club roster 2009 season stats Wins Saves GAA 1 23 1.45 name: Preston Burpo position: GK height: 6-3 weight:206 Birthdate: September 26, 1972 Hometown: Seattle, WA last club: San Jose (MLS)

date	clubs	video description
10/04/08	Dynamo @ Rapids	Preston Burpo PK stop
06/21/08	Dynamo @ Rapids	COL: Burpo save reel
07/07/07	Chivas USA @ Revolution	Chivas USA's Burpo stones Revs

2006: Regular season: Played 19 regular-season games for Chivas USA (starting 19), logging a total of 1710 minutes and registering a 1.21 GAA.

2005: Logged 2430 minutes for the USL-1 champion Seattle Sounders, registering 124 saves.

Preston Burpo joined Chivas USA on March 17, 2006 from USL Division 1 club Seattle Sounders, where he played for nine years. In 2005 Burpo placed in the top three in several statistical categories - second in shutouts with 12; third in wins with 11; first in saves with 124 and he recorded the second best GAA at .851. Burpo was named to the 2005 USL First Div. All-League Second Team, his second all-league selection.

Burpo was the Sounders' leader in several all-time goalkeeper statistics including games played (143), saves (631) and minutes (12,846) and has a career GAA of 1.19. Recording 20 shutouts from 2004-2005, Burpo helped the Sounders capture the 2004 A-League Western Conference Championship and the USL First Div. Championship in 2005.

Before joining the Sounders in 1997, Burpo played professional soccer with the Boston Storm and New Hampshire Phantoms of the United States Interregional Soccer League (USISL), and also played internationally with Harbor View of the Jamaican First Division.

Burpo attended New Hampshire College (now Southern University of New Hampshire), where he received All-League and All-New England honors.

IN HIS OWN WORDS