Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando joined an elite club of one on July 6 when he started and played in his 500th regular season match in Major League Soccer becoming the first player in league history to do so.
To conceptualize and internalize the feat, here are 500 words that explain just how great one of the league’s best shot stoppers and passers has mounted an illustrious career.
After a standout collegiate career at UCLA, Rimando began his professional career in 2000 when he joined the Miami Fusion where he featured in 47 matches.