Stuart Holden was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is said that he started playing football after he taught himself. As a teenager, he attended the excellent school of Aberdeen Football Club. Later, when he was 10 years old, his family moved to Houston, Texas. His father works in the human resources department of Chevron. After working at Clemson University for two years, holden signed up to join the English club Sunderland in March 2005. Only three days later, he was attacked while waiting for a taxi outside a bar in Newcastle on March 12, resulting in three fractures of his left orbital bone, which missed the opportunity to play for Manchester United on behalf of the reserve team. Holden later returned to the United States and joined Dinamo Houston, the home club of Major League Soccer in 2006. He made his debut against the New England Revolution on May 27th, 2006, and scored his first career goal on July 22nd, 2006. The opponent is also the New England Revolution. On August 9, he played for the first time as a starter for the Los Angeles Galaxy. In the first year, he played 13 games in the regular season, including three starts. Dinamo Houston advanced to the playoffs with the second place in the West, and holden played as a substitute in two games, including the American Football League Cup. Once again, the opponent is the New England Revolution. After the overtime, the two sides still tied with 1- 1 and exchanged penalties to decide the winner. holden, who only came off the bench in the second half of overtime, scored the second goal of the team.
In 2007, holden got more playing time in the team. Although he missed because of an ankle injury, he still played 22 games, including starting 10, providing 5 goals and 5 assists. On July 5th, he handed over two assists to holden at New York Red Bull, and even scored the last goal, which sealed the team's 4-0 victory. This goal was voted as "Sierra Mist Goal of the Week". He also participated in all four playoff games of the team, scored 1- 1 in FC Dallas in the second round of the league semi-final, and finally beat his opponent 4- 1 in overtime. The Western Conference finals against the Kansas City Wizards and the Major League Soccer Cup against the New England Revolution were all sent back, and Dinamo Houston won the championship again and again. Holden also contributed to the team after the second round match against CF Pachuca in the semi-final of China-Canada Champions League. He participated in three Super League group matches and contributed 1 assists, but missed the semi-finals due to injury.
In 2008, holden became the main force of the team, playing 18 times in 27 games, contributing 3 goals and 4 assists, and Dinamo Houston became the champion of the western regular season. In the semi-final of the playoffs, holden made up for New York Red Bull with wild cards in both rounds. Although the first round of surrender 1 assists helped the team equalize 1- 1, the second round was 0-3, and the defending failed. Holden scored twice in the 4-0 victory over Atlantean FC in the first group match of the Super League, and scored 3 goals in 3- 1 in the third match against Washington, D.C., and in 3 games 135 minutes. He missed the semi-finals and finals because of his participation in the Beijing Olympic Games. In the mid-2008/09 season, five of the six group matches of CONCACAF Champions League started, and the second round was 4-4, with Cougar. Holden scored the first goal with an assist in 3 minutes, but only 23 minutes later he retired from the line of fire due to injury. The fifth round of Lu Si angel (Luis &; Aacute Engel Filpo) put on the captain's armband for the first time and scored 1 ball; Missed the last round of the game because of hernia surgery.
The 2009 season is the harvest period for holden to participate in Major League Soccer. He appeared in all 26 regular season games, scored 6 goals and handed over 4 assists after changing to the front waist, and was selected as MLS No.1 XI and MLS All-Star No.1 XI.. He was awarded "Dinamo Humanitarian of the Year" for two consecutive years and was selected as "Dinamo Fans' Choice Award" by fans. 10 On June 5th and June 10, he scored the winning goal 1-0 against Chicago Flame and Chivas Regal of America twice in a row, and became the fourth in the league, while the opposing team ranked first in the league at that time. The 2009 Major League Soccer All-Star Game contributed 65,438+0 assists to Premier League team Everton. August 1, scored 1 penalty and contributed 1 assist in the game against Washington, D.C., to celebrate the 24th birthday. On August 9th, against the Chicago Flame, holden scored the winning goal in the 83rd minute and sealed the score at 3-2. He imitated the "doll shaking his head" as a gesture to celebrate the goal. He played three playoff games, including the Western Conference finals, and lost to Seattle Voices 1-2 after overtime. In the 2008/09 season, Atlante FC started in the Champions League 1/4 finals in Central America and the Caribbean, and Ji 1-4 was eliminated. 2009/ 10, China-North America and Caribbean Champions League group match, he played 5 games. Although he only started 1 game, he made up the assists in the first round, scoring 1-0 for Cheng Bayern and defeating Isidro Metapan. In the second round, CD Arabi (&; Aacute Rabe Industrial Organization) also made up the game, and was expelled from the game because he refused to accept the referee's penalty and ate two yellow cards in 1 minute; After 1 game was suspended, he scored twice against CD Araby and holden, helping the team win 5- 1 game, and became the player who scored the most goals in Dinamo Houston with 6 goals; However, the team ranked third in the group stage and failed to qualify. Holden told Dinamo Houston that he would not renew his contract after the end of the season, hoping to take risks abroad again. His hometown, Aberdeen, Scotland, was the first to open up the market, but he gave up because of the high salary. It is reported that Glasgow Rangers also expressed interest in him. 20 10 holden 1 Arrived in England for Burnley's trial training. However, when head coach Owen Coyle switched to Bolton, he followed closely. Although he injured his thigh in training, his performance was still appreciated by Owen Coyle. /kloc-On June 26th, 2000, Bolton offered him a contract until the end of the season. Holden made his FA Cup debut against Tottenham Hotspur on February 24th, and then made his Premier League debut against Wolves at home on February 27th. Although Yu was absent from the United States for six weeks due to a foot injury in the Netherlands, with the excellent performance in the last two games, the terms of head coach Owen Coyle's starting contract have been extended until the end of next season. Holden resumed training in early April and is expected to play in the last two games of the season.
20 10- 1 1 season was named one of the best midfielders in the Premier League by The Guardian. However, he was injured in the match against Manchester United in October11March and never returned to the top level.
A series of setbacks made holden miss the whole season of 20 1 1- 12.
The last official game of his career was in March 20 14, representing Bolton Reserve, but he was injured again in the game. Holden played 1 1 game for U-20, and scored a goal against Brazil and Denmark. In February 2007, he was called up to join the Olympic team training camp and prepared to go to Japan, but he quit because of injury. He was selected by Peter Nowak, the new coach of the Olympic team, and joined the California training camp in June+February, 5438 to prepare for his trip to China. The United States Olympic Team and China Olympic Team played two games. The first game was a 0-0 draw at He Long Stadium. In the second game, holden handed over an assist to help the team lead 3-0 in the first half and retire from the line of fire in the second half. Before the game, China equalized 3-3 with Du Zhenyu's penalty. In February, 2008, he was called into a 24-person training camp to prepare for the Beijing Olympic soccer qualifying tournament and was selected for the competition list. The U.S. Olympic team defeated Canada 3-0 in the semi-final of the qualifying tournament and qualified for the Beijing Olympic soccer tournament, but lost to Honduras 0-/kloc-0-0 in the final after overtime.
In July 2008, holden was selected as a member of the American Olympic team to participate in the Beijing Olympic Games. Before the game, the US Olympic team participated in the ING Challenge in Hong Kong as a warm-up match, with two wars, one draw and one loss. On August 7th, the first round of football match of Beijing Olympic Games was held in groups. The U.S Olympic team beat Japan and holden in the first round in the 47th minute of the second half, helping the team 1-0 win the championship. In the second game, holden continued to play in the left midfield, and the United States was equalized by the Netherlands 2-2. In the last match of the group stage, I moved to Beijing Workers Stadium to play against Nigeria. Only three minutes after the start of the game, orozco was directly shown a red card by the referee and was expelled. In the end, 1-2 lost, and the group failed to qualify for the third place.
Holden was selected by the national team to participate in the 2009 American Gold Cup on June 24th, 2009 because most of the main players of the national team were allowed to have a truce after participating in the Confederations Cup. On July 4th, he played in Grenada for the first time on behalf of the big international team, and scored his first national team goal in 3 1 minute, helping the team win 4-0. Honduras did not play in the second game. In July 1 1 In the last match of the group match, holden started again. Before the end of the game, he was injured and broke the net 24 yards from the door, which equalized the team 2-2, and he also assisted the team's first goal. As a result, the United States not only won the first place in the group, but also continued the national team's 25-game winning streak in the Americas Gold Cup group stage. Holden made two assists for Honduras in the semi-final, helping the United States win 2-0 and advance to the final. Unfortunately, the final was defeated by Mexico 0-5, but holden's performance in the tournament made him a member of the "all-team".
On March 3rd, 20 10, he played a friendly match in Holland on behalf of the American team and was kicked out by Nigel de Jong. After the game, he was confirmed to have a fracture of his right fibula.
20 13 returned to the national team and participated in the China-Canada Africa Gold Cup. However, in the last game against Panama, the knee ligament was torn.
By the time he retired, Stuart Holden had made 26 appearances for the United States and scored three goals.