Editing Conor Casey (section)

==Playing career==
===Youth and college===
Casey was born in New Hampshire, but moved to Colorado at age five, and considers [[Denver]] his hometown. He played soccer at Denver's [[South High School (Denver)|South High School]] and went on to play two years of college soccer for the [[University of Portland]] from 1999 to 2000. In his first year at the University of Portland, Casey was named best player of the year. In 2000, he led the [[NCAA]] in scoring with twenty-three goals and seven assists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/23231/conor-casey?cc=5901 |title=Conor Casey |publisher=ESPN FC |access-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-date=December 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225070257/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/23231/conor-casey?cc=5901 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Professional===
After playing well in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] Casey signed a four-year contract with German club [[Borussia Dortmund]]. After finishing a year of playing with the club, Casey was loaned out in the 2001–02 season to [[Hannover 96]], where he scored seven goals in nineteen games. The subsequent year, Casey stayed with Dortmund, but only saw action in four games, scoring one goal. In 2003–04, he was again loaned to a second division club, [[Karlsruher SC]], scoring fourteen goals in thirty games. In 2004, Casey signed with Bundesliga club [[Mainz 05]], but scored only two goals and struggled with injuries during two and a half seasons with the club.

After being released by Mainz, Casey returned to America and signed with [[Major League Soccer]]. Casey was originally allocated to [[Toronto FC]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=412638&cc=5901 |title=Casey to play in MLS for Toronto |publisher=ESPN FC |date=March 5, 2007 |access-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-date=March 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316114958/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=412638&cc=5901 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and after two games with no goals and no assists, he was traded to his hometown club, [[Colorado Rapids]], on April 19, 2007, in exchange for [[Riley O'Neill]] and an undisclosed amount of allocation money.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3456715 |title=Rapids Acquire Denver South High Grad Conor Casey |publisher=OurSports Central |date=April 20, 2007 |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref>

He played 15 games with the Rapids in 2007, scoring two goals and three assists. In 2008, he scored 11 goals and two assists in 21 games. Casey ended the [[2009 MLS season]], with 16 goals, just one less than leader [[Jeff Cunningham]] to go along with one assist in 24 games. He was named in the MLS Best XI in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3929705 |title=Rapids Forward Conor Casey Named To 2009 MLS Best XI |publisher=OurSports Central |date=November 16, 2009 |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2010, Casey became the All Time goal scorer for the Colorado Rapids as he scored 13 goals and 6 assists in 27 games. Likewise in 2010, Casey was selected as the MVP for the 2010 MLS Cup championship<ref>{{cite web| first = Greg | last = Lalas |url=http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2010/11/colorados-casey-named-mls-cup-mvp |title=Colorado's Casey named MLS Cup MVP |publisher=Colorado Rapids |date=November 22, 2010 |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> though the representative of the award sponsor announced "Casey Conor" when awarding it. In 2011, Casey suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon injury <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2011/07/casey-out-year-torn-achilles |title=Casey out for the year with torn Achilles |work=Colorado Rapids |date=July 19, 2011 |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> in a July 16 game against the [[Seattle Sounders FC]] as he finished that season with six goals and one assist in 14 games. In 2012, Casey scored two goals and three assists in 18 games. On November 16, 2012, Casey was released by the [[Colorado Rapids]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2012/11/rapids-part-ways-eight-players |title=Rapids to part ways with eight players |work=Colorado Rapids |date=November 16, 2012 |access-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref>

On December 14, 2012, Casey was selected by [[Philadelphia Union]] in the first round of the [[2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft]], Stage 2.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2012/12/union-selects-conor-casey-stage-2-mls-re-entry-draft |title=Union selects Conor Casey in Stage 2 of MLS Re-entry draft |publisher=Philadelphia Union |date=December 14, 2012 |access-date=January 27, 2013 |archive-date=December 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218083239/http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2012/12/union-selects-conor-casey-stage-2-mls-re-entry-draft |url-status=dead }}</ref> On January 23, 2015, it was announced that Casey had signed a new contract with the club for the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2015/01/trio-veterans-set-return-philadelphia-union-2015-major-league-soccer-season |title=Trio of veterans set to return to Philadelphia Union for 2015 Major League Soccer season |work=Philadelphia Union |date=January 23, 2015 |access-date=January 23, 2015}}</ref>

After three seasons in Philadelphia, Casey signed with [[Columbus Crew SC]] on January 26, 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.columbuscrewsc.com/post/2016/01/25/crew-sc-signs-free-agent-forward-conor-casey | title = Crew SC signs free agent forward Conor Casey | website = columbuscrewsc.com | date = January 26, 2016 | access-date = January 27, 2016}}</ref>

===International===
Casey played at the 2001 [[Football World Youth Championship|World Youth Championship]] in [[Argentina]] and then graduated to the senior [[United States men's national soccer team|United States national team]], getting his first cap on March 31, 2004, against [[Poland national football team|Poland]]. On July 7, 2005, Casey suffered a tear to his [[Anterior cruciate ligament|ACL]] while playing against Cuba in the U.S.'s opening game of the [[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|Gold Cup]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Mens-National-Team/2005/07/Conor-Casey-Suffers-ACL-Tear.aspx | title = Conor Casey Suffers ACL Tear | date = July 9, 2005 | publisher = ussoccer.com | access-date = October 13, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807100534/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Mens-National-Team/2005/07/Conor-Casey-Suffers-ACL-Tear.aspx | archive-date = August 7, 2011 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> He served as a late sub for the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] during several matches in the [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009 Confederations Cup]]. Casey scored twice (his first ever Senior team goals) against Honduras in a critical world cup qualifier at San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on October 10, 2009. The unanimous [[Man of the Match]], Casey scored the U.S.'s first two goals,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://outside.away.com/outside/gear/201005/soccer-style-us-team-world-cup-conor-casey-robbie-findley-heath-pearce.html |title=Kick Started |publisher=Outside Online May 2010 Issue |access-date=May 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601034248/http://outside.away.com/outside/gear/201005/soccer-style-us-team-world-cup-conor-casey-robbie-findley-heath-pearce.html |archive-date=June 1, 2010}}</ref> and was fouled to set up the game-winning free-kick goal by [[Landon Donovan]]. The win put the United States through to the [[2010 World Cup]].