Nat Borchers

American soccer player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican soccer player
PlacesUnited States of America
isAthlete Football player Association football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth13 April 1981, Tucson, USA
Age43 years
Star signAries
Stats
Height:188 cm
Education
University of Denver
Sports Teams
Odds BK
Real Salt Lake
Colorado Rapids
Colorado Rapids U-23
Portland Timbers
United States men's national under-23 soccer team
United States men's national soccer team
The details

Biography

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.

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. 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.

On December 8, 2014, Borchers was traded to Portland Timbers in exchange for allocation funds. 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.
Club performanceLeagueCupLeague Post seasonContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
USALeagueOpen CupMLS PlayoffsCONCACAFTotal
2003Colorado RapidsMajor League Soccer2202021--261
20042921020--322
20053100000--310
Total8223041--893
NORLeagueNM CupenRelegation Playoff-Total
2006Odd GrenlandTippeligaen2303221--283
20071915100--242
Total4218321--525
USALeagueOpen CupMLS PlayoffsCONCACAFTotal
2008Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer290--30--320
2009301--40--341
2010302--2050372
2011303201030363
2012262102030322
20132814050--341
20143210020--341
Total205107019011024210
USALeagueOpen CupMLS PlayoffsCONCACAFTotal
2015Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer3132061--394
201621110--00221
Total524306100615
Career total3811721331311044423

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

International

As of September 16, 2013.
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States200520
201010
Total30

Honors

Club

Real Salt Lake
  • MLS Cup: 2009
  • Eastern Conference (playoffs): 2009
  • Western Conference (playoffs): 2013
Portland Timbers
  • MLS Cup: 2015
  • Western Conference (playoffs): 2015
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