Viet Nguyen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | August 6, 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1998 | Washington Huskies | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2004 | Seattle Sounders | 153 | (14) |
| 2011 | Tacoma Stars (indoor) | 7 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1994 | United States U20 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Viet Nguyen is an American retired soccer player who spent his entire professional career with the Seattle Sounders in the USL First Division. As of January 2019, Nguyen is the youth director for Pacific Northwest Soccer Club.[1]
Nguyen was born in Dallas, Texas from Vietnamese parents.[2] He attended the University of Washington, playing on the men's soccer team in 1994 and 1995 and again in 1997 and 1998. He played sixty-nine games, scoring fifteen goals and adding eleven assists, during his four-year collegiate career. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology. In 1999, the Seattle Sounders selected Nguyen in the territorial round of the A-League draft.[3] Nguyen spent six seasons with the Sounders before retiring and entering the coaching ranks.
In 2011, he came out of retirement to play for the Tacoma Stars of the Professional Arena Soccer League.[4]