

Īfter struggling with injury during the 2011 season, and suffering from side effects of six concussions, Jimmy Conrad announced his retirement from professional soccer on August 18, 2011. He made his debut, and scored his first goal for his new team on Main their first game of the 2011 MLS season – ironically against his old club, Sporting Kansas City. On December 15, 2010, Conrad was selected by Chivas USA in Stage 2 of the Re-Entry draft. He won the award a year later.ĭespite rumors of a possible European transfer following the Wizards' disappointing 2006 season, Conrad renewed his contract with the Wizards beginning the 2007 season, and new head coach Curt Onalfo rewarded him the club captaincy.Ĭonrad was out of contract after the 2010 MLS season and elected to participate in the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft. In 2004, he helped the Wizards to the US Open Cup and the MLS Cup Final as the leader of the league's stingiest defense and was named to the league's Best XI and was a finalist for MLS Defender of the Year Award. Conrad's stock rose while with Kansas City never a big scorer, he tallied four goals during his first season (he has ten in his MLS career). In 2003, Conrad was traded to the Wizards for a second-round draft pick, which the 'Quakes used to select Arturo Alvarez. In 2000, he also played for Lech Poznań in Poland. He played with the club, later re-branded as the Earthquakes, for four seasons, helping them to the MLS Cup in 2001. When Quinn began searching for an additional defender and goalkeeper for the Clash, Ralf Wilhelms, head coach of the Flash and a former teammate of Quinn on the San Diego Sockers, recommended Conrad and Flash goalkeeper Joe Cannon. In 1999, Brian Quinn became the head coach of the San Jose Clash. Consequently, Conrad contacted the now-defunct San Diego Flash of the A-League which gave him a contract. However, the Galaxy coaching staff recommended he play for one of their affiliated lower division teams.
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Undrafted by MLS, Conrad had an unsuccessful trial with the Los Angeles Galaxy. While playing for UCLA, he was a member of the 1997 NCAA Championship team. Conrad played at San Diego State University in 19, and then transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles. Ĭonrad attended Temple City High School in Temple City, California and was a four-year letterman in soccer. Conrad attended Temple City High School in Temple City, California. On February 12, 1977, Conrad was born in Arcadia, California.
