Tim Howard Was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey toMatthew Howard. Tim's parents divorced when he was a young boy at the age of 3. He live with his mother who was a manager for a cosmetics distributer, his father still remained in his life as a long-distance truck driver for a health care firm. In the years growing up for Tim he showed an interest in basketball and soccer. But he was then diagnosed with tourettes syndrome in the 6th grade. Before he had reached his teenage years he was at a soccer camp and a man by the name of Tim Mulqueen saw Tim's potential and took him under his wing.
Howard was a star in high school not only in soccer but in basketball as well. He led his team to the state finals his senior year averaging 15 points a game. But yet his skills in the game of soccer were far better. He had played midfield for awhile before he even started goalkeeper. He had spent his first 3 years of high school at Montclair Kimberley Academy, which was a small private school. Then moved to North brunswick township high school.
Tim playing his first professional game as a senior in high school For the North Jersey Imperials. To later play for the Metro-stars till 2003 then Manchester United payed $4 million in transfer fees to get them on their team in 2003. After six years with Manchester United he was spotted by the Everton goalkeeper trainer. Howard had many quotes that he follows but a big one of his is "I don't make the decisions and it would be foolish of me to think that i did"(A. Hodge).
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