Tony Lochhead

Tony James Lochhead (born 12 January 1982) is a New Zealand international footballer who last played with Chivas USA in the Major League Soccer.

Early life

Lochhead received his education at Otumoetai College in Tauranga.^[1]

Playing career

Youth and college

Lochhead went to America to play college soccer for UC Santa Barbara in 2001. Lochhead played for the UCSB Soccer team from 2001 to 2004, starting all 83 games he played, and setting a school record for minutes. Lochhead was named first-team All-Big West in 2003, and was a second team All-American and the Big West Defensive Player of the Year in 2004. As a senior, Lochhead helped lead Santa Barbara to the NCAA Championship, where the Gauchos lost to Indiana on penalty kicks. While enrolled in college, he appeared in 10 games for USL Premier Development League team Orange County Blue Star and scored one goal.^[2]

Professional

Following his career at Santa Barbara, Lochhead was drafted 33rd overall in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by the New England Revolution. However, at that time he elected not to sign with MLS to trial with European clubs. While with R.S.C. Anderlecht, Lochhead injured his ankle and returned to Santa Barbara for rehab.^[1] A glandular fever slowed the recovery process, but Lochhead returned to Europe for trials in Sweden and Norway which also proved unsuccessful.^[1] He signed with New England in September 2005, some months into the season. On 13 April 2007, the Revolution waived Lochhead to free up a senior roster spot for former UC Santa Barbara teammate Bryan Byrne who was signed the same day.^[3]

Lochhead in action with Wellington Phoenix FC

On 11 May 2007, Wellington Phoenix of Australia's A-League announced the signing of Lochhead on a two-year contract.^[4]

On 29 July 2008, it was announced that Lochhead was given a trial with English Premier League side Middlesbrough.^[5] However, on 14 August 2008 it was announced on the Teesside Evening Gazette website that Tony had returned to Wellington Phoenix.^[6]

On 25 November 2009 Lochhead made his 50th appearance for the Wellington Phoenix FC in their 6–0 win over Gold Coast United FC. Lochhead was the first Phoenix player to make 50 appearances.^[7] On 9 June 2013, Lochhead was released after not being offered a new contract.

In January 2014, it was announced that Lochhead returned to Major League Soccer with Chivas USA.^[8][9][10] The Chivas USA franchise folded at the conclusion of the 2014 season.

International

Lochhead represented New Zealand at Under 17 and under 23 level^[11] before making his full All Whites debut in a 0–3 loss Iran on 12 October 2003.^[12] He started every match for the team during 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying,^[13] and was included in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squad. Lochhead continues to play for the New Zealand national team and helped the Kiwis qualify for the 2010 World Cup Finals in South Africa.^[14][15]

On 10 May 2010, Lochhead was named in New Zealand's final 23-man squad to compete at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 June 2016

International

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 September 2012	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	Solomon Islands	4–1	6–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

See also

• List of foreign MLS players
• List of New Zealand international footballers
• List of University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
• List of Wellington Phoenix FC players

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tony Lochhead.

• Tony Lochhead – FIFA competition record
• Chivas USA player profile
• MLS player profile
• UC Santa Barbara player profile
• New Zealand player profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 May 2012)
• Wellington Phoenix player profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 October 2011)
• New England Revolution player profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 October 2007)

New Zealand Squads
New Zealand squad – 2004 OFC Nations Cup Third Place 1 Paston 2 Oughton 3 Mulligan 4 Old 5 Bunce 6 Lochhead 7 Vicelich 8 Lines 9 Hickey 10 Brown 11 Bertos 12 Elliott 13 Fisher 14 Nelsen (c) 15 Wilson 16 Coveny 17 de Gregorio 18 Smeltz 19 Jones 20 Boyens 21 Puna 22 Moss 23 Williams Coach: Waitt New Zealand squad – 2008 OFC Nations Cup Winners (4th Title)  Bannatyne  Barbarouses  Bertos  Boyens  Brockie  Bright  Brown  Campbell  Christie  Draper  Ellensohn  Elliott  James  Killen  Lochhead  Moss  Mulligan  Nelsen  Old  Oughton  Paston  Pearce  Peverley  Pritchett  Scott  Sigmund  Smeltz  Smith  Spoonley  Vicelich Coach: Herbert New Zealand squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Paston 2 Scott 3 Lochhead 4 Oughton 5 Sigmund 6 Vicelich 7 Elliott 8 Brown (c) 9 Smeltz 10 Killen 11 Bertos 12 Moss 13 Barron 14 Christie 15 Brockie 16 James 17 Mulligan 18 Boyens 19 Old 20 Wood 21 Bright 22 Smith 23 Bannatyne Coach: Herbert New Zealand squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Paston 2 Sigmund 3 Lochhead 4 Reid 5 Vicelich 6 Nelsen (c) 7 Elliott 8 Brown 9 Smeltz 10 Killen 11 Bertos 12 Moss 13 Barron 14 Fallon 15 McGlinchey 16 Clapham 17 Mulligan 18 Boyens 19 Smith 20 Wood 21 Christie 22 Brockie 23 Bannatyne Coach: Herbert New Zealand squad – 2012 OFC Nations Cup Third Place 1 O'Keeffe 2 Myers 3 Lochhead 4 Sigmund 5 Smith (c) 6 Hogg 7 Bertos 8 McGlinchey 9 Smeltz 10 Killen 11 Rojas 12 Moss 13 Gleeson 14 Fallon 15 Vicelich 16 Brockie 17 Barbarouses 18 Clapham 19 Boxall 20 Wood 21 Howieson 22 Payne 23 McGeorge Coach: Herbert