Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Juergen Peterson Sommer | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | February 27, 1969 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | New York, New York, United States | |||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1987–1990 | Indiana University | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1991–1995 | Luton Town | 82 | (0) | |||||||||||
1991–1992 | → Brighton (loan) | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
1991–1992 | → Kettering Town (loan) | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
1992–1993 | → Torquay United (loan) | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
1995–1998 | Queens Park Rangers | 66 | (0) | |||||||||||
1998–1999 | Columbus Crew | 21 | (0) | |||||||||||
1999 | → Myrtle Beach Seadawgs (loan)[1] | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
2000 | Connecticut Wolves | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
2000–2002 | New England Revolution | 33 | (0) | |||||||||||
2001 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
Total | 224 | (0) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1994–1998 | United States | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Indy Eleven | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Juergen Peterson Sommer (born February 27, 1969) is an American former professional soccer player and coach. He became the first American goalkeeper to play in the FA Premier League, when he signed to play for Queens Park Rangers in 1995. He has served as the United States national team goalkeeping coach. Later on, Sommer coached Indy Eleven in the NASL.[2]