Steve Cronin
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven Michael Cronin | ||
| Date of birth | May 28, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Sacramento, California, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999 | IMG Soccer Academy | ||
| 2001–2003 | Santa Clara Broncos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 28 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Portland Timbers | 54 | (0) |
| 2009 | → D.C. United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | D.C. United | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999 | United States U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2003 | United States U20 | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 4, 2011. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 2, 2010 |
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Steve Michael Cronin (born May 28, 1983 in Sacramento, California) is a retired American soccer player who most recently played for D.C. United of Major League Soccer.
Cronin played college soccer at Santa Clara University from 2001 to 2003. As a freshman, Cronin pulled double duty, starting 10 games as a goalkeeper and six in the field, finishing the season with a 0.79 goals against average. For the next two years, Cronin remained solely in goal, starting 27 matches and being named first-team All-West Coast Conference as a junior.
Following a tremendous performance with the Under-20 national team in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, Cronin signed a Project-40 contract with MLS. He was selected 10th overall in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft by his hometown San Jose Earthquakes. Unfortunately for Cronin, San Jose had two very competent goalkeepers in front of him, 2003 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Pat Onstad and Jon Conway, and the young keeper did not get any playing time in the 2004 season.
Cronin was traded to Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2005 off-season in a four-player deal and started several games for the Galaxy. He became the Galaxy's starting goalkeeper after Joe Cannon was traded to the San Jose Earthquakes in January 2008. Cronin signed a multi-year contract extension with Galaxy after the 2008 MLS season, but transferred to Portland Timbers in February 2009.
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