Heath Pearce
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| Full name | Heath Gregory Pearce | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | August 13, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Modesto, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back / Full back | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| –2001 | IMG Soccer Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Portland Pilots | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | FC Nordsjælland | 75 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | 31 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | FC Dallas | 34 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Chivas USA | 40 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | New York Red Bulls | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Montreal Impact | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | IFK Göteborg | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | United States U17 | 4 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | United States U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | United States U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2012 | United States | 35 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 13, 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 27, 2012 |
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Heath Pearce (born August 13, 1984) is an American professional soccer player who played as a defender for teams in Europe and North America. He represented his national team on 35 occasions. Pearce is currently the host of "The Mixer", "KPR" (Kick Power Rankings) and "WTF" (Walk Talk Football), all programmes on the YouTube channel, KICK. (Formerly known as KICKTV)
Pearce played his high school soccer at Peter Johansen High School in Modesto, California before playing his college soccer at the University of Portland, where he was an All-West Coast Conference honorable mention selection. In his final year at Portland, he started all 20 games, scoring two goals and racking up five assists.
During his college years he also played for the Bradenton Academics in the USL Premier Development League.
Pearce signed with FC Nordsjælland and began his professional career in the 2004–05 Danish Superliga season. He made 75 league appearances and scored two goals for club in his two and a half seasons there.
After stating that he would leave Nordsjælland after the 2007 season with a goal to be signed by a team in Germany, Scotland, or the Netherlands, Pearce signed a two-year contract with on July 16, 2007. In January 2008, Pearce was briefly suspended for being late to return to the club from international duty, but was eventually allowed back on the team. On April 13, 2009, Pearce was permanently suspended from Hansa Rostock's first team and demoted to the reserve squad. At the end of the season, Pearce was released from his contract.
On September 2, 2009, Pearce reportedly signed a two-year contract with Turkish team Bursaspor, but the next day it had emerged that a deal was not reached until after the transfer window had closed. After his failed move to Turkey, he signed with Major League Soccer side FC Dallas on September 11, 2009. In his first full season in Dallas Pearce helped the club to the 2010 MLS Cup final.
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