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name: Zach Wells
position: GK height: 6-2 weight:187 Birthdate: February 26, 1981 Hometown: Costa Mesa, CA |
| Regular Season Stats | full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights |
| year | club | gp | gs | min | shts | svs | ga | gaa | pg | pa | w | l | t |
| Career | 40 | 39 | 3,522 | 7 | 137 | 54 | 1.38 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 9 | |
| Most Recent Video Highlights |
| date | clubs | video description |
| 08/02/08 | Wizards @ United |
 Zach Wells' clean sheet
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Outlook
Zach is a good communicator. He is very focused and concentrated as well as a tactically smart and very athletic goalkeeper.
MLS Experience
2006: Saw no regular-season action with the squad, as Pat Onstad played every minute in goal U.S. Open Cup: Played entire game 8/2 against Carolina Dynamo (PDL) Allowed two goals and had one save in a 4-2 victory Reserves: Started all nine games played allowed 11 goals for a 1.22 average against Won five games with two shutouts.2005: Started 17 games for the MetroStars, now Red Bulls Called into camp for the U.S. National Team.
2004: Served primarily as MetroStars backup for Jonny Walker Saw action in two games while Walker was with the U.S. National Team Played in the teams 3-1 loss @ San Jose on 6/12 and he played during the Metros 2-1 victory over LA on 6/19.
International
Called into camp in 2006, and made his international debut against Guatemala 2/19/06, playing the last 10 minutes in a 4-0 in Frisco, Tex. Member of the U.S. Under-20 National Team pool Recorded a 1.00 GAA in two games played with the U20s.
College
2003: Set UCLA school record for single-season goals against average with a 0.52 Sports Illustrated On Campus National Player of the Year First team All-Pac-10 selection Set a new school record for career saves with 269 Earned 49 career victories Second team CoSIDA Academic All-American First team CoSIDA Academic All-District and Pac-10 All-Academic selection. 2002: College Cup Defensive MVP College Soccer News Honorable Mention All-American Second team NSCAA All-Far West and All-Pac-10 selection Also named to the Pac-10s All-Academic second team with a 3.19 GPA Ranked second in the conference in goals against average (0.76) Ranked among the Top 20 in the nation in GAA Named the Pac-10 Player of the Week twice (Oct. 8 and Oct. 29) His 17 victories ranked tied for fifth on UCLAs single-season charts 2001: Second team All-Pac-10 selection Set single-season school record with 101 saves Ranked second among Pac-10 starters with a 0.85 goals against average Earned a Pac-10-high nine shutouts Held a shutout streak of 541 minutes from Oct. 21-Nov. 11 Held a save percentage of .828 Defensive MVP at the UCLA Pacific Soccer Classic Named the Pac-10 Player of the Week and selected to Soccer Americas Team of the Week for Oct. 30-Nov. 2000: Played in four games and earned three shared shutouts 1999: Redshirted due to injury.
High School
Talented two-sport athlete who excelled in soccer and volleyball Won four letters in soccer and two in volleyball at Newport Harbor HS Set a school record as a freshman with 82 saves, one of them coming on a penalty kick which sent Newport Harbor into the CIF quarterfinals Broke his own record the next year with 104 saves Recorded a goals against average of 0.75 as a freshman and 0.76 as a sophomore Played at sweeper his junior year due to a broken thumb and scored one goal Scored three goals his senior year as a field player and played three games in goal after recovering from torn shoulder ligaments Three-time All-Sea View League selection Named teams Impact Player of the Year as a senior Lettered two years in volleyball as an opposite hitter Led his team to league championships as a junior and senior Played club volleyball with the Balboa Bay Volleyball Club Won a silver medal with the volleyball team at the U.S. Junior Olympics.
Youth
Played club soccer with the Irvine Strikers, which he captained to the Coast League championship and the 1999 Celtic Cup Coached by Sam George and Eddie Soto Played on the ODP U-17 Regional team.
Personal
Graduated in 2003 from UCLA with a B.A. in American Literature and Culture Enjoys surfing Admires Iker Casillas of Real Madrid Lists his biggest athletic thrill as winning the national championship Served as chairperson of the Bruin Athletic Council in 2001-02 Full name is Zachary Stephen Wells Born Feb. 26, 1981, in Costa Mesa, Calif., in his brothers room American Literature & Culture major at UCLA Favorite movies are Babel and Amoree Perros Lists favorite athlete as Magic Johnson because he made the whole team better If not playing soccer, he would be a surfer.
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