Editing Scot Thompson (section)

==Career==

===Youth and College===
Thompson grew up in [[Rancho Santa Margarita, California]], and was a standout defender at [[Trabuco Hills High School]] from 1995 to 1999, where he was a four-year Varsity starter, and earned all South Coast League 1st Team Honors for three years. During this time, Thompson was invited to train with the US National Under-19 Squad. In Thompson's senior year the Mustangs earned a share of the South Coast League title and were knocked out of the quarter-finals of the CIF playoffs.

Thompson played [[College soccer in the United States|college soccer]] at [[UCLA]] from 1999 to 2002, helping lead the Bruins to a national championship in 2002. He finished his career at UCLA with 68 starts, and was named to the first-team All-Pac-10 as a senior.

===Professional===
Thompson was selected in the second round (16th overall) in the [[2003 MLS SuperDraft]] by [[Los Angeles Galaxy]]. Unfortunately for Thompson, he tore his [[Anterior Cruciate Ligament|ACL]] in the preseason, and missed the entire 2003 season as a result. Returning healthy in 2004, Thompson was nevertheless unable to break into the Galaxy's starting lineup - he was loaned mid-season to the Portland Timbers of the A-League, where he excelled. Thompson started 13 games for the team, registering two assists, while helping lead the team to the A-League's best regular season record.  When the Timbers were eliminated from the playoffs, Thompson returned to the Galaxy; however, he only made one appearance, playing a single minute.

Thompson was released at the end of the season and, despite professing intentions of going to Europe, re-signed with the Timbers. In July 2005, Thompson put in an impressive performance for the Timbers in a friendly match against English soccer team [[Sunderland FC|Sunderland]], which had been recently promoted to the English Premier League. He was invited to participate in a several week training session with Sunderland later in 2005, although he was not offered a contract with the club. History repeated itself in 2006: after an impressive performance in an exhibition match against English soccer team [[Coventry City]], he was invited to a 10-day trial training session in August.

Thompson became the Timbers all-time leader in minutes on July 23, 2009. On February 26, 2010, Portland announced the re-signing of Thompson to a new contract for the 2010 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/405092.html |title=Timbers re-sign Thompson |accessdate=2010-02-27 |work=USLsoccer.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126095751/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/405092.html |archivedate=2010-11-26 }}</ref>

After a particularly noteworthy play, his fans in Portland routinely chant "S-C-O-T, Scot with One T!"

===Coaching===
On March 7, 2014, [[Portland Thorns FC]] announced Thompson had been hired as an assistant coach for the 2014–2015 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland-thorns/2014/03/portland_thorns_name_coaching.html  |title=Portland Thorns name coaching staff for 2014 season|accessdate=2014-03-07 |work=oregonlive.com }}</ref>