Michael Parkhurst
Personal information
Date of birth	January 24, 1984 (1984-01-24) (age 25)
Place of birth	Providence, RI, United States
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Center back
Club information
Current club	Nordsjælland
Number	18
Youth career
2002–2004	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003 2005–2008 2008–	Bradenton Academics New England Revolution Nordsjælland	010 0(2) 115 0(1) 028 0(0)
National team2
2007– 2008	United States United States Olympic	008 0(0) 005 0(0)[1]
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 August 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 July, 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Michael Parkhurst (born January 24, 1984 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American soccer player who currently plays center back for Danish team Nordsjælland.

[edit] Early years

Parkhurst played college soccer at Wake Forest University for the Demon Deacons from 2002 to 2004, where he started all sixty-two games the team played during his tenure, scoring one goal and registering two assists. Named a second-team All-American as a sophomore and junior, Parkhurst signed a Generation adidas contract with MLS following the 2004 season.

[edit] Career

[edit] New England Revolution

Parkhurst, who grew up in Rhode Island and played for CLCF Soccer and Bayside United, was in attendance at the inauguaral home game for the New England Revolution, in 1996.^[2] Nine years later, on January 14, 2005, he was selected ninth overall in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by his hometown Revolution. He was ever-present for the Revs in his first season and was named MLS Rookie of the Year.

He scored his first career MLS goal on October 20, 2007, in a 2-2 draw between the Revolution and Toronto FC. The goal was scored from sixty yards out, having caught Toronto's keeper Kenny Stamatopoulos off-guard.

Parkhurst won the MLS Defender of the Year Award in 2007, the MLS Fair Play Award in 2007 and 2008 and was also twice named the MLS Humanitarian of the Year in 2006 and 2008.

[edit] Nordsjælland

After his contract with the Revolution expired after the 2008 season, Parkhurst signed with Danish Superliga side Nordsjælland on December 9, 2008, as a free agent.^[3][4]

[edit] International

Parkhurst is an Irish-American and thus holds an Irish passport. He had declared that he would be willing to play for the Irish national team if his American ambitions never came to fruition.^[2] Parkhurst was called up by the United States national team for the 2007 Gold Cup, and earned his first cap against Trinidad and Tobago on June 9, 2007, thus eliminating any further possibility of playing for the Republic of Ireland.

[edit] Honors

[edit] United States

• CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions (1): 2007

[edit] New England Revolution

• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (1): 2007

[edit] Individual

• MLS Defender of the Year: 2007
• MLS Rookie of the Year: 2005
• MLS Best XI: 2007

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• FC Nordsjælland profile
• (Danish) Danmarks Radio Career Stats - Michael Parkhurst Danmarks Radio

United States Squad v • d • e United States squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions (4th Title) 1 Howard • 2 Hejduk • 3 Bocanegra • 4 Mastroeni • 5 Feilhaber • 6 M. Bradley • 7 Beasley • 8 Dempsey • 9 Johnson • 10 Donovan • 11 Ching • 12 DeMerit • 13 Bornstein • 14 Ralston • 15 Simek • 16 Parkhurst • 17 Spector • 18 Keller • 19 Clark • 20 Twellman • 21 Mapp • 22 Onyewu • 23 Guzan • Coach: B. Bradley v • d • e United States squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Seitz • 2 Wynne • 3 Orozco • 4 Bradley • 5 McCarty • 6 Edu • 7 Holden • 8 Szetela • 9 Davies • 10 Feilhaber • 11 Adu • 12 Altidore • 13 Ianni • 14 Rogers • 15 Parkhurst • 16 Kljestan • 17 McBride • 18 Guzan • Coach: Nowak 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