 nicholas paul "nick" rimando (born june 17, 1979) is an american soccer player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for real salt lake in major league soccer and the united states national team. he is known for his sometimes unusual technique and for his remarkable reflex saves from short distances. he also holds the major league soccer record for career shutouts. ==career== ===college=== born in montclair, california, rimando attended montclair high school, and played two years of college soccer at ucla. as a freshman in 1997, he tended goal as the bruins won the college cup; after his sophomore year, he signed a project-40 contract with mls. ===professional=== rimando was selected 35th in the 2000 mls superdraft by the miami fusion, and, to the surprise of many, quickly took the starting position from jeff cassar. he started 22 games as a rookie, and 25 as a sophomore, helping the fusion to win the 2001 mls supporters' shield. when the fusion were contracted after the 2001 season, rimando was selected third overall by d.c. united (his coach at miami, ray hudson, was the new united boss) in the subsequent allocation draft. for dc, rimando played in every game in 2002 and in 25 games in 2003 until he missed the end of the season with an injury. in 
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