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It's Pat: how 35-year-old former A-League star Pat Onstad became one of this year's key MLS performers.(Major League Soccer)(Interview)
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Soccer Digest
- Article date:
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December 1, 2003
- Author:
- D'Hippolito, Joseph
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IN 2002, JOE CANNON 0F THE SAN Jose Earthquakes was named the league's goalkeeper of the year. He celebrated by leaving for France, taking an opportunity to play with Lens. So it came as a surprise when his replacement, Pat Onstad, was not only among the league's top goalies this year but outdid Cannon's 2002 performance.
Onstad, a veteran in his first season with the Earthquakes, broke Cannon's club record for shutouts in a year and threatened the league's single-season standard for goals-against average.
The 35-year-old entered the season's final weeks with nine shutouts and 14 victories--both league highs--and a 0.97 GAA. Those statistics practically duplicate the ...