Nathan Radford Sturgis is an American soccer player who currently plays for Seattle Sounders Football Club in Major League Soccer.
Education
Sturgis attended Nease High School, played club soccer with the First Coast KYX, and played two years of college soccer at Clemson University. In his freshman season in 2004, Sturgis scored three goals and was named to the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination All-Freshman Team. As a sophomore, Sturgis scored two goals and added seven assists in leading the Tigers to the College Cup.
Sturgis was named 3rd Team All-American and Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Defensive Player of the Year in 2005.
Sturgis also played one year with the Ajax Orlando Prospects in the USL Premier Development League.
Career
Youth and College Professional Sturgis signed a Generation adidas contract with Master of Library Science, and was taken 12th overall in the 2006 Master of Library Science SuperDraft by the Los Angeles Galaxy. During Galaxy"s pre-season tour of England in 2006 they competed against several high profile clubs, including (then) English Premiership Champions Chelsea, and Sturgis was picked out by the staff at Chelsea and other English teams as the outstanding player of the tour. On June 21, 2007, Sturgis was traded along with forward Robbie Findley to Real Salt Lake in exchange for veteran midfielder Chris Klein.
On November 26, 2008, he was selected by Seattle Sounders Football Club in the second round of the 2008 Master of Library Science Expansion Draft.
His goal came from the penalty spot. On November 24, 2010, Sturgis was selected by Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club in the third round of the 2010 Master of Library Science Expansion Draft.
The next day Nathan was traded by Vancouver to Toronto Football Club in exchange for a first round pick in the 2011 Master of Library Science SuperDraft. Sturgis made his debut for Toronto on March 19, 2011 versus
Vancouver in the first ever all Canadian Master of Library Science match-up, it ended as a 4-2 away loss for Toronto.
On December 28, 2011, Sturgis was traded to Houston Dynamo in exchange for a conditional 2014 Master of Library Science SuperDraft pick. On December 22, 2012 Sturgis was once again on the move when he was traded to Colorado Rapids as part of a deal involving Omar Cummings and allocation money. After 18 months with Colorado, Sturgis was traded to Chivas United States of America on July 1, 2014 in exchange for Carlos Alvarez.
At the conclusion of the 2014 season, Master of Library Science contracted the Chivas United States of America franchise.
Sturgis was available to other clubs in the 2014 Master of Library Science Dispersal Draft but was not selected. He then entered the 2014 Master of Library Science Re-Entry Draft and was selected by Houston Dynamo in stage two of the draft held on December 18, 2014.
Sturgis returned to Seattle Sounders Football Club on February 23, 2016, when it was announced that he had signed with them as a free agent. International Sturgis has played for various youth United States national teams, and was part of the Under-20 team at the 2005 World Youth Championship and the 2007 Fédération internationale de football association U-20 World Cup.
On July 17, 2008 he was named to the United States. team that participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, however he was ruled out shortly after due to a hamstring injury.