Richard Anthony Goddard (born 30 January 1978) is a former

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who last played for the

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. He has served as Senior Development and Goalkeeper Coach for North Vancouver Football Club and is currently Head Football Development Coach for Bishop's High School in Trinidad and Tobago.

Playing career

He played

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with

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from 1999 to 2001, where he was a 3 time NAIA All-American, NCCAA All-American, and 2-time NAIA Region IX Player of the Year. Goddard began his pro career in 2001 when he signed for the

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of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. He was part of the Ottawa team that won the

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– Regular Season Championship and OZ Optics Cup, and led them to a 20–2 record. In 2002, he was signed by the

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of the

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. In his rookie season, he led the Eagles to the playoffs for 2nd straight season, started 27 of 28 regular season matches, accumulating a 10–13–4 record and a 1.59 GAA with 3 shutouts, and he was named twice Goalkeeper of the Week. In 2004 Goddard signed for the

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where he served as a backup to Bryheem Hancock for most of the season. He made his debut in 5–1 victory over the

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on 6 June. But on 30 June he was released from his contract after struggling to hold a starting position. The following season he re-signed with the Lynx under new coach

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Before the commencement of the 2006 season he practiced with

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, but failed to secure a contract. He returned for his third and final season with Toronto in 2006. In 2007, Goddard signed with the 2006 USL Division 1 champion the

. He competed for a starting position with Matt Nelson, and

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, but eventually, he served as backup to Nelson. After the conclusion of the season, he was released from his contract. Goddard was brought back into the 2008 Vancouver Whitecaps team early in the season due to an injury to their starting GK Jay Nolly by new coach

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, but was released just before the USL Division 1 roster freeze deadline.

Coaching career

Beside works as Goalkeeper Coach by North Shore Soccer Development Centre, he was trained at St. Clair's Coaching School,

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. He was a member, along with

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, of the All-America Soccer Workshop at Best Western Lehigh Valley Hotel & Conference Center on Routes 22 and 512 in Bethlehem, Pa. He was the Head coach, of the U-16 Girls for Mountain WFC, and was formerly a Goalkeeper Coach at

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in 2003. In 2003, he was the head coach of the Ottawa Internationals U18 Girls in the Ligue Soccer Elite du Quebec (LSEQ) and assistant/goalkeeper coach for the

Women's team that finished second in the CIS. In 2006 Goddard joined the University of Toronto Varsity Blues Women's Soccer Program as their Goalkeeper Coach. The Varsity Blues were knocked out in the Ontario semis. Goddard is currently working as the Head Football Development Coach for Bishop's High School,

since 2012 (his alma matar).

Awards

Ottawa Wizards *

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: 2001 *

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: 2001 Toronto Lynx *

runner-up: 2006 *

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runner-up: 2006

Personal life

Richard is the brother-in-law of former

footballer Wendell Moore and the uncle of the US youth national player Shaquell Moore.Moore named for US soccer programme
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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goddard, Richard 1978 births Living people Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players College men's soccer players in the United States Roberts Wesleyan University alumni Men's association football goalkeepers Ottawa Wizards players Toronto Lynx players Trinidad and Tobago expatriate men's footballers Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in Canada Trinidad and Tobago expatriate sportspeople in the United States Trinidad and Tobago men's footballers Trinidad and Tobago men's international footballers USL Second Division players A-League (1995–2004) players USL First Division players Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players People from Tobago Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to Canada Charlotte Eagles players Canadian soccer coaches Ottawa Gee-Gees coaches