Cody Cropper
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| Full name | Cody Cropper | ||||||||
| Date of birth | February 16, 1993 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | ||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||
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Current team
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New England Revolution | ||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Minnesota Thunder | ||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Reading Rage | ||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Ipswich Town | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2012–2015 | Southampton | 0 | (0) | ||||||
| 2015–2016 | Milton Keynes Dons | 9 | (0) | ||||||
| 2016– | New England Revolution | 11 | (0) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2010–2013 | United States U20 | 21 | (0) | ||||||
| 2014–2016 | United States U23 | 7 | (0) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4:50, 9 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:50, 26 October 2016 (UTC) |
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Cody Cropper (born February 16, 1993) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the New England Revolution.
Cropper has an English father. He was born in Atlanta and moved to Minnesota at the age of 12.
After taking up the game, Cropper moved to England and spent time in the academy system of Ipswich Town before joining Southampton in August 2012. Although he featured for the Saints U-23 side, he never made a first team appearance. After 3 years at the south coast club, Cropper was released.
On June 30, 2015, Cropper joined newly promoted Championship side Milton Keynes Dons and on August 11, 2015 made his debut for the club in a Football League Cup first round win against Leyton Orient. On April 16, 2016, Cropper was sent off for a foul on Preston North End's striker Eoin Doyle.
Cropper was released after the 2015-16 season when the club decided not to take up the one-year option in Cropper's contract after being relagated to League 1. He signed with the New England Revolution in August 2016. Cropper became the starter for the Revolution beginning the 2017 season, and is "getting better every day" according to his teammates.
Cropper represented the United States at the 2011 and 2013 editions of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship, the latter of which the US finished as runners-up. He was also the first-choice goalkeeper for the United States at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2015 Toulon Tournament, the latter of which the US finished in third place.
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