Geoff Cameron

Geoff Cameron

Cameron with the United States national team in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Geoffrey Scott Cameron
Date of birth	(1985-07-11) July 11, 1985 (age 31)
Place of birth	Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Stoke City
Number	20
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2005	West Virginia Mountaineers	38	(4)
2006–2007	Rhode Island Rams	39	(6)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2007	Rhode Island Stingrays	33	(8)
2008–2012	Houston Dynamo	116	(11)
2012–	Stoke City	138	(2)
National team‡
2010–	United States	49	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:23, 26 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 8, 2016 (UTC)

Geoffrey Scott "Geoff" Cameron (born July 11, 1985) is an American soccer player who plays for Premier League side Stoke City and the United States national team.

Cameron began playing college soccer with the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Rhode Island Rams, as well as USL Premier Development League side Rhode Island Stingrays, before being drafted by Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo in 2008. After an impressive second season in professional soccer Cameron was named as MLS Best XI in 2009 and helped Houston reach the final of the MLS Cup in 2011 as they lost 1–0 to the Los Angeles Galaxy. In July 2012 he joined English Premier League side Stoke City. He became a regular starter at Stoke firstly under the management of Tony Pulis and then Mark Hughes.

Cameron was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts and played youth soccer for Bayside United. He attended Attleboro High School and Providence Country Day School before choosing West Virginia University for college. After making 28 starts in two seasons at West Virginia Mountaineers, Cameron transferred to the University of Rhode Island for his junior and senior years. Cameron was an immediate starter and helped the Rhode Island Rams beat the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the 2006 NCAA tournament, scoring in a shootout. As a senior in 2007, Cameron was named midfielder of the Year in the Atlantic 10 Conference and was a first-team all-Mid Atlantic Region selection. During his college years, Cameron also played for Rhode Island Stingrays in the USL Premier Development League where he played 33 times in two seasons scoring eight goals.