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| 2009 season stats |
| GP | Goals | Assists |
| 28 | 1 | 2 |
name: Ugo Ihemelu
position: D
height: 6-0 weight:178
Birthdate: April 03, 1983
Hometown: Cedar Hill, TX
last club: Colorado (MLS)
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| year | club | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2009 | FC Dallas | 8 | 8 | 720 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Colorado | 20 | 19 | 1,723 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 1 |
| Career | 125 | 118 | 10,595 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 210 | 163 | 28 | 4 |
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Versatile defender and arguably the Rapids fastest player, Ihemelu should be a fixture along the backline in 2009.
MLS CAREER
2008: Ihemelu played a big part in the Rapids defense in 2008, starting 16 of the 18 matches that he appeared in and playing all 90 minutes in 15 of those 16 contests…Played in 1,493 minutes…His efforts led to the Rapids allowing a league-low 278 shots on goal all season…Appeared in one Rapids Reserve match…
2007: Appeared in 25 games…Played 2,018 minutes, tied for a team high among defenders…Scored his first career goal against Chivas USA on October 14…
2006: Appeared in 25 games, making 23 starts with 2,031 minutes played for L.A.…Registered his first career MLS assist on 7/27 against the New England Revolution in a 1-1 tie at Gillette Stadium…
2005: Played in 25 games for the Galaxy as a rookie - 23 of them starts - and logged 2031 minutes while recording one assist…A contender for Rookie of the Year honors from the start of the season that turned heads throughout MLS with his impressive play.
NATIONAL TEAM HIGHLIGHTS
Took part in the U.S. MNT training camp in January and February 2009…Made his second appearance with the National Team Jan. 24 in the 3-2 U.S. win over Sweden when he replaced Michael Parkhurst in the U.S. lineup and played 14 minutes…Participated in a U.S. men's national team camp in Jan. of 2006 at The Home Depot Center and earned his first career cap as a substitute in a 5-0 whitewashing of Norway on Jan. 29, 2006…Ihemelu was invited to a U.S. Under-20 national team training camp after a solid freshman year at SMU.
COLLEGE
2004: A first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection after making 14 starts for the Mustangs…
2003: A first team all-conference pick that scored three goals and contributed one assist in 22 games…
2002: A second team All-MVC choice…
2001: One of three players to start all 21 games the Mustangs played, recording two assists.
PERSONAL
Full name is Ugochukwu Ihemelu…Fourth of five children…Both parents grew up in Nigeria…Family later moved to Winnipeg, Canada and then to Texas…Grew up competing in soccer, football, basketball and track…Double major in general business and psychology.
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