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Lynden Gooch
Personal information
Full name Lynden Jack Gooch[1]
Date of birth (1995-12-24) December 24, 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Santa Cruz, California, United States
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sunderland
Number 46
Youth career
2008–2012 Santa Cruz Breakers
2012– Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Sunderland 1 (0)
2015 → Gateshead (loan) 7 (1)
2016 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 10 (0)
International career‡
2015– United States U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:10, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 26, 2015

Lynden Jack Gooch (born December 24, 1995) is an American soccer player, and son of former England batsman Graham Gooch, who plays as a midfielder for Sunderland.

Career

Youth

Gooch was born in Santa Cruz, California to a British father and an Irish mother. At an early age, he joined the Santa Cruz Breakers Gymnastics team. Then he joined [2] Gooch's talent attracted the attention of several European outfits, earning him a trial and eventual spot with Sunderland's youth academy. Since joining the Sunderland U-16 side, Gooch worked his way through the U-18 and U-21 sides.

Professional

In February 2015, Gooch went on loan to Conference (fifth-tier) side, Gateshead, in order to receive playing time in a senior-level environment. Gooch made seven appearances and scored one goal,[3] putting them ahead in a 3–1 home win against Wrexham and causing an own goal by opponent Steve Tomassen.[4]

Gooch made his professional debut for Sunderland on August 26, 2015 in a League Cup second round match against Exeter City, coming on for Adam Matthews in the 58th minute of a 6–3 win at the Stadium of Light.[5]

On January 21, 2016, Gooch was loaned for a month to Doncaster Rovers of League One.[6] He made his debut for them two days later, playing the full 90 minutes of a goalless draw at Fleetwood Town.[7]

On 24 February 2016 the loan was extended till then end of the season.[8] However, Gooch injured his ankle in his debut against Fleetwood but continued to play through the pain until 19 February 2016 when he returned to Sunderland.[9] He left playing 10 games and failing to score.

International

Gooch represented the United States under-20 team at the 2015 CONCACAF Championship in Jamaica, playing four games as they achieved qualification for the year's World Cup in that category.[10]

Statistics

As of match played 2 February 2016.[11]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gateshead (loan) 2014–15 Conference Premier 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Sunderland 2014–15 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2016-17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doncaster Rovers (loan) 2015–16 League One 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Total 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 1

Personal life

Gooch's brother, Anthony, played college soccer for the San Diego State Aztecs men's soccer program.[12][13] Gooch is in a relationship with Talia McKenna.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Professional Retain List 2015/16" (PDF). Premier League. p. 29. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. ^ "US Soccer Development Academy: L Gooch". USSDA. Demosphere. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ^ "USA: L. Gooch". Soccerway US. Soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Gateshead 3-1 Wrexham". BBC Sport. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ^ "BBC Sport: Sunerland 6–3 Exeter City". BBC Sport. BBC.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  6. ^ http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/35373154
  7. ^ "Fleetwood 0-0 Doncaster". BBC Sport. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  8. ^ "SAFC - Gooch extends loan". safc.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  9. ^ "Lynden Gooch on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  10. ^ "U.S. tops El Salvador for FIFA U-20 World Cup berth". CONCACAF. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  11. ^ Lynden Gooch at Soccerbase
  12. ^ Bulvanoski, Sean. "Spotlight On Lynden Gooch". FirstTouch Online. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Anthony Gooch - Bio". San Diego State University Athletics. GoAztecs.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  14. ^ "Tweets with replies by Talia (@taliamckenna2) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
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