Ethan Finlay

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Ethan Finlay
Ethan Finlay - Minnesota United (cropped).jpg
Finlay with Minnesota United in 2017
Personal information
Full name Ethan Finlay
Date of birth (1990-08-06) August 6, 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Minnesota United
Number 13
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Creighton Bluejays 79 (43)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Chicago Fire Premier 15 (3)
2012–2017 Columbus Crew 150 (30)
2017– Minnesota United 74 (16)
National team‡
2016 United States 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 18, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 5, 2016

Ethan Christopher Finlay (born August 6, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United.

Career[]

College and amateur[]

Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Finlay's family moved across the U.S. during his childhood and he grew up in Minnesota, North Carolina and Wisconsin where he played high school soccer for Marshfield, Wisconsin as well as youth soccer for FC Milwaukee.[1][2] Finlay played college soccer at Creighton University between 2008 and 2011. Ethan finished his career in the top 5 all time in Bluejay scoring,[citation needed] and leading the Bluejays to the 2011 NCAA Final Four in Alabama. During his time at Creighton, Finlay was a M.A.C. Hermann Trophy finalist (3), finishing second in the voting for College Soccer's player of the Year award in 2012, the first ever player from Wisconsin to be a finalist for college soccer's most prestigious honor.[citation needed] Finlay was a NSCAA All-American First Team 2011, NSCA Academic National player of the Year 2011, College Soccer News All-American First Team 2011 and was Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2010 and 2011.[citation needed] Finlay was elected as the Fred Ware Award winner in 2011 as Nebraska's College Athlete of the Year.[3]

Professional[]

Columbus Crew selected Finlay in the first round (No. 10 overall) of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft.[4] Finlay made his debut during a 2–0 loss at Colorado Rapids, coming on as a first-half substitute for the injured Dilly Duka in the 12th minute on March 10, 2012.[5] Ethan scored his first MLS goal vs the Portland Timbers in a 3–3 tie in May 2014.

Finlay had a breakout year in the 2015 Major League Soccer season, finishing the season with 10 goals and 13 assists[6]

On August 9, 2017, Finlay was traded to Minnesota United in exchange for $100,000 in Targeted Allocation Money for the 2017 Major League Soccer season, $250,000 in Target Allocation Money for the 2018 MLS season and $75,000 in General Allocation Money for the 2018 MLS season.[7]

International[]

Finlay made his international debut for the United States men's national soccer team on January 31, 2016, in an international friendly against Iceland. In his second game with United States men's national soccer team, Finlay recorded an assist on the USA's game-winning goal against Canada. Finlay was eligible to represent the United States, his country of birth, or Canada, through his Canadian father.[8] He was cap-tied for the United States in the March 29, 2016, qualifier versus Guatemala.

Career statistics[]

As of November 9, 2020[9][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Playoffs[a] Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chicago Fire Premier 2010 PDL 15 3 – – – 15 3
Columbus Crew 2012 MLS 15 0 – 1 0 – 16 0
2013 19 0 – 2 0 – 21 0
2014 29 11 2 0 1 0 – 32 11
2015 34 12 5 1 1 1 – 40 14
2016 34 6 – 2 2 – 36 8
2017 19 1 0 0 1 0 – 20 1
Total 150 30 7 1 8 3 0 0 165 34
Minnesota United 2017 MLS 11 3 – 0 0 – 11 3
2018 7 2 – 0 0 – 7 2
2019 33 7 1 0 5 1 – 39 8
2020 14 4 0 0 – – 14 4
Total 65 16 1 0 5 1 0 0 67 17
Career total 230 49 8 1 13 4 0 0 251 54
  1. ^ All appearances in the MLS Cup Playoffs

References[]

  1. ^ Straus, Brian. "Finlay's long road to becoming an MLS star". Sports Illustrated.
  2. ^ "Ethan Finlay, born in Duluth, looks to help Minnesota United in 2019". The Bark.
  3. ^ "Ethan Finlay - 2011 - Men's Soccer". Creighton University Athletics.
  4. ^ "Crew banks on Ethan Finlay to boost offense". www.socceramerica.com.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-03-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "By Season". MLSsoccer.com.
  7. ^ "Loons Acquire U.S. International, Minnesota-Born Ethan Finlay". 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ King, Andrew. "Columbus Crew's Ethan Finlay receiving national team interest, but tight-lipped over which nation is inquiring". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  9. ^ Ethan Finlay at Soccerway
  10. ^ Ethan Finlay at Major League Soccer

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