Danny O'Rourke

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Danny O'Rourke
Personal information
Date of birth	May 31, 1983 (1983-05-31) (age 25)
Place of birth	Columbus, OH, United States
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Columbus Crew
Number	5
Youth clubs
2001-04	Indiana                               83 (2)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004 2005 2006 2007–	Chicago Fire Premier San Jose Earthquakes Red Bull New York Columbus Crew	08 (1) 014 (0) 028 (0) 035 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Danny O'Rourke (born May 31, 1983 in Columbus, Ohio) is an U.S. soccer defensive midfielder, who currently plays soccer for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer.

Contents 1 High school 2 College 3 MLS 4 Summary 5 See also 6 References

[edit] High school

O'Rourke played high school soccer at Worthington Kilbourne High School. He was captain during the 2000 season, during which they won the state championship. Named Ohio Capital Conference player of the year, All-Ohio Capital Conference First Team, All-District, And All-State.

[edit] College

O'Rourke played college soccer for Indiana University from 2001 to 2004, starting every game he played in during his four years. Selected as All-Big 10 as a sophomore, junior, and senior, O'Rourke was named a first team All-American his senior season, also winning the Hermann Trophy while leading Indiana to a second consecutive NCAA Championship over UC Santa Barbara. O'Rourke finished his career at Indiana having played in 83 games, registering two goals and five assists. He also played for Chicago Fire Premier in the USL Premier Development League.

[edit] MLS

O'Rourke was drafted by the San Jose Earthquakes with the fourth overall pick of the 2005 MLS SuperDraft^[1]. He began the year as a starter before losing his spot to Ricardo Clark. Along with the rest of his Earthquakes teammates, he moved to Houston for the 2006 season, but was traded to Red Bull New York for Adrian Serioux a week before the season started.

O'Rourke was selected in the 2006 MLS Expansion Draft by Toronto FC, but was immediately traded to the Columbus Crew along with Will Hesmer for a partial allocation.

In his first years playing for MLS, he was considered as one of the bright young prospects at midfield. Starting with the 2008 season he shifted to center back.

[edit] Summary

Team	Nation	Years	Apps	Goals	Assists
San Jose Earthquakes		2005	14	0	0
Red Bull New York		2006	28	0	2
Columbus Crew		2007	27	0	1
Columbus Crew		2008	8	0	1

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

[edit] References

v • d • e Columbus Crew – current squad 1 Hesmer • 2 Hejduk • 3 Evans • 4 Padula • 5 O'Rourke • 6 Iro • 7 Barros Schelotto • 8 Oughton • 9 Garey • 10 Moreno • 11 Só • 12 Gaven • 13 Peterson • 14 Marshall • 15 Miglioranzi • 16 Carroll • 17 Ekpo • 18 Schoeni • 19 Rogers • 20 Hernández • 21 Miller • 22 Moffat • 23 Hendrickson • 24 Zayner • 25 Josten • 27 Junge • 30 Gruenebaum • 31 Burns • 32 Lenhart • Coach: Schmid