club roster 2009 season stats GP Goals Assists 28 9 7 name: Nate Jaqua position: F height: 6-3 weight:180 Birthdate: October 28, 1981 Hometown: Eugene, OR last club: Houston (MLS)

Regular Season Stats

full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights

year	club	gp	gs	min	g	a	sht	sog	fc	fs	c	ej
2009	Seattle Sounders FC	28	27	2,278	9	7	47	16	47	35	6	1
Career		159	120	10,897	41	24	261	108	237	177	26	2

Most Recent Video Highlights

date	clubs	video description
05/30/09	Crew @ Seattle	Goal of the Week winner: Jaqua, SEA
05/30/09	Crew @ Seattle	Jaqua finds net to level
05/23/09	Seattle @ Rapids	Jaqua puts home equalizer

An imposing forward that continues to improve, Jaqua is entering his fifth MLS season and first with the Galaxy. His goalscoring totals have improved in each of his first four seasons, culminating with a career-high eight goals in 2006. His strong play with the Fire has not gone unnoticed as he was included in Bob Bradley's first camp of 2007 with the U.S. National Team. He has collected two caps during his brief National Team career, including his first career start on 1/20/07 in the 3-1 win vs. Denmark at The Home Depot Center.

MLS Experience

2006: In his fourth season in MLS, and final season with the Chicago Fire, Jaqua notched a career-high eight goals in 28 games while adding two assists. Set career-highs in games played, games started, minutes played and shots as he established himself as a rising star in MLS.

2005: Started 15 of the 18 MLS contests in which he appeared, scoring seven goals and three assists in 1,361 minutes. Missed 13 games to injury, but still finished in top three on the Fire with seven goals (2nd), 24 shots on goal (2nd) and 45 shots (3rd). Scored his first goal of season on 4/22 against the MetroStars at Giants Stadium with his tally standing as the game-winner in a 1-0 win that broke a nearly one-year road winless streak for the Fire. Registered the first hat trick of his MLS career on 6/4 against Chivas USA in a 5-2 Fire win. Scored three more goals in the month of June, giving him six goals and one assist on the month to earn the Honda MLS Player of the Month honor.

2004: Switched between the forward and midfield positions in his 26 games (21 starts), scoring four goals and four assists on the campaign. His four goals were tied for the second most on the Fire and his four assists tied him for third on the squad. He notched his first career multi-assist game on 6/5 vs. DC, tallying his first-ever game-winning assist in the Fire's 3-0 win. He appeared in all four of the Fire's CONCACAF Champions Cup contests, making three starts. In the only game that he didn't start, Jaqua came on as a second half sub vs. Saprissa on 3/21 and recorded the game-winning assist on Jim Curtin's 86th min. tally in the return leg of the Champions Cup Semifinals.

2003: Played in 20 games as a rookie, making five starts, registering two goals and two assists. Christened the New Soldier Field by tallying the game-winning goal in the 11th min. on 10/10 vs. Columbus to help the Fire to a 2-0 win in front of for than 30,000 fans. Scored his first career MLS goal on 9/13 against the Galaxy at The Home Depot Center, clinching a 2-0 victory with a tally in the 89th minute. He picked up his first career assist on 5/31 against San Jose, helping to cap the scoring in a 4-1 win.

International

2006: Made his U.S. National Team debut in the 5-0 win over Norway on 1/29 at The Home Depot Center. He came off the bench to replace Josh Wolff in the 67th minute of the match.

Acquired

From Toronto FC on December 15, 2006 in exchange a partial allocation.