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Nat Borchers (born April 13, 1981) is an American former soccer player. He won the MLS Cup in 2009 with Real Salt Lake and in 2015 with the Portland Timbers.

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Nat Borchers

Borchers wearing a Real Salt Lake kit
Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-04-13) April 13, 1981 (age 41)
Place of birth	Tucson, Arizona, United States
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s)	Defender
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2002	Denver Pioneers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002	Boulder Rapids Reserve
2003–2005	Colorado Rapids	83	(2)
2006–2007	Odd	46	(1)
2008–2014	Real Salt Lake	205	(10)
2015–2016	Portland Timbers	52	(4)
Total		386	(17)
National team
2003–2004	United States U23	6	(0)
2005–2010	United States	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 15, 2016

Career

Youth and college

Born in Tucson, Arizona, Borchers attended East High School in Pueblo, Colorado where he played on the boys' soccer team. In his four years at East High School, he was selected all-league three times and All-State once. He was chosen as the League MVP his senior year. He also played for the youth club, Colorado Storm (Club Colorado Select). In addition to playing soccer, Borchers ran track and played basketball.

Borchers played four years of college soccer for the University of Denver from 1999 to 2002, and also excelled for the Colorado Rapids' PDL affiliate, the Boulder Rapids Reserve. He was selected all-league three times and was the MVP of the league in his senior year at DU. Despite this, Borchers went undrafted in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft. Borchers earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting while in school.

Professional

Borchers was signed to the Colorado Rapids developmental roster on March 18, 2003. However, he soon proved to be far better than most had expected and by the middle of the 2003 season had secured a starting spot in Colorado's first team central defense. Throughout the 2005 season, Borchers continued to anchor the Rapids defense.

In 2006, Borchers was transferred to Norwegian club Odd Grenland. In February 2008, Borchers signed with MLS side Real Salt Lake on a transfer, after being released by Odd Grenland.[1] His success with RSL in his first three seasons with the club led to a long-term deal announced on February 14, 2011 that kept Borchers in Salt Lake through the 2014 season.[2]

On December 8, 2014, Borchers was traded to Portland Timbers in exchange for allocation funds.[3] During his time with the Timbers, Borchers had been a starting defender contributing in the club's 2015 Championship run. The defender in 2016 had suffered with a leg injury that had him out for the rest of the season. On February 2, 2017, he retired from professional soccer.

International

Borchers' surprising 2003 season led to him being called up for the Under-23 team's Olympic Qualifiers, in which the team was eliminated. He earned his first cap for the senior national team on March 9, 2005, against Colombia. Nat most recently played for the senior team on November 17, 2010, against South Africa, entering in the 67th minute.

Real estate

In addition to soccer, Borchers is an active real estate investor and agent.

Senior career statistics

Club

As of March 23, 2014.[4][5][6]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Post season		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
USA			League		Open Cup		MLS Playoffs		CONCACAF		Total
2003	Colorado Rapids	Major League Soccer	22	0	2	0	2	1	-	-	26	1
2004			29	2	1	0	2	0	-	-	32	2
2005			31	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	31	0
Total			82	2	3	0	4	1	-	-	89	3
NOR			League		NM Cupen		Relegation Playoff		-		Total
2006	Odd Grenland	Tippeligaen	23	0	3	2	2	1	-	-	28	3
2007			19	1	5	1	0	0	-	-	24	2
Total			42	1	8	3	2	1	-	-	52	5
USA			League		Open Cup		MLS Playoffs		CONCACAF		Total
2008	Real Salt Lake	Major League Soccer	29	0	-	-	3	0	-	-	32	0
2009			30	1	-	-	4	0	-	-	34	1
2010			30	2	-	-	2	0	5	0	37	2
2011			30	3	2	0	1	0	3	0	36	3
2012			26	2	1	0	2	0	3	0	32	2
2013			28	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	34	1
2014			32	1	0	0	2	0	-	-	34	1
Total			205	10	7	0	19	0	11	0	242	10
USA			League		Open Cup		MLS Playoffs		CONCACAF		Total
2015	Portland Timbers	Major League Soccer	31	3	2	0	6	1	-	-	39	4
2016			21	1	1	0	-	-	0	0	22	1
Total			52	4	3	0	6	1	0	0	61	5
Career total			381	17	21	3	31	3	11	0	444	23

A dash (-) indicates the team did not participate in this competition for the year.

International

As of September 16, 2013. [7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
United States	2005	2	0
	2010	1	0
Total		3	0

Honors

Club

Real Salt Lake

• MLS Cup: 2009
• Eastern Conference (playoffs): 2009
• Western Conference (playoffs): 2013

Portland Timbers

• MLS Cup: 2015[8]
• Western Conference (playoffs): 2015[9]

References

External links

• Nat Borchers at Major League Soccer
• Odd Grenland profile (Norwegian)
• Nat Borchers at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

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- [en] Nat Borchers

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[it] Nat Borchers

Nat Borchers (Tucson, 13 aprile 1981) è un ex calciatore statunitense, difensore.

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[ru] Борчерс, Нэт

Нэт Борчерс (англ. Nat Borchers; 13 апреля 1981, Тусон, Аризона) — американский футболист, защитник, двукратный чемпион MLS.

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