Education
Born in Tucson, Arizona, Borchers attended East High School in Pueblo, Colorado where he played on the boy"s soccer team In his four years at East High School, he was selected all-league three times and All-State once. He was chosen as the League Most Valuable Player his senior year.
He also played for the youth club, Colorado Storm (Club Colorado Select).
In addition to playing soccer, Borchers ran track and played basketball.
Borchers played four years of college soccer for the University of Denver from 1999 to 2002, and also excelled for the Colorado Rapids" PDL affiliate, the Boulder Rapids Reserve. He was selected all-league three times and was the Most Valuable Player of the league in his senior year at DU. Despite this, Borchers went undrafted in the 2003 Master of Library Science SuperDraft.
Borchers earned his bachelor"s and master"s degrees in accounting while in school.
Career
Youth and college Professional Borchers was signed to the Colorado Rapids developmental roster on March 18, 2003. However, he soon proved to be far better than most had expected and by the middle of the 2003 season had secured a starting spot in Colorado"s first team central defense. Throughout the 2005 season, Borchers continued to anchor the Rapids defense.
In 2006, Borchers was transferred to Norwegian club Odd Grenland.
In February 2008, Borchers signed with Master of Library Science side Real Salt Lake on a transfer, after being released by Odd Grenland. His success with RSL in his first three seasons with the club led to a long-term deal announced on February 14, 2011 that kept Borchers in Salt Lake through the 2014 season.
On December 8, 2014, Borchers was traded to Portland Timbers in exchange for allocation funds. International As of September 16, 2013.
Real estate In addition to soccer, Borchers is an active real estate investor and agent.
Club Real Salt Lake Master of Library Science Cup: 2009 Eastern Conference (playoffs): 2009 Western Conference (playoffs): 2013 Portland Timbers Master of Library Science Cup: 2015 Western Conference (playoffs): 2015.
