Editing Jonathan Spector (section)

===Manchester United===
Spector was discovered by a [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] scout while playing for the American Under-17 squad at the [[Milk Cup]] in 2003. Originally a striker, Spector was lined up in defense due to injuries for a game the scout had attended to scout other players. Impressed by Spector's defending, the scout alerted the club.<ref name=YAMature/><ref name=espn1/>

Spector joined United in summer 2003.<ref name=espn1 /> He won the club's Young Player of the Year award for the 2003–04 season.<ref name="auto"/> He made his first appearance for the first team in the [[FA Community Shield]] match against [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] in August 2004.<ref name=sb0405>{{soccerbase season|38298|2004|access-date=September 10, 2012}}</ref> In December, United manager [[Alex Ferguson|Sir Alex Ferguson]] announced that Spector would be loaned out to fellow [[Premier League]] side [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/4122427.stm |title=Spector to join Blackburn on loan |website=BBC Sport |date=December 23, 2004 |accessdate=June 24, 2007 }}</ref> However, Ferguson was soon forced to postpone the deal due to an injury crisis in the United defense.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4139471.stm |title=Man Utd put Spector loan on hold |website=BBC Sport |date=January 1, 2005 |accessdate=June 24, 2007 }}</ref> The injury crisis continued and Spector was not able to make his loan move before the transfer window closed on January 31, 2005. Before the start of the [[2005–06 FA Premier League|2005–06 season]], Spector went on a season-long loan to another Premiership club, [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]], to obtain more first-team experience.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4673369.stm |title=Charlton clinch Spector loan deal |website=BBC Sport |date=July 11, 2005 |accessdate=June 21, 2007 }}</ref> He finished the season with 16 starts and eight substitute appearances.