Editing Tim Howard (section)

===MetroStars===
Howard was brought up to the MetroStars by Mulqueen, who at the time was the MetroStars' goalkeeping coach.

Howard was victorious in his MLS debut with the MetroStars on August 18, 1998, making five saves in a 4–1 win over Colorado at Giants Stadium (his only appearance of the year). He later played in one game with the Nike Project-40 Team, a 3–1 win over the Staten Island Vipers at Giants Stadium on May 6, 1998.

With the MetroStars during the 1999 MLS season, Howard made eight starts in nine contests. Howard had a 1.58 GAA and won just one match in a season in which the Metros won just seven games. He also spent most of the international season with the United States Under-20 team, leaving the club to compete in the [[1999 FIFA World Youth Championship]] in April and the [[Football at the 1999 Pan American Games&nbsp;– Men's tournament|1999 Pan American Games]] in July.

Howard posted a 5–2–2 record with a 1.59 GAA in 2000, splitting time between the MetroStars and the United States Olympic team, also winning all three of his [[U.S. Open Cup]] starts that season.

Howard won the 2001 [[MLS Goalkeeper of the Year]] award, recording 146 saves and finishing the year with a 1.33 GAA,<ref name=Metro2001>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/history/club/newyork/2001 |title=MetroStars 2001 |publisher=Major League Soccer |access-date=March 21, 2005 |archive-date=August 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802030701/http://www.mlssoccer.com/history/club/newyork/2001 |url-status=dead }}</ref> four shutouts, and a 13–10–3 record.<ref name="MLS"/> He also received the [[MLS Humanitarian of the Year Award]].<ref name=Metro2001/>

Howard played in 27 of 28 regular season games in 2002 for the MetroStars, recording four shutouts.<ref name="MLS">{{cite web|title=Tim Howard|publisher=Major League Soccer|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/tim-howard|access-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref> He was named to the [[MLS Best XI]] for the second straight season. Before leaving the MetroStars in 2003, he appeared in thirteen games and had three clean sheets<ref name="MLS"/> as the club challenged for first place during the season's first half.