Nicolas Platter (born November 22, 1981, in

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) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who currently is the goalkeeper coach for North Carolina FC.

Career

College

Platter played college soccer at the

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...

, where is generally considered to be one of the most successful goalkeepers in UC Davis history. He finished his career at UC Davis as the all-time shutout leader with 17, and as the career saves leader with 195. He was also his team's captain since 2003. He also played one season with the

Sacramento Knights Sacramento Knights were an indoor soccer team that played from 1993 to 2001 in ARCO Arena and were owned by the NBA's Sacramento Kings. The team played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League from 1993 to 1997. The team then moved to the Wo ...

in the

National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer league. The NPSL is a semi-professional league, comprising some teams that have paid players and some that are entirely amateur. The league is officially ...

Professional

Platter signed with Minnesota Thunder in 2005, and was used primarily a backup to first-choice keeper Joe Warren, playing in just six first team games in his first two years with the club. Platter emerged as the starting goalkeeper for the team in 2007, eventually logging 1,620 minutes in 18 games played, and has continued to hold the starting goalkeeper position through 2008 and into 2009. After five years with Minnesota Thunder Platter signed a two-year contract with Carolina RailHawks in March 2010. However, the RailHawks were dissolved following the 2010 season (only to be reborn with new ownership) and all players' contracts voided. Platter signed with

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of the

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on February 24, 2011. Platter signed as a player and assistant coach for Carolina RailHawks on March 1, 2012. After spending the 2013 season out of soccer, Platter rejoined the RailHawks for the 2014 season. He was an assistant coach for the RailHawks and did goalkeeping coaching for CASL. He is currently a realtor at LPT Realty in the Triangle Region of North Carolina.

References

External links

Carolina RailHawks bio

Minnesota Thunder bio

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