From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hunter Freeman
Hunter Freeman
Hunter Freeman National team‡
2004–2005 United States U20 19 (1)
2007–2008 United States U23 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the
domestic league only and correct as of November 4, 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 26,
2010
Hunter Freeman (born January 8, 1985 in Tyler, Texas)
is an American soccer player who currently plays for
Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.
Career
College and amateur
As a teenager, Freeman trained in residency at the United
Hunter Freeman playing for Start States Soccer Federation’s Bradenton Academy with the
Personal information United States Under-17 national team. Upon graduating,
he attended the University of Virginia, where he played
Full name Hunter Freeman college soccer from 2002 to 2004. Freeman led the nation
Date of birth January 8, 1985 (1985-01-08) in his junior season with 21 assists, and was named first-
team All-Atlantic Coast Conference. He also played with
Place of birth Tyler, Texas, United States
the Texas Spurs in the USL Premier Development League.
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Defender, Midfielder
Professional
Following the 2004 season, Freeman signed a Generation
Club information adidas contract with Major League Soccer and was sub-
Current club Colorado Rapids sequently selected seventh overall in the 2005 MLS Su-
perDraft by Colorado Rapids. He would go on to appear in
Number -
47 league matches, including 38 starts for Colorado dur-
Youth career ing his two years at the club.
In 2007, Freeman was traded to New York Red Bulls
2002–2004 Virginia Cavaliers
for a 2008 3rd round SuperDraft pick and a 2007 4th
Senior career* round Supplemental draft pick. Freeman scored his first
Years Team Apps† (Gls)† MLS goal in a 1-0 win over FC Dallas on April 26, 2007.
After a promising start to his Red Bull career, Freeman
2003 Texas Spurs 9 (1) was forced to the sidelines due to injury and his form suf-
2005–2006 Colorado Rapids 47 (0) fered. He eventually lost his starting role, but by the end
of the season he regained his form and contributed to the
2007–2008 New York Red Bulls 30 (1) teams playoff run. During the 2007 regular season Free-
2008 Toronto FC 7 (0) man appeared in 16 games, including 15 starts, scoring
one goal and assisting on another. He also started and
2009–2010 IK Start 51 (2)
played the full 90 minutes in the clubs two playoff games.
2011 Houston Dynamo 23 (1) He was traded to Toronto FC on September 12, 2008.
Despite Freeman having already agreed to join IK Start of
2012– Colorado Rapids 0 (0)
the Norwegian leagues, Toronto FC gave up two supple-
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mental draft picks to acquire him for four months. Trade [2] http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2010/12/
conditions also dictated that New York retain the MLS dynamo-set-add-hunter-freeman
rights to Freeman. [3] http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/news/2010/12/
On July 11, 2009, Freeman scored his first goal for new-york-acquires-allocation-money-houston
Start on a free kick.[1] Start won the game 2-1. After [4] http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/
two seasons with IK Start, Freeman moved back to the 12/12/stage-2-re-entry-draft-highlighted-busy-
US, joining Houston Dynamo.[2] Houston sent allocation galaxy
money to New York to acquire the rights to Freeman. [5] FIFA player stats
Houston also received a third-round selection in the 2012
MLS SuperDraft.[3]
At season’s end, Houston declined his 2012 contract
External links
option and he entered the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft. Free- • MLS player profile
man was selected by Colorado Rapids in stage two of the • Profile on MetroFanatic.com
draft on December 12, 2011.[4] • altomfotball.no
Persondata
International Name Freeman, Hunter
Freeman has played for various youth United States na- Alternative names
tional teams, and was part of the United States U-20
men’s national soccer team at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Short description
Championship.[5] He was also called up to the United Date of birth 1985-01-08
States U-23 men’s national soccer team for the 2008 Place of birth Tyler, Texas, United States
CONCACAF Men’s Pre-Olympic Tournament, which qual-
Date of death
ified the Americans for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Place of death
See also
• List of current MLS players
References
[1] YouTube clip of the goal
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Categories:
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• Living people
• American expatriate soccer people in Canada
• American expatriate soccer players
• American expatriates in Norway
• American soccer players
• Colorado Rapids players
• Expatriate footballers in Norway
• Expatriate soccer players in Canada
• Association football defenders
• Association football midfielders
• Houston Dynamo players
• IK Start players
• Norwegian Premier League players
• People from Tyler, Texas
• New York Red Bulls players
• Soccer players from Texas
• Texas Spurs players
• Toronto FC players
• USL Premier Development League players
• Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer players
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