52 Facts About Tim Howard

Timothy Matthew Howard was born on March 6,1979 and is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper.

Tim Howard last played for USL Championship club Memphis 901 FC, a club of which he is a minority owner and sporting director.

Tim Howard is international ambassador in the US for former club Everton.

Tim Howard began his career with the North Jersey Imperials, before making a move to the MetroStars.

On January 4,2012, Tim Howard scored his first professional goal in a Premier League match against Bolton Wanderers, making him only the fourth goalkeeper to score a goal in the Premier League.

In 2016, Tim Howard made his return to MLS, signing for the Colorado Rapids.

Tim Howard played for three years for the Rapids before hanging up his gloves in October 2019.

Almost immediately, Tim Howard ramped up his front-office role in USL Championship side Memphis 901 FC and was announced as the club's sporting director in January 2020.

Tim Howard later returned to professional soccer in March 2020, signing a playing contract with the club he co-owned.

Tim Howard was an unused substitute for the 2006 FIFA World Cup but later established himself as first-choice keeper of the United States' international tournament games beginning with the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, in which the US ended as runner-up against Brazil.

Tim Howard participated at both the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, starting in all their matches.

Tim Howard was born in North Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of African-American truck driver Matthew Tim Howard and his Hungarian wife Esther, who worked for a container packing distributor.

Tim Howard's father moved out "before [Howard] formed [his] first memory" and his parents divorced when Howard was three.

Tim Howard was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome and OCD when he was in the sixth grade.

Tim Howard took Howard under his wing, offering him free soccer coaching.

When Tim Howard was 14 and 15 years old, Peter Mellor, the former professional goalkeeper who was coaching for the United States Soccer Federation and writing the curriculum for the first US Soccer National Goalkeeping License for coaches, saw the 14-year-old Tim Howard in an Olympic Development Player camp, identified him as a star of the future, and placed him in the Olympic Development Program.

Mellor helped Tim Howard obtain his work permit appeal after he joined Manchester United from the MetroStars in 2003.

Tim Howard proved a star not only in soccer as a midfielder, but on the basketball court, where he averaged 15 points per game and helped bring his team to the state finals in his senior year.

Tim Howard signed with the Imperials and played in his first professional game before graduating from high school.

Tim Howard notched six appearances with the North Jersey Imperials.

Tim Howard had a 1.58 GAA and won just one match in a season in which the Metros won just seven games.

Tim Howard spent most of the international season with the United States Under-20 team, leaving the club to compete in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in April and the 1999 Pan American Games in July.

Tim Howard received the MLS Humanitarian of the Year Award.

Tim Howard played in 27 of 28 regular season games in 2002 for the MetroStars, recording four shutouts.

Tim Howard was named to the MLS Best XI for the second straight season.

Tim Howard started off very well at Manchester United, saving the decisive penalty in the Community Shield against Arsenal.

In March 2004 Tim Howard's poor parry handed a last minute goal to Porto, eliminating United from the UEFA Champions League.

Tim Howard was the second American player to collect a winner's medal in the FA Cup, after Julian Sturgis of Wanderers in the 1873 final.

Tim Howard was named in the PFA Best XI in his first season at Manchester United.

Tim Howard made his 100th appearance for Everton against West Ham United, on November 8,2008.

Tim Howard's wind-assisted 101-yard clearance at Goodison Park made him only the fourth goalkeeper to score in a Premier League match since its formation in 1992.

In March 2012, Tim Howard agreed a new contract to keep him at the club until the summer of 2016.

On March 2,2013, Tim Howard's run of 210 consecutive Premier League appearances dating back to September 2007 came to an end as he missed a game against Reading with a finger injury.

Tim Howard was two games short of equalling Neville Southall's club record.

On February 19,2016, Everton manager Roberto Martinez confirmed Tim Howard was expected to serve as the backup to Joel Robles.

Tim Howard had recently been affected by a knee injury and a loss of form.

On January 22,2019, Tim Howard announced the 2019 Major League Soccer season would be his final season as a professional player.

On March 4,2020, Tim Howard announced his return to professional soccer, signing a playing contract with Memphis 901 FC in the USL Championship, where he serves as sporting director and minority owner.

Tim Howard represented the United States under-20 national team at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria, playing in group stage victories over England and Cameroon, before a loss in the Round of 16 against Spain.

In July 1999, Tim Howard was called up for the United States under-23 national team for the 1999 Pan American Games tournament.

Tim Howard was used as a backup to Brad Friedel at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

On May 2,2006, Tim Howard was named as one of three goalkeepers on the United States roster for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, but served as a backup to Kasey Keller.

Tim Howard was the starting goalkeeper for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, including the semi-final in which the United States upset Spain, then the number one-ranked team in the world.

Tim Howard's eight saves earned him his first clean sheet of the tournament and the first shutout of the Spanish side since 2007.

Tim Howard was the starting goalkeeper for the 2010 World Cup, in South Africa, and turned in a man of the match performance against England in his World Cup debut.

Tim Howard went on to say that it was a "disgrace" and commented further that if the final had been in Mexico City and the United States had won, the ceremony would not have been made in English.

Tim Howard was called up again in August 2015, for the team's friendly against Peru on September 4, at RFK Stadium.

Tim Howard was a member of the team that won the 2017 Gold Cup.

Tim Howard is divorced from Laura Cianciola Howard, with whom he has two children.

Tim Howard was named MLS Humanitarian of the Year in 2001 for his work with children with Tourette syndrome, and was added to the New Jersey Tourette Syndrome Association Board of Directors in the same year.

In 2014, Tim Howard showed off his arm and torso tattoos for PETA's "Ink, Not Mink" anti-fur campaign.

Also, in October 2019 it was announced that Tim Howard would be the first international ambassador in the United States for former club Everton.