Nathaniel Bostwick "Nate" Boyden (born November 27, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the

Loyola Ramblers The Loyola Ramblers (also called the Loyola Chicago Ramblers) are the varsity sports teams of Loyola University Chicago. Most teams compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference, which the school joined in 2022 after leaving the Missouri Valley Confer ...

men's soccer team.

Early life and education

Boyden was born on November 27, 1982, in

Woodland, California Woodland is a city in and the county seat of Yolo County, California, located approximately northwest of Sacramento, and is a part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. The population was 61,032 at the 2020 census. Woodland's origins date to 1 ...

. He attended Davis Senior High School, where he played on the soccer team. He later attended the

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduates and 2,983 graduate students enrolled in 2021–2022. It is part of the U ...

. While at UCSB, he played

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with the

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team is an NCAA Division I college soccer team composed of student-athletes attending the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Gauchos play their home matches at Harder Stadium. Like most of the ...

team led by Tim Vom Steeg. He was with the program for 5 seasons, redshirting in 2003 to rehabilitate an injury. He would appear for the Gauchos in 82 games scoring 6 times.

Playing career

Boyden made himself eligible for the 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft, but went undrafted. He also wasn't selected in the 2006

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College Draft. Boyden did preseason training with the reigning USL First Division champion

Seattle Sounders Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...

and

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ultimately signed Boyden as a free agent in April 2006. He was eventually released after playing one game in 2007. Following the 2007 season, Boyden retired from playing professional soccer. While on work in Germany, Boyden played for amateur side in the German

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. In 2012, Boyden played for American amateur side

Michigan Bucks Flint City Bucks is an American association football, soccer team based in Flint, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The club was founded in 1995 as the Mi ...

in the

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, scoring 4 times in 15 games played.

Managerial career

While attending graduate school at the

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, Boyden served as a volunteer assistant coach for the

Michigan Wolverines women's soccer The Michigan Wolverines women's soccer team is the women's intercollegiate soccer program representing the University of Michigan. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ...

team under former

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coach

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. He spent one year with the Wolverines before accepting an assistant coach job with

Bradley Braves The Bradley Braves are the intercollegiate athletics teams of Bradley University, located in Peoria, Illinois, United States. The Braves' athletic program is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) and competes at the NCAA Division I lev ...

. In March 2013, Boyden was hired by former UCSB teammate Neil Jones as an assistant coach with

Personal life

Boyden attended the

for graduate classes and his first publication examined the factors affecting career length in Major League Soccer.

Honors

Seattle Sounders

Championship (1): 2007 *

Commissioner's Cup (1): 2007

References

External links

Loyola Ramblers coaching profile

Bradley Braves coaching profile

*

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyden, Nate 1982 births Living people People from Woodland, California American soccer players Association football midfielders UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer players Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players Flint City Bucks players USL First Division players USL League Two players Soccer players from California Davis Senior High School (California) alumni Chicago Fire FC non-playing staff