Nat Borchers

Personal information
Full name	Nat Borchers
Date of birth	April 13, 1981 (1981-04-13) (age 28)
Place of birth	Tucson, Arizona, United States
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Real Salt Lake
Number	6
Youth career
1999–2002	Denver Pioneers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002	Boulder Rapids Reserve
2003–2006	Colorado Rapids	87	(3)
2006–2008	Odd Grenland	30	(1)
2008–	Real Salt Lake	59	(1)
National team‡
2005–	United States	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 March, 2009

Nat Borchers (born April 13, 1981, in Tucson, Arizona) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Youth and College 1.2 Professional 1.3 International 2 Honors 2.1 Real Salt Lake 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Youth and College

Borchers attended East High School in Pueblo, Colorado where he played on the boy's 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.

[edit] Professional

Borchers was signed to the Rapids' developmental roster March 18, 2003, however, and soon proved to be far better than most had suspected. By the middle of the 2003 season, Borchers had secured a starting spot in Colorado's 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]

[edit] 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.

[edit] Honors

[edit] Real Salt Lake

• Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Championship (1): 2009

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• MLS player profile
• Odd Grenland profile (Norwegian)

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