Editing Tim Howard (section)

{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1979)}}
{{about|the American soccer player|other people}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tim Howard
| image = Tim Howard 2023.jpg
| caption = Howard in 2023
| fullname = Timothy Matthew Howard<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/60426 |title=Retained and released lists submitted by Premier League clubs |publisher=Premier League |date=June 10, 2016 |access-date=February 29, 2020 }}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|3|6|mf=y}}<ref>{{Hugman|9463|access-date=February 29, 2020}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[North Brunswick, New Jersey]], U.S.
| height = {{convert|1.91|m|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/2516/Tim-Howard/overview |title=Tim Howard: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=February 29, 2020 }}</ref>
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| youthyears1 = 1995–1997
| youthclubs1 = Central Jersey Cosmos
| years1 = 1997
| clubs1 = [[North Jersey Imperials]]
| caps1 = 6
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1998–2003
| clubs2 = [[New York Red Bulls|MetroStars]]
| caps2 = 88
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1998
| clubs3 = → [[MLS Pro-40]] (loan)
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2003–2007
| clubs4 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| caps4 = 45
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2006–2007
| clubs5 = → [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] (loan)
| caps5 = 25
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2007–2016
| clubs6 = [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
| caps6 = 329
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2016–2019
| clubs7 = [[Colorado Rapids]]
| caps7 = 100
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2020
| clubs8 = [[Memphis 901 FC|Memphis 901]]
| caps8 = 6
| goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 600
| totalgoals = 1
| nationalyears1 = 1999
| nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1999
| nationalteam2 = [[United States men's national under-23 soccer team|United States U23]]
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2002–2017
| nationalteam3 = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps3 = 121
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|soccer]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007 United States]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2017 United States]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2011 United States]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009 South Africa]]|}}
}}
'''Timothy Matthew Howard''' (born March 6, 1979) is an American former professional [[Association football|soccer]] player who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. He is the  part-owner of {{English football updater|Dagenh&R}} club [[Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.|Dagenham & Redbridge]] as well as an international ambassador in the United States for [[Premier League]] club [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]. Nicknamed the "'''[[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]'''", Howard is regarded as one of the greatest American players of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 15 Greatest American Soccer Players |url=https://www.complex.com/sports/2014/03/the-15-greatest-american-soccer-players-of-all-time/ |website=[[Complex Networks]] |access-date=December 26, 2020 |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917095931/https://www.complex.com/sports/2014/03/the-15-greatest-american-soccer-players-of-all-time/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Is Tim Howard the best US national team goalkeeper of all time? |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/01/23/tim-howard-best-us-national-team-goalkeeper-all-time |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929072522/https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/01/23/tim-howard-best-us-national-team-goalkeeper-all-time |archive-date=September 29, 2020 |access-date=November 15, 2019 |website=[[Major League Soccer]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 10, 2019 |title=Column: Tim Howard, whose career is likely to end Sunday, will retire as the best U.S. goalkeeper ever |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/story/2019-10-05/tim-howard-retire-colorado-rapids-united-states-lafc |access-date=November 15, 2019 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

Howard began his career with the [[North Jersey Imperials]], before making a move to the [[New York Red Bulls|MetroStars]]. He was signed by English club [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] in 2003, replacing [[Fabien Barthez|Fabian Barthez]] as the team's first-choice keeper. In his second season at the club, Howard competed for the first-choice spot with [[Roy Carroll]]. Howard enjoyed relative success with the club, as they won the [[2003 FA Community Shield]], the [[2003–04 FA Cup]] and the [[2005–06 Football League Cup|2005–06 League Cup]]. He was listed on the [[PFA Team of the Year]] for the [[PFA Team of the Year (2000s)#FA Premier League 5|2003–04]] season.<ref name=":0" />

After United signed goalkeeper [[Edwin van der Sar]] in 2005, Howard would only play once more for United before going on loan to [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] in 2006 and eventually signing permanently with them in February 2007. On January 4, 2012, Howard scored against [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]], making him only the fourth goalkeeper to score a goal in the Premier League.<ref>{{cite news |title=Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard scores freak goal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16431991.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=January 6, 2012 |access-date=July 10, 2014 |archive-date=January 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122185030/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/16431991 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2016, Howard made his return to [[Major League Soccer|MLS]], signing for the [[Colorado Rapids]]. He played for three years for the Rapids before hanging up his gloves in October 2019. He became the sporting director of USL Championship side Memphis 901 in January 2020, and came out of retirement to play briefly for them in March 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tim Howard is now owner/director/player of USL's Memphis 901 FC |url=https://r1ooooo.blogspot.com/2020/03/tim-howard-now-owner-director-player-usl-memphis-901-fc.html |work=inside World Soccer |date=5 March 2020}}</ref>

Howard is the [[United States men's national soccer team player statistics#Appearances|most capped]] goalkeeper of all-time for the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] men's national team, with 121 appearances from 2002 until his international retirement in 2017. He was an unused substitute for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] but later established himself as first-choice keeper of the United States' international tournament games beginning with the [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup]], in which the U.S. ended as runner-up against [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] and he was awarded the [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup#Awards|Golden Glove]]. He started all of the team's [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]] and [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]] FIFA World Cup games. The team reached the [[2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Round of 16|Round of 16]] on both occasions, and during the latter Howard set a [[List of FIFA World Cup records#Goalkeeping|World Cup record]] for most saves in a match, with 16 against [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]].<ref name=":0" group="Note" />