Nick Garcia
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nick Garcia | ||
| Date of birth | April 9, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Plano, Texas, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1998 | Dallas Texans | ||
| 1998–1999 | Indiana Hoosiers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2007 | Kansas City Wizards | 224 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | San Jose Earthquakes | 36 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Toronto FC | 36 | (0) |
| Total | 296 | (1) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1995 | United States U-17 | 2 | (0) |
| 1999 | United States U-20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | United States | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 23, 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 4, 2010 |
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Nick Garcia (born April 9, 1979 in Plano, Texas) is an American soccer player who grew up playing for the Dallas Texans Soccer Club and most recently played for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.
As a junior and senior at Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, Texas, and helped his high school win their first 2 TAPPS state boys soccer championships in 1996 and 1997. He was selected to the all-district, all-state and all-tournament teams. Garcia won the 1996–97 Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year award, as well, while starring for Dallas Texans youth club. Garcia played college soccer at Indiana University, leading Indiana to the consecutive national titles in 1998 and 1999, and was named All-American in his final season. Garcia was also named the Soccer America National Freshman of the year while at Indiana University and won the 1999 NCAA Defensive MVP in the College Cup Tournament.
Garcia signed with Project-40 and MLS in 2000, and was drafted second overall (behind Steve Shak) in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft by the Kansas City Wizards.
Garcia subsequently played in – and started – 224 games for the Wizards between 2000 and 2007 and helped the Wizards win the MLS Cup in 2000, and the US Open Cup in 2004.
He joined the San Jose Earthquakes as their captain upon their return to MLS in 2008. In early 2009 Garcia signed a multi-year contract with San Jose, but was traded (along with the rights to Canadian international Ali Gerba) to Toronto FC on June 9, 2009 for a third round pick in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft.
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