Logan Allen Pos ( born Logan Allen Pause ; August 22, 1981 , Hillsboro, North Carolina , USA ) - American footballer who played as a leading midfielder , coach. He spent his 12-year professional career playing for the Chicago Fire MLS club. From December 1, 2014 - Vice President of the Chicago Fire Club.
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| Full name | Logan Allen Pos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Was born | Hillsboro, North Carolina , USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 178 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | defender , midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Junior
After graduating from school in Durham (North Carolina), where Logan was the captain of the local team and was recognized as a player of the district, district and conference of the year, he played football for the team of the University of North Carolina "Tar Hills", where he was the captain alternately with Matt Crawford . First, he acted as a midfielder, then became a central defender, and often connected in the center to the attacks. In 2001, he won the College Cup with the team and entered the second symbolic team of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the next season he entered the first team.
In clubs
In 2002, after the end of the student season, he briefly competed in the US Cup and the USL Fourth Division for the newly created Role of KASL Elite.
In 2003, he was selected on the MLS Superdraft under the general 24th number by the Chicago Fire Club. In the first season, he and the club won the regular championship and reached the final of the playoffs, and also won the US Cup. The following season I reached the Cup final, played all the matches of my team, and the CONCACAF Champions Cup semi-finals, also having spent all the matches.
In the 2005 season, he was transferred from the center of the midfield to the right flank of the defense. Due to injury, he missed the play-offs of the 2006 season, in which he played on both flanks of the defense and on the right flank of the midfield. In the first match of the 2007 season against the New England Revolution , he scored his first goal in the MLS, which became the only one in that match. From the 2008 season he played in the center of defense, was the captain of the club, as one of his oldest players.
August 12, 2012 Logan took part in the 250th match of the regular season for the "Chicago Fire". He became only the fifth player of the MLS league who played 250 or more matches for the same club [2] .
At the end of the 2014 MLS season , Logan Pos ended his football career. Logan spent his entire professional 12-year career speaking for Chicago Fire [3] [4] [5] .
On November 3, 2014, Pos was appointed vice president of the Chicago Fire Club [6] .
In national teams
In 2004, he participated in the qualifying tournament for the Summer Olympics, which was unsuccessful for the United States. June 25, 2009, he was first included in the first US team in the CONCACAF Gold Cup [7] . He made his debut at the international level in the first match of this tournament against Grenada , in which he spent 90 minutes on the field and scored an assist with Robbie Rogers . After 5 of 6 games of his team, won the "silver".
Personal life
Mother - Catherine, father - Michael. He is fond of cycling and cooking . On December 5, 2009, he was married to Vaneesha Chatlani [8] . The daughter, Isla Grace, was born on January 31, 2012 [9] .
Achievements
Team
USA team
- CONCACAF Gold Cup :
- Silver medalist: 2009
Chicago Fire
- North American Super League :
- Finalist: 2009
- MLS Cup :
- Finalist: 2003
- US Open Cup :
- Winner: 2003, 2006
- Finalist: 2004
Personal
- The most valuable player of the year club "Chicago Fire": 2010
- Fair Play Prize of the MLS League: 2012
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ (Eng.) Fire Rally to Top Philadelphia Union 3-1 . The appeal date is August 13, 2012.
- Chic As Logan Pause, Chicago Fire lose another link to the past (English) . mlssoccer.com (September 5, 2014).
- ↑ Logan Pause Retirement Press Conference . chicago-fire.com (September 5, 2014).
- Ause Pause walks away from the field of fire supporters . chicago-fire.com (October 25, 2014).
- ↑ The Legend Continues: Chicago Fire Soccer Club (English) . chicago-fire.com (November 3, 2014).
- ↑ US Announces Roster for 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Archived April 25, 2012. News on the website of the Football Federation of the United States June 24, 2009 (English)
- ↑ Wedding Report (Inaccessible link) . The appeal date is March 12, 2012. Archived on February 18, 2011.
- ↑ New Fire fan into the fold
Links
- Profile from the official page of the club "Chicago Fire" (English)
- Profile on National Football Teams (English)
- Player profile and coach profile (English) on the website Transfermarkt
- Profile on worldfootball.net (English)
- logan.pause.20192 (English)
- Profile on the MLS website