nick garcia

Nick Garcia (born April 9, 1979 in Plano, Texas), is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. Garcia played college soccer at Indiana University, leading Indiana to the consecutive national titles in 1998 and 1999, and was named All-American in his final season. He signed with Project-40 and MLS in 2000, and was drafted second overall (behind colossal disappointment Steve Shak) in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft by the Kansas City Wizards. Garcia has played in -- and started -- almost every game for the Wizards ever since. In 2000, he helped them to the MLS Cup and won the US Open Cup in 2004. Although he has never scored a goal in MLS, he is one of the league's best defenders, and has played equally well at left, center, and right back for the Wizards. Garcia captained the US Under-20 national team at the World Youth Championship in Nigeria in 1999 and earned his first cap for the full national team on February 12, 2003, against Jamaica. So far, he has amassed six caps for the US.

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