of the Gold Cup.[11] He served as a late sub for the United States during several matches in the 2009 Confederations Cup. Casey scored twice (his first ever Senior team goals) against Honduras in a critical world cup qualifier at San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on October 10, 2009. The unanimous Man of the Match, Casey scored the U.S.'s first two goals,[12] and was fouled to set up the game-winning free-kick goal by Landon Donovan. The win put the United States through to the 2010 World Cup.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. October 10, 2009 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras  Honduras
1–1
 3–2 Q 2010 World Cup
2.
2–1

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal League Cup Europe Total
2000–01 Borussia Dortmund II Fußball-Regionalliga Nord 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
2001–02 Oberliga Westfalen 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 12
2001–02 Hannover 96 2. Bundesliga 19 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 7
2002–03 Bundesliga 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Borussia Dortmund 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
2003–04 Karlsruher SC 2. Bundesliga 30 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 32 14
2004–05 Mainz 05 Bundesliga 28 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 30 4
2005–06 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
2006–07 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006–07 Mainz 05 II Oberliga Südwest 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Canada League Voyageurs Cup League Cup North America Total
2007 Toronto FC Major League Soccer 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
USA League Open Cup League Cup North America Total
2007 Colorado Rapids Major League Soccer 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 2
2008 21 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 22 12
2009 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 16
2010 27 13 0 0 4 2 0 0 31 15
2011 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 6
2012 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2
2013 Philadelphia Union 31 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 10
2014 25 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 28 9
Total Germany 122 41 5 2 0 0 0 0 127 43
Canada 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
USA 175 68 8 2 4 2 0 0 187 72
Career total 299 109 13 34 4 2 0 0 316 115

Updated January 27, 2015

International

National team Year Apps Goals
United States
2004 6 0
2005 2 0
2006 0 0
2007 0 0
2008 1 0
2009 8 2
2010 2 0
Total 19 2

Statistics accurate as of March 4, 2013

Honors

Colorado Rapids
United States
Individual

See also

References

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