Nat Borchers

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

Nat Borchers
Borchers wearing a Real Salt Lake kit
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-04-13) April 13, 1981
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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 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

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
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
USA League Open Cup MLS Playoffs CONCACAF Total
2003Colorado RapidsMajor League Soccer2202021--261
20042921020--322
20053100000--310
Total8223041--893
NOR League NM Cupen Relegation Playoff - Total
2006Odd GrenlandTippeligaen2303221--283
20071915100--242
Total4218321--525
USA League Open Cup MLS Playoffs CONCACAF Total
2008Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer290--30--320
2009301--40--341
2010302--2050372
2011303201030363
2012262102030322
20132814050--341
20143210020--341
Total205107019011024210
USA League Open Cup MLS Playoffs CONCACAF Total
2015Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer3132061--394
201621110--00221
Total524306100615
Career total 3811721331311044423

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

International
As of September 16, 2013. [7]
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States200520
201010
Total30

Honors

Club
Real Salt Lake
Portland Timbers

References
  1. "The Daily Scoop". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
  2. http://www.realsaltlake.com/news/2011/02/nat-borchers-signs-contract-extension-through-2014
  3. http://www.timbers.com/news/2014/12/portland-timbers-acquire-defender-nat-borchers-real-salt-lake-e
  4. Statistics, retrieved: March 24, 2014
  5. Nat Borchers, retrieved: March 24, 2014
  6. Odds BK NM Cupen Archived March 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine; retrieved: March 25, 2014
  7. Nat Borcher - USMNT, retrieved: March 25, 2014
  8. https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2015/12/6/9858868/timbers-crew-2015-mls-cup-final-score-results
  9. http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2015/11/portland_timbers_fans_celebrat.html
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