Marcus Garin Tracy (born October 2, 1986 in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania) is an American

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player who plays as a striker.

Career

College and Amateur

Although born in Chestnut Hill section of

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, Tracy grew up in Newtown, CT, playing soccer at Newtown High School where he was named an All-American (and had his #3 jersey retired) and was a member of the 2004 Class LL Connecticut State Championship team. He finished with 100 goals in his high school career. Tracy also played for Beachside Soccer Club in his youth. His brother Ryan Tracy played soccer at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

. He won the 2008

Hermann Trophy The Hermann Trophy is awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the United States's top men's and women's college soccer players. History In 1967, Bob Hermann, the president of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) and the ...

for the nation's most outstanding college player while at

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...

where he scored 13 goals and 10 assists in 24 games. In 2007, he won the 2007 College Cup with the Demon Deacons while scoring 11 goals and 9 assists in 26 games. In the College Cup final, Tracy scored the tying goal and assisted on the winning goal in the Demon Deacons 2-1 victory over Ohio State. Tracy was named the Offensive MVP of the 2007 College Cup tournament. In 2006, he scored 6 goals and 4 assists in 22 games with the Demon Deacons. In 2006, Tracy also scored 1 goal in 3 appearances for

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

side

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, although injury limited the number of games in which he appeared. In 2005, Tracy did not score in the 5 games that he played in an injury-filled season with the Deamon Deacons. Tracy's career totals for Wake Forest were 77 games played, 30 goals scored and 23 assists.

Professional

Tracy was drafted by

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club

Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo FC (formerly officially, but still commonly, called the Houston Dynamo) is an American professional soccer club based in Houston. The Dynamo compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Establi ...

in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. Though he was expected to be a top pick, he was selected fifty-sixth overall, falling so low due to clubs having the knowledge of his contract with Danish club

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. On January 15, 2009, Tracy joined the club in Denmark on a three-year contract and made his debut for Aalborg on March 19, 2009, as a substitute in a

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quarter final second leg against

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in which he assisted on his team's first goal of the game a few minutes after entering as a substitute. He scored the winning goal against

FC Midtjylland FC Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the western part of Jutland. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Supe ...

on March 23, 2009, in his first game in the

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...

. He finished the 2008 - 2009

with 7 games (including 3 starts) and 1 goal scored.http://www.eliteprospects.com/football/player.php?player=2290 Also in that season, he played 1 game in the

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and 1 game in the

. In the 2009 - 2010 season, he scored the game-winner against

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on November 9, 2009. He also scored a goal while playing for

reserve team on September 12, 2009 against Otterup in the

Danish 2nd Division West The 2nd Division ( da, Danmarksturneringens 2. division or Herre-DM 2. division) is a semi-professional association football league for men and the third division in Denmark. It is organised by the Divisionsforeningen on behalf of the Danish Foo ...

. He missed the remainder of the 2009 - 2010 season due to patellar tendinitis or jumper's knee. For the 2009 - 2010 season, Tracy played 8 games (including 4 starts) in the

with 1 goal scored as well as 2 games in the

and 2 games in qualification games for the

. He scored 1 goal in 5 games with the

Aalborg BK Aalborg Boldspilklub is a Danish sports club based in the city of Aalborg. The club is also known as AaB for short (cf. logo) or Aalborg BK. Through time the club has had branches in cricket, tennis, ice hockey, handball, and basketball, but cur ...

reserve team in the

. Tracy continued to be sidelined for the rest of 2010 with knee injuries. His injuries continued to sideline him through the 2010 - 2011 season and the first half of the 2011 - 2012 season. After missing such a significant amount of time due to his injuries, Tracy was not going to have his contract renewed over the winter break per Aalborg's announcement on October 3, 2011. He spent the first half of 2012 working on regaining his fitness after his knee injury issues and targeting a move to

. On September 11, 2012, Tracy signed a contract with MLS and his new club will be decided by a weighed lottery On September 13, the

San Jose Earthquakes The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional soccer team based in San Jose, California. The Earthquakes compete as a member club of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). Originally as the San Jose Clash, the franchise ...

won the lottery for Tracy. The team had a 4.6% chance of landing Tracy. Tracy was not retained following the 2013 season.

International

On December 22, 2009, Tracy received his first call up to play with the senior US national team. Training in

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began for Tracy and the other players called up on January 4, 2010, leading up to a friendly match against

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. Prior to the game, Tracy was released from training due to knee tendinitis which would continue to plague him throughout his career. This senior team call-up was Tracy's first national team experience at any level having not been part of any of the youth teams.

Honors

Wake Forest University

*2007 - NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Champion *2007 - NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Tournament Offensive MVP *2008 - Hermann Trophy *2008 - NSCAA 1st Team All-America

Other

*2009 - Newtown, CT's Sportsman of the Year

References

External links

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Wake Forest bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tracy, Marcus 1986 births Living people AaB Fodbold players African-American soccer players All-American men's college soccer players American soccer players American expatriate soccer players Association football forwards North Carolina Fusion U23 players Danish Superliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Hermann Trophy men's winners Houston Dynamo FC draft picks Major League Soccer players NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Most Outstanding Player winners Parade High School All-Americans (boys' soccer) People from Newtown, Connecticut San Jose Earthquakes players Soccer players from Connecticut Soccer players from Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Fairfield County, Connecticut USL League Two players Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer players 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American people