45 Facts About Stuart Holden

Stuart Alistair Holden was born on August 1,1985 and is a Scottish-born American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder, and is currently a lead TV game analyst for Fox Sports.

Stuart Holden represented the United States at under-20, under-23 and senior levels.

Stuart Holden made his senior debut in July 2009 against Grenada and scored his first goal during that game.

Stuart Holden was part of the United States squad at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2009 and 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Stuart Holden has worked as the lead color commentator on the network's marquee soccer properties including Major League Soccer, US Men's National Team World Cup Qualifiers, and most notably, the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Stuart Holden was born in Cults, Aberdeen and grew up in Sugar Land, Texas after moving there with his family at age 10.

Stuart Holden's father worked for Chevron Corporation in its human resources department.

Stuart Holden played high school soccer in Houston for Awty International School.

Stuart Holden graduated from Awty in 2003 and attended April 22,2008 opening ceremony of the Awty athletic complex.

Stuart Holden played soccer for Clemson University and played Counter-Strike professionally before his MLS career.

When Stuart Holden resumed training, he suffered an ankle injury that ruled him out for the rest of the season.

Stuart Holden was released after his six-month stay having never played for Sunderland's first team.

Stuart Holden returned to the United States to play in Major League Soccer with the Houston Dynamo for the 2006 season.

Stuart Holden appeared thirteen times in the 2006 regular season and twice as a substitute in Houston's run to the MLS Cup 2006 championship.

Stuart Holden mostly started on the left wing when teammate Brad Davis went down with injury.

Stuart Holden was named to Major League Soccer All-Star team and MLS Best XI and received the US Soccer Humanitarian of the Year award.

Stuart Holden scored his first goal for Bolton away to Wolverhampton Wanderers on November 13,2010.

On September 20,2011, after six months out, Stuart Holden started and played the full ninety minutes against Aston Villa in the third round of the League Cup, but was then initially ruled out for a further six weeks as the club brought forward a routine follow up procedure.

However, the procedure revealed cartilage damage, meaning Stuart Holden would be out for a further six months, missing the rest of the season.

On June 22,2012, Stuart Holden announced via his Twitter account that he was due to switch to the number 22 shirt after it had been vacated by Jussi Jaaskelainen.

However, after making 8 more appearances, it was confirmed that Stuart Holden had torn his anterior cruciate ligament in his right leg while playing for the United States in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final against Panama on June 29,2013.

Stuart Holden joined fellow Championship Team Sheffield Wednesday on a months loan on March 28,2013, mainly for match fitness after a series of injuries, and to replace Sheffield Wednesday's injured right midfielder Michail Antonio.

Stuart Holden played four times for Wednesday during his loan spell.

Early in 2007, Stuart Holden was called in to the US U-23 squad for a camp in California and in December for a camp and trip to China to play matches against the China U-23 team.

In July 2008, Stuart Holden was named to the US squad competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

In December 2008 Stuart Holden was called into a camp set to begin in January 2009 preceding a friendly against Sweden on January 24.

Stuart Holden sustained a hip injury prior to the friendly and was forced to withdraw from camp.

Stuart Holden was named to the United States Gold Cup squad on June 25,2009, as nearly all of the senior regulars were rested following the Confederations Cup.

Stuart Holden scored a goal for the US in his national team debut against Grenada on July 4,2009.

On July 11,2009, Stuart Holden scored his second international goal against Haiti with a thirty-yard strike that tied the game in the ninety-second minute, and assisted the US's first goal in that match, which was scored by Davy Arnaud.

Stuart Holden was part of the United States team that won their group ahead of England, Algeria and Slovenia.

Stuart Holden appeared in 5 Gold Cup matches and scored in the opening match vs Belize.

Stuart Holden worked as an analyst for ESPN and NBC in 2014, before signing exclusively with Fox Sports 1 in 2016.

Stuart Holden has done work as a host, where he recently debuted a new series with Steve Nash called 'Speak Responsibly'.

Stuart Holden first started working with Fox Sports in 2014, working on all of their marquee soccer properties.

Stuart Holden made a sharp rise in the TV business and within two years has established himself as Fox's lead color commentator across multiple soccer properties.

Stuart Holden partnered in the booth with John Strong, and the pair traveled throughout Russia calling the tournament's biggest games, including the 2018 World Cup Final on July 15,2018, featuring Croatia and France.

Stuart Holden was a versatile, linking midfielder who, due to his ambidexterity, could play in the left, right, or center of the midfield.

Stuart Holden was particularly noted for his adeptness at taking set pieces and delivering crosses, being compared to David Beckham.

Stuart Holden was born in Scotland and moved to the United States at the age of ten.

Stuart Holden's father lost a six-year battle with cancer in early 2009.

Every game, Stuart Holden wears a Livestrong bracelet that belonged to his father, taping over it for its protection.

Stuart Holden's brother, Euan Stuart Holden, was a professional soccer player who last played for League Two club Bury.

Stuart Holden said he was "upstaged" by his brother while he was covering the biggest tournament of his broadcasting career.

Stuart Holden became engaged to model Karalyn West in March 2014 and the two got married in June 2015.