Josh Saunders
Saunders with Los Angeles Galaxy in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Josh Saunders | ||
| Date of birth | March 2, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Grants Pass, Oregon, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Orlando City | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Cal State Fullerton Titans | ||
| 2001–2002 | California Golden Bears | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Portland Timbers (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2004 | Portland Timbers | 24 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Portland Timbers (loan) | 50 | (0) |
| 2007 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 22 | (0) |
| 2008 | Miami FC | 27 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Los Angeles Galaxy (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 53 | (0) |
| 2013 | Real Salt Lake | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | New York City | 66 | (0) |
| 2014 | → San Antonio Scorpions (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2017– | Orlando City | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002 | United States U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008 | Puerto Rico | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:15, 12 November 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:24, 19 September 2016 (UTC) |
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Josh Saunders (born March 2, 1981) is an American-born Puerto Rican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Orlando City in Major League Soccer.
Saunders, the younger brother of Shawn Saunders, spent the final two seasons of his collegiate career at Berkeley, after spending the previous two at Cal-State Fullerton. He was named a First Team All-Pac-10 selection in each of his two seasons with the Golden Bears, and during his senior season he became the first keeper ever to be named Pac-10 Player of the Year. He has a B.A. in American Studies.
After being selected in the fourth round of the 2003 MLS Superdraft Saunders made the roster of the San Jose Earthquakes, but did not appear in an official match. Instead, Saunders played on loan with the Portland Timbers in the USL First Division, where he played every minute of his 16 games, allowing only 15 goals, giving him a 0.90 GAA for the 2003 season. The next year, he started 24 games and posted a 1.11 GAA with six shutouts. Chief among his feats was a 363-minute scoreless streak, which, until recently, was the longest in Timbers history.
Saunders joined Los Angeles Galaxy in 2005 as third-choice keeper behind Kevin Hartman and Steve Cronin, but again failed to appear in a first team game, logged only 15 minutes as a substitute in a game for the Galaxy's reserves. In 2007, Saunders and three other players were waived from the LA Galaxy. Some bloggers suspected this was due to the massive expense of acquiring soccer star David Beckham, and despite a successful pre-season trial with Chicago Fire, signed for the Puerto Rico Islanders for the 2007 season. He made his debut for the Islanders in a 2-1 victory over the Rochester Raging Rhinos on April 14, 2007.
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