Lynden Gooch
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lynden Jack Gooch[1] | ||
| Date of birth | December 24, 1995 | ||
| 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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:10, 13 August 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 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 Academy team.[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 side Gateshead. Gooch made seven appearances and scored one goal,[3] putting the Wearsiders 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.
On 13 August 2016 Gooch made his Premier League debut, starting away against Manchester City in Sunderland's first match of the season.
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
- ^ "Professional Retain List 2015/16" (PDF). Premier League. p. 29. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "US Soccer Development Academy: L Gooch". USSDA. Demosphere. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "USA: L. Gooch". Soccerway US. Soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Gateshead 3-1 Wrexham". BBC Sport. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "BBC Sport: Sunerland 6–3 Exeter City". BBC Sport. BBC.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/35373154
- ^ "Fleetwood 0-0 Doncaster". BBC Sport. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "SAFC - Gooch extends loan". safc.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
- ^ "Lynden Gooch on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
- ^ "U.S. tops El Salvador for FIFA U-20 World Cup berth". CONCACAF. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ Lynden Gooch at Soccerbase
- ^ Bulvanoski, Sean. "Spotlight On Lynden Gooch". FirstTouch Online. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Anthony Gooch - Bio". San Diego State University Athletics. GoAztecs.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Tweets with replies by Talia (@taliamckenna2) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
- 1995 births
- Living people
- American expatriate soccer players
- American expatriates in England
- American expatriates in the United Kingdom
- American people of English descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American soccer players
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
- Gateshead F.C. players
- National League (English football) players
- Soccer players from California
- Sportspeople from Santa Cruz, California
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- United States men's under-20 international soccer players