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Nick Rimando (born June 17, 1979 in Montclair, California) is an American soccer goalkeeper, who currently plays for D.C. United of Major League Soccer.
Rimando played two years of college soccer at UCLA. As a rookie in 1997, he tended goal as the Bruins won the College Cup; after his sophomore year, he signed a Project-40 contract with MLS.
Rimando was selected 35th in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft by the Miami Fusion, and, to the surprise of many, quickly took the starting position from Jeff Cassar. He started 22 games as a rookie, and 25 as a sophomore, helping the Fusion to win the 2001 MLS Supporters' Shield. When the Fusion were contracted after the 2001 season, Rimando was selected third overall by DC (his coach at Miami, Ray Hudson, was the new United boss) in the subsequent Allocation Draft.
Rimando has been with DC since, playing in every game in 2002 and in 25 games in 2003, until missing the end of the season with an injury. In 2004, with Hudson gone, he lost his starting job to Troy Perkins, but regained it for the stretch run, backstopping DC to the MLS Cup.
Although mostly a backup to Tim Howard, Rimando played for the United States at the 1999 World Youth Championship in Nigeria. He earned his first cap with the senior team on November 17, 2002 against El Salvador.
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