Nat Borchers (born April 13, 1981) is an American former soccer player who played as a defender. He won the MLS Cup in 2009 with Real Salt Lake and in 2015 with the Portland Timbers.
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.
Club careeredit
Borchers with the Timbers in 2015
Borchers was signed to the Colorado Rapidsdevelopmental 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 careeredit
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.
Outside footballedit
In addition to soccer, Borchers owns and manages his own commercial real estate investment company.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Nat Borchers news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Nat Borchers born April 13 1981 is an American former soccer player who played as a defender He won the MLS Cup in 2009 with Real Salt Lake and in 2015 with the Portland Timbers Nat BorchersBorchers wearing a Real Salt Lake kitPersonal informationDate of birth 1981 04 13 April 13 1981 age 43 Place of birthTucson Arizona United StatesHeight6 ft 2 in 1 88 m Position s DefenderCollege careerYearsTeamApps Gls 1999 2002Denver PioneersSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 2002Boulder Rapids Reserve2003 2005Colorado Rapids83 2 2006 2007Odd46 1 2008 2014Real Salt Lake205 10 2015 2016Portland Timbers52 4 Total386 17 International career2003 2004United States U236 0 2005 2010United States3 0 Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Youth and college career 2 Club career 3 International career 4 Outside football 5 Career statistics 5 1 Club 5 2 International 6 Honors 7 References 8 External linksYouth and college career editBorn 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 Club career edit nbsp Borchers with the Timbers in 2015 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 career editBorchers 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 Outside football editIn addition to soccer Borchers owns and manages his own commercial real estate investment company Career statistics editClub edit As of March 23 2014 4 5 6 Appearances and goals by club season and competition Club Season League Cup a Leaguepost season b Continental Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Colorado Rapids 2003 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 0 0 89 3 Odd Grenland 2006 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 0 0 52 5 Real Salt Lake 2008 Major League Soccer 29 0 3 0 32 0 2009 30 1 4 0 34 1 2010 30 2 2 0 5 c 0 37 2 2011 30 3 2 0 1 0 3 c 0 36 3 2012 26 2 1 0 2 0 3 c 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 Portland Timbers 2015 Major League Soccer 31 3 2 0 6 1 39 4 2016 21 1 1 0 0 c 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 Includes Open Cup Norwegian Football Cup Includes MLS Playoffs a b c d Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League International edit As of September 16 2013 7 Appearances and goals by national team and year National team Year Apps Goals United States 2005 2 0 2010 1 0 Total 3 0Honors editReal Salt Lake MLS Cup 2009 Eastern Conference playoffs 2009 Western Conference playoffs 2013 Portland Timbers MLS Cup 2015 8 Western Conference playoffs 2015 9 Individual MLS Best XI 2010References edit The Daily Scoop Archived from the original on July 7 2011 Retrieved February 15 2008 Nat Borchers Signs Contract Extension through 2014 Real Salt Lake Archived from the original on February 18 2011 http www timbers com news 2014 12 portland timbers acquire defender nat borchers real salt lake e dead link Statistics retrieved March 24 2014 Nat Borchers retrieved March 24 2014 Odds BK NM Cupen Archived March 26 2014 at the Wayback Machine retrieved March 25 2014 Nat Borcher USMNT retrieved March 25 2014 Goals screw ups stats and more Everything great from the MLS Cup Final December 6 2015 Timbers fans celebrate Western Conference Championship December 2015 External links editNat Borchers at Major League Soccer Odd Grenland profile Norwegian Nat Borchers at National Football Teams com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nat Borchers amp oldid 1192050905, 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