1. John Gerard Thorrington was born on October 17,1979 and is a former soccer player who currently serves as co-president and general manager of Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC.
25 Facts About John Thorrington
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John Thorrington went on to feature for Grimsby Town as well before moving home to the United States where he signed with Chicago Fire in 2005.
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John Thorrington went on to play for fellow Major League Soccer teams Vancouver Whitecaps FC and DC United.
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John Thorrington was capped four times by the United States between 2001 and 2008, having previously played four times for the United States U20.
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John Thorrington was born in Johannesburg to a South African father and Armenian mother, but moved to California at the age of age two.
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John Thorrington was spotted by Octavio Zambrano and invited to join Mission Viejo Pateadores.
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John Thorrington is the son of South African 400-meter runner Peter Thorrington, who was denied a chance to compete in the Olympics because of the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era.
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John Thorrington attended the Chadwick School in Palos Verdes Peninsula, California.
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John Thorrington was the CIF-SS Division V Player of the Year in 1996 and 1997.
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At the age of 17, John Thorrington signed with Manchester United in 1997.
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John Thorrington said that he considers his debut with Huddersfield Town as one of his favorite moments professionally along with his debuts with the US National Team and the Chicago Fire.
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John Thorrington made 97 appearances and scored seven times during a three-year spell with the Yorkshire club.
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On transfer deadline day in March 2004, John Thorrington signed with Grimsby Town on a free transfer until the end of the season.
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John Thorrington was brought to the club by Town's newly appointed manager Nicky Law along with veterans Alan Fettis and Paul Warhurst.
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John Thorrington returned to the States and signed with MLS side Chicago Fire in early 2005, but injury problems continued.
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In mid-2006, during the team's inaugural training session in its new stadium, John Thorrington suffered a knee injury.
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From that point on, John Thorrington formed an integral part of the Chicago midfield.
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John Thorrington was left exposed by Chicago for the November 2010 MLS Expansion Draft and was selected by Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
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John Thorrington injured his right leg and had to undergo surgery early during the 2011 season.
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John Thorrington elected to participate in the December 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft, where he was selected by DC United in stage two of the draft.
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John Thorrington was a member of the US U-20 squad that advanced to the second round of the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria.
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John Thorrington played in four matches for the US Under-23 men's national team in 2000, including three of the U-23's four matches in the 2000 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Hershey, Pennsylvania, helping the squad advance to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
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John Thorrington was unable to participate in the 2000 Olympics after suffering a hamstring injury leading up to the tournament.
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John Thorrington was named LAFC's first EVP of Soccer Operations and General Manager on December 8,2015.
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John Thorrington was named co-president of LAFC on March 31,2021.