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27Kosuke Kimura
- Position: Defender
- Date of Birth: 05/14/1984
- Age: 39
- Country: Kobe, Japan
- Weight: 155 lbs
- Height: 5.9'
Kimura played 19 matches in the 2015 NASL season with the Atlanta Silverbacks and boasts vast MLS experience, having played nearly 200 matches in the league during his professional career. He played eight seasons from 2007 through 2014 with the Colorado Rapids, Portland Timbers and New York Red Bulls, respectively.
Kimura — the first Japanese-born player to ever play in Major League Soccer won a MLS Cup, a Supporters’ Shield, and six CONCACAF Champions League appearances and played for Polish club Widzew Åódź in early June, participating in 952 total minutes in 12 matches for the I Liga club.
Born in Kobe, Japan, Kimura spent his youth career in the Kawasaki Frontale (J-League) system before moving stateside to play collegiately at Western Illinois University from 2003-2006. With the Leathernecks, the defender won team MVP honors and even joined Thunder Bay Chill in the Premier Development League for a season, giving him his first taste of North American club soccer.
Selected by the Rapids with the 35th overall pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft, he played in Denver until 2012, lifting the 2010 MLS Cup. In total, Kimura appeared 117 times and scored four goals in a Rapids shirt, most notably a decisive semifinal goal that sent Colorado to the 2010 MLS championship.
Kimura moved to the Portland Timbers during the 2012 MLS campaign, finishing the season in Portland before joining the New York Red Bulls in early 2013. The defender made a total of 37 first-team appearances for New York in 2013 and 2014, including 24 league games for the eventual winners of the 2013 Supporters’ Shield — given to MLS' best regular season side. He played 13 matches in 2014, his last season at Red Bull Arena.
REGULAR SEASON CAREER STATS
| Year | Team | GP | GS | SI | SO | Min | G | A | Sh | Y | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Rayo OKC | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2880 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1710 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 51 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 4590 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
POST SEASON CAREER STATS
| Year | Team | GP | GS | SI | SO | Min | G | A | Sh | Y | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Rayo OKC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
GAME APPEARANCES
| Date | Type | Match | Result | Appear | Min | G | A | Sh | Y | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/05/2016 | The Championship | NYC v OKC | L 2 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10/30/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v IND | W 2 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10/22/2016 | Regular Season | FTL v OKC | W 0 - 2 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10/16/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v OTT | W 3 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10/12/2016 | Regular Season | NCFC v OKC | W 0 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10/08/2016 | Regular Season | MIA v OKC | W 0 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10/02/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v NCFC | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/24/2016 | Regular Season | JAX v OKC | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/18/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v FTL | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/14/2016 | Regular Season | FCE v OKC | D 0 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/11/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v JAX | W 3 - 2 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/03/2016 | Regular Season | MNU v OKC | L 1 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/27/2016 | Regular Season | TBR v OKC | L 2 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/20/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v MIA | L 1 - 2 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/13/2016 | Regular Season | IND v OKC | L 2 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/07/2016 | Regular Season | NYC v OKC | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 07/30/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v MNU | D 2 - 2 | Start | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 07/27/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v TBR | W 1 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 07/23/2016 | Regular Season | PRFC v OKC | L 1 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 07/16/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v NYC | W 3 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 07/13/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v PRFC | D 2 - 2 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 07/10/2016 | Regular Season | OTT v OKC | W 0 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 07/02/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v FCE | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 06/11/2016 | Regular Season | OTT v OKC | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 06/04/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v MNU | W 1 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 06/01/2016 | US Open Cup | OKC v EFC | L 1 - 2 | Start | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 05/28/2016 | Regular Season | NYC v OKC | L 1 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 05/21/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v FTL | L 1 - 2 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 05/14/2016 | Regular Season | TBR v OKC | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 05/07/2016 | Regular Season | JAX v OKC | W 0 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 04/30/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v IND | L 1 - 2 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 04/22/2016 | Regular Season | MIA v OKC | W 2 - 3 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 04/09/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v NCFC | L 2 - 3 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 04/02/2016 | Regular Season | OKC v FCE | D 0 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10/31/2015 | Regular Season | ATL v OTT | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10/24/2015 | Regular Season | MNU v ATL | L 1 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10/17/2015 | Regular Season | ATL v TBR | D 0 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10/07/2015 | Regular Season | ATL v NYC | L 0 - 3 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10/04/2015 | Regular Season | NYC v ATL | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/26/2015 | Regular Season | SAS v ATL | D 3 - 3 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/19/2015 | Regular Season | ATL v NCFC | W 2 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/15/2015 | Regular Season | ATL v MNU | L 1 - 2 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 09/04/2015 | Regular Season | NCFC v ATL | L 2 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/29/2015 | Regular Season | ATL v FCE | W 1 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/22/2015 | Regular Season | ATL v IND | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/15/2015 | Regular Season | JAX v ATL | L 1 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/08/2015 | Regular Season | ATL v SAS | D 3 - 3 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/05/2015 | Regular Season | ATL v FTL | W 2 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 08/01/2015 | Regular Season | IND v ATL | W 0 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 07/26/2015 | Regular Season | FCE v ATL | W 1 - 3 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 07/22/2015 | Regular Season | OTT v ATL | L 2 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 07/18/2015 | Regular Season | FTL v ATL | D 2 - 2 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 07/11/2015 | Regular Season | ATL v JAX | W 1 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
