Editing Scot Thompson

{{short description|American soccer player (born 1981)}}
{{for|others of this name|Scot Thompson (baseball)|Scott Thompson (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                 = Scot Thompson
| image                = 
| fullname             = Scot Thompson
| birth_date           = {{birth date and age|1981|2|11}}
| birth_place          = [[New York, New York]], United States
| height               = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}
| position             = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub          = 
| clubnumber           = 
| collegeyears1         = 1999–2002
| college1             = [[UCLA Bruins men's soccer|UCLA Bruins]]
| years1               = 2003–2004
| clubs1               = [[Los Angeles Galaxy]]
| caps1                = 1
| goals1               = 0
| years2               = 2004
| clubs2               = → [[Portland Timbers (2001–10)|Portland Timbers]] (loan)
| caps2                = 13
| goals2               = 0
| years3               = 2005–2010
| clubs3               = [[Portland Timbers (2001–10)|Portland Timbers]]
| caps3                = 143
| goals3               = 9
| years4               = 2011
| clubs4               = [[Portland Timbers U23s]]
| caps4                = 2
| goals4               = 0
| nationalyears1       = 2002–2003
| nationalteam1        = [[United States men's national under-23 soccer team|United States U23]]
| nationalcaps1        = 3
| nationalgoals1       = 0
| manageryears1        = 2014
| managerclubs1        = [[Portland Thorns FC|Portland Thorns]] (asst.)
| pcupdate             = May 25, 2011
| ntupdate             = 
}}

'''Scot Thompson''' (born February 11, 1981, in [[New York, New York]]) is an American [[association football|soccer]] player.

On January 20, 2010, he was ranked 21st in the [[USL First Division]] Top 25 of the Decade, which announced a list of the best and most influential players of the previous decade.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/394754.html |title=USL-1 Top 25 of the Decade |accessdate=2010-01-26 |work=USLsoccer.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126084837/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/394754.html |archivedate=2010-01-26 }}</ref> He was the official community ambassador for the Portland Timbers and involved in social media connecting with fans, both Twitter and Facebook, for the Timbers.

==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>

==Honors==

===Portland Timbers===
*'''[[USL First Division]] Commissioner's Cup (1):''' [[2009 United Soccer Leagues|2009]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080622134915/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=1 Portland Timbers bio]

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