Nick Webb (born May 6, 1986) is a

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striker, who played professionally for the Carolina Giants of the

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and the

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of the

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Youth career

Webb began his youth career with local Premier Division team, Whatcom FC Rangers. During his development with the Rangers, he was selected to the Washington State Olympic Development Program from the ages 15–18 and was selected 1 year with the Region IV Olympic program pool. He finished his youth club play with top club, Snohomish United Santos. In College, he began his career at Division II

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earning NWAC First Team All Conference honors as a freshman before transferring to Division I

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. At Oregon State, Nick received top honors including Second Team All-Conference as well as First Team All-Academic both his Junior and Senior years. In the summer of 2007 he aided OUSA Orange of Oregon to a

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(USASA) Under-23 National Championship and was the league's leading scorer with 17 goals in 7 games including the game winner in the National Championship.

Professional career

Webb signed with the

of the

on February 27, 2008. Webb has been seen playing time as a substitute for the Whitecaps early on in the season, and has also been featured for Whitecaps' PDL team,

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. In his first game against MLS squad

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and

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he recorded the game winning assist in the Whitecaps 2–1 win over the Galaxy. After a spell at Vancouver, Webb signed with Carolina Giants, a Puerto Rican-based First Division club. In his time with the Gigantes, Nick totalled four goals and an assist in 6sixgames.

Personal life

He is the twin brother of Mason Webb. Webb also runs his own soccer training program Webb Soccer Training in Corvallis, Oregon.

External links

Profile on Vancouver's official siteGigantes Personal ProfileGigantes League PageMen's Pac-10 Soccer RecordsPR Soccer Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Webb, Nick 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Bellingham, Washington American men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Oregon State Beavers men's soccer players Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players Whitecaps FC Academy players USL League Two players USL First Division players Expatriate men's footballers in Puerto Rico Western Washington University alumni American expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada American expatriate sportspeople in Canada Soccer players from Washington (state) Gigantes de Carolina FC players