.jpg) Hamid with the United States in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Abdul Bilal Hamid[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | November 25, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Annandale, Virginia, United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Maryland Bobcats | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2007 | Premier AC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | D.C. United | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2017 | D.C. United | 184 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Midtjylland | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → D.C. United (loan) | 47 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | D.C. United | 48 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Memphis 901 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Northern Virginia FC | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Virginia Dream | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024- | Maryland Bobcats | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | United States U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | United States U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2020 | United States | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 2, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 9, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
Abdul Bilal "Bill" Hamid (/həˈmiːd/ hə-MEED; born November 25, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently a player-coach for Virginia Dream FC in the United Premier Soccer League.
Born in Annandale, Virginia, Hamid was the first D.C. United Academy player to sign for the first team in September 2009. He made his professional debut in May 2010 as the youngest goalkeeper to win a game in Major League Soccer history. He helped the team to victory in the 2013 U.S. Open Cup and received the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award in 2014. In January 2018 he joined FC Midtjylland, winning the Danish Superliga in his first season. He returned to D.C. United in August, initially on loan, and totaled 296 appearances (232 league). He was released at the end of the 2022 season, with franchise records of 89 shutouts and 976 saves.
Hamid made his senior debut for the United States national team in January 2012, playing eight games up to December 2020. He was part of their teams that won the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2013 and 2017.
- ^ "National Team Roster 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup" (PDF). CONCACAF.
- ^ "Bill Hamid". Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved October 19, 2010.