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name: Matt Jordan
position: GK height: 6-2 weight:185 Birthdate: October 13, 1975 Hometown: Aurora, CO last club: Odense Boldklub (Denmark) |
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| Regular Season Stats | full bio l year-by-year stats |
| year | team | gp | gs | min | shts | svs | ga | gaa | pg | pa | w | l | t |
| 2006 | Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 117 | 117 | 10,628 | 30 | 476 | 178 | 1.51 | 13 | 22 | 53 | 46 | 17 | |
Acquired
Acquired along with Chris Wingert on Jan. 20, 2006 from the Columbus Crew in exchange for the Rapids’ natural third round draft pick in 2006 and a conditional draft pick in 2007.
MLS Experience
Matt Jordan returns to his native Denver to play in his seventh MLS season. Jordan has started 117 games entering this season and compiled a 53-46-17 record, 1.51 GAA and 30 shutouts.Jordan had signed with Odense Boldklub of the Danish Superliga on 2/22/03, after five seasons with the Dallas Burn. He was originally selected by Dallas in the first round (No. 10 overall) of the 1998 MLS College Draft.
2005: Started and played in two games for the Crew giving up three goals and making 13 saves.
2004: Started just one game in an injury-plagued first season in Columbus…Made his lone appearance and Crew debut on 10/9 at the MetroStars, turning aside five shots in a 1-1 tie...Was not available for 11 games with a sprained left ankle and has missed four games with a right calf strain.
2002: Started 27 games and crafted a 12-9-6 record and a 1.51 GAA…Recorded three shutouts…Was unbeaten in overtime, going 3-0-6…Made three saves in shutting out The Crew, 1-0 in OT, on 6/29…Posted his second straight clean sheet on 7/4, in a 2-0 win over the MetroStars…Shut out L.A., 1-0 in OT, on 8/24 at the Rose Bowl.
2001: Started all 26 Burn games…Tied for the league lead in shutouts with nine…Registered his first shutout of the year 4/14 at S.J. …Shut out The Crew on 5/12…Posted his second consecutive shutout on 5/19 at L.A. …Made six saves in shutting out T.B. on 6/6…Blanked D.C. on 6/9, L.A. on 6/30, T.B. on 7/18, the MetroStars on 8/11 and K.C. on 8/25.
2000: Played the full 90 minutes in 31 of 32 games…Tied for second in the league in shutouts, with seven and was fourth in the league in saves, with 124… Led the league in minutes played by a goalkeeper, with 2,830… Made a season-high eight saves 5/24 at Chicago… Made seven saves and notched an assist 7/1 vs. L.A…Earned his first shutout of the season 4/1 vs. T.B. …Blanked K.C. on 6/21 at Arrowhead Stadium…Twice recorded back-to-back shutouts, 7/8 vs. D.C.-7/15 vs. Miami and 8/12 vs. D.C.-8/16 vs. Chicago…His seventh shutout of the season clinched a playoff berth 9/6 at L.A.
1999: Started 29 games and established a club record for goals-against average in a season, at 1.08, which tied for second in the league…Was one of three finalists for the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year award…Posted a co-league-leading 11 shutouts (with L.A.’s Kevin Hartman)…Ranked second in saves (133) and led the league in catch/punches (124)…Opened the season with three consecutive shutouts, 3/20 vs. K.C. (first MLS win), 3/28 at L.A. and 4/10 at Chicago…Was named MLS Player of the Week for the week ending 4/11…Made a career-high 11 saves 9/4 at D.C…Made seven saves and 11 catch/punches in recording his 11th shutout of the season 9/24 at N.E.
1998: Made his MLS debut in the Burn’s season finale on 9/26, starting and playing the first half at Colorado.
Other Pro Experience
Spent more than half of 2003-04 Danish Superliga season with Odense Boldklub…Made a total of 21 appearances across all competitions with OB, seven first-team and 14 reserve, posting a combined record of 15-3-3 with 9 shutouts...Started league matches on 11/30/03, a 2-1 win over Frem, and 12/7/03, a 3-3 tie at Esbjerg…Trained with AA Gent of Belgium’s First Division for six weeks at the end of 2000…Spent four weeks training with Feyenoord of the Dutch First Division in 1999…Started 12 games in the A-League with the Pro-40 Select Team in 1998, posting a 5-6 record and a goals-against average of 1.67…Was named to the A-League Team of the Week for 8/8/98 after facing 20 shots, making seven saves and conceding only an overtime goal vs. New Orleans.
International
Was called into National Team camp for friendly games against China and Colombia in early 2001, but has yet to earn his first cap…Represented the U.S. at the Under-21, U-20 and U-18 levels…Was a member of the bronze-medal-winning U.S. National ‘B’ Team at the 1997 World University Games in Sicily, Italy.
College
Started all 80 games of his college career at Clemson, from 1994-97…Was a NSCAA/Umbro first-team All-America selection in 1994 and 1997 and a 1997 College Player of the Year finalist...Ranked second on the Tigers’ all-time saves list, with 311, at the conclusion of his career…Fashioned a career goals-against average of 1.14…Led Clemson to the NCAA quarterfinals in 1997, where it lost to eventual champion UCLA…Was named to the 50th Anniversary All-ACC Team.
Personal
Married to Lori…Was named the Burn’s 1999 Defender of the Year and Humanitarian of the Year in both 2001 and 2002....Graduated from Clemson in 2001 with a degree in Marketing and a minor in Sports Marketing…His hobbies include reading, music, camping and fishing…His favorite non-soccer teams are the Denver Broncos, Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche…Listens to all types of music except country…Was voted Colorado High School Player of the Year in 1994.
