Eddie Pope
Pope in February 2008
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Edward Pope | ||
| Date of birth | December 24, 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Greensboro, North Carolina, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1995 | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2002 | D.C. United | 143 | (8) |
| 2003–2004 | MetroStars | 42 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Real Salt Lake | 69 | (2) |
| Total | 254 | (10) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996–2006 | United States | 82 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 October 2007. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 August 2006 |
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George Edward "Eddie" Pope (December 24, 1973) is a retired American soccer player who last played for D.C. United of Major League Soccer and spent eleven years as a defender for the United States national team. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Pope spent most of his career playing for D.C. United.
Born in Greensboro, he attended Southwest Guilford High School. Pope had a very successful career playing for the North Carolina Tar Heels where he also kicked for Mack Brown's football team. In 1994, he was a first team All-American, and also earned All-ACC and All-South Region honors.
In 1996, D.C. United selected Pope in the first round (second overall) in the MLS College Draft. His first season in Washington, D.C. was split between United and the men's Olympic team, which was preparing for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. However, he still played 18 games for United and won a league title with the team, scoring a golden goal in the MLS Cup against the Los Angeles Galaxy. He also played his first game with the national team, helping the team beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 on November 10. In 1997, Pope made quite a splash on the MLS scene. He was named MLS Defender of the Year and earned a place in the MLS Best XI, as well as winning a second MLS title. In 1998, Pope helped United win both the CONCACAF Champions Cup and the InterAmerican Cup, the first continental honors earned by an MLS team. He scored the winning goal in United's victory in the Interamerican Cup.
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