30 Facts About Kenny Cooper

Kenny Cooper began his soccer career with Manchester United but failed to break through to the first team.

Kenny Cooper went on to play for clubs in Portugal, Germany, England, the United States, and Canada.

Kenny Cooper was the Dallas area high school player of the year while playing, graduating in 2003.

The fact that Kenny Cooper's father was a native of England helped grease the skids for Kenny Cooper as United did not need to acquire a work permit for him.

At the time Kenny Cooper had intended to attend Southern Methodist University, but decided to forgo playing college soccer in order to pursue his professional career.

Kenny Cooper signed with FC Dallas on February 6,2006, and made an immediate impact on the team.

Kenny Cooper finished his first MLS season tied for sixth in goals scored with 11 and made 31 appearances.

Kenny Cooper ended the 2007 season with a total of 12 starts out of 14 appearances, four goals, and two assists.

Kenny Cooper was the only FC Dallas player to appear in all regular season games that year.

Kenny Cooper finished the season tied for the league lead with four game-winning goals.

Kenny Cooper was named to his first MLS All-Star First XI selection and MLS Best XI team.

Kenny Cooper earned back-to-back MLS Player of the Week honors for his two-goal performances against the Los Angeles Galaxy on July 27,2008, and Toronto FC on August 8,2008.

Kenny Cooper was named the MLS Comeback Player of the Year for 2008.

On July 31,2009, FC Dallas announced that Kenny Cooper had been sold to 2.

However, German teams do disclose the amounts of transfers, Kenny Cooper was sold for $700,000 in 2009 it is known that the contract ran for three years.

Kenny Cooper scored his first goal for 1860 Munich in his debut on August 9,2009.

On January 12,2012, Kenny Cooper was traded to the New York Red Bulls for a first-round 2013 MLS SuperDraft pick and an undisclosed amount of allocation money.

Kenny Cooper was the top scorer for the team during the 2012 MLS Season.

Kenny Cooper was re-acquired by FC Dallas from New York on February 4,2013, in exchange for allocation money.

Kenny Cooper appeared in 31 regular-season games during the 2013 season, scoring 6 goals.

Kenny Cooper was named the US Open Cup Player of the Tournament.

Kenny Cooper made only one appearance with the club due to an injury.

Kenny Cooper had trials with Orlando City SC, New York Red Bulls, Sporting Kansas City, and FC Dallas but no playing contracts were agreed.

Kenny Cooper got his first cap and first goal for the national team on January 20,2007, against Denmark where he scored a goal after coming on near the end of the game.

Kenny Cooper then appeared in a game against Guatemala, which was played in his MLS club's home stadium, Pizza Hut Park, as a second half sub.

Kenny Cooper was unable to take part in the 2007 Copa America after he was sidelined with a broken right tibia.

On November 20,2008, Kenny Cooper got his first World Cup Qualifying start and his first World Cup qualifying-round goal against Guatemala in the final game of the semifinal group stage.

On July 18,2009, Kenny Cooper took a boot to the chest from Roman Torres of Panama, resulting in a penalty kick which he took to put the US through to the semifinal round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Kenny Cooper has a total of 10 international appearances with 4 goals.

Kenny Cooper married Molly Grimm in Charleston, South Carolina on January 7,2012.