fullname youthclubs years youthyears children clubs birth_place caps goals height position birth_date spouse article_title name
nathan hetherington uc san diego tritons 1994-1996 2002 2002-2003 2005-2009 2009-2012 1994-1996 riley -lrb- 13 -rrb- lucy -lrb- 8 -rrb- uc -lrb- indoor -rrb- san diego fusion -lrb- indoor -rrb- san san diego sockers -lrb- indoor -rrb- diego tritons atlanta silverbacks san diego sockers san diego , california , united states 103 16 20 20 26 3 1 9 5 7 defender / midfielder 30 april 1974 cherine tavassoli nate hetherington
 nate ryan hetherington
nate hetherington

nate hetherington is an american soccer player who played professionally in the usl a-league .
hetherington grew up in encinitas , california playing first for the san diego surf and then the la jolla nomads youth clubs .
he graduated from san dieguito high school and attended the university of california , san diego .
while there he played for the tritons soccer team from 1994 to 1996 .
in 1997 , the orange county zodiac selected hetherington in the territorial round -lrb- sixteenth overall -rrb- of the a-league draft .
hetherington did not sign with the zodiac .
in 1998 , he turned professional with the san diego flash of the usl a-league .
in october of 2001 , nathan was blessed with his first daughter , riley .
in march 2002 , hetherington moved to the atlanta silverbacks after the flash disbanded .
in 2002 , the harrisburg heat selected hetherington in the major indoor soccer league draft .
the heat then traded him to the san diego sockers in exchange for renato pereira .
by this time , hetherington had begun to coach youth soccer in san diego .
in 2005 , he returned to professional soccer with the san diego fusion of the premier arena soccer league .
in 2007 , his wife cherine gave birth to his second daughter lucy .
he played indoor soccer with the fusion until 2009 .
that year , he joined the third san diego sockers team as captain which also competed in the premier arena soccer league .
hetherington scored seven goals in twelve regular season games , but tore his anterior cruciate ligament during the playoffs and lost the entire 2010-2011 season .
he returned in 2011 for one last season with the sockers .
he is currently living in encinitas , california with his wife and two daughters where he works as assistant director for the rancho santa fe attack .
