Kyle "Marbles" Nakazawa is a retired American soccer player.
Background
Nakazawa grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and attended Palos Verdes Peninsula High School from 2002 to 2003, before moving to the Edison Academic Center from 2003–2005 where he was a part of the United States. U-17 residency program
Education
University of California, Los Los Angeles
Career
College and Amateur
Nakazawa played college soccer at University of California, Los Angeles from 2006 to 2009. He was named to the 2006 Soccer America and Top Drawer Soccer All-Freshman first teams and College Soccer News" All-Freshman second team, was a 2007 Second-team All-Pac-10 selection and University of California, Los Angeles Bruins Most Valuable Player, and was a 2009 First-team NSCAA All-American, an All-Far West selection, a First-team All-Pac-10 selection, and a Pac-10 All-Academic honoree. He played club soccer for the Irvine Strikers.
During his college years he also appeared for both the San Fernando Valley Quakes and the Los Angeles Legends in the USL Premier Development League.
Professional
Nakazawa was drafted in the third round (33rd overall) of the 2010 Master of Library Science SuperDraft by Philadelphia Union. Known for providing a steady presence in the midfield and excellent service balls, he made his professional debut on May 1, 2010, in a match at Los Angeles Galaxy.
Nakazawa made his first professional start on May 8, 2010 at Real Salt Lake, and he scored his first professional goal on May 28, 2011, in the Union"s 6–2 victory over Toronto Football Club. On February 1, 2012 Nakazawa was traded to Los Angeles Galaxy with a 2013 Master of Library Science SuperDraft second round pick for a 2012 international roster slot. On January 21, 2013, Los Angeles Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena announced that Nakazawa had retired from playing professional soccer.
International
Nakazawa was present at the 2005 Fédération internationale de football association U-17 World Cup at Peru, scoring 2 goals.