JT Marcinkowski
| Personal information | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Thomas Marcinkowski[1] | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 9, 1997 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Alamo, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | LA Galaxy | ||||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | San Jose Earthquakes | ||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Georgetown | 56 | (0) | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2016 | Burlingame Dragons | 2 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2018–2024 | San Jose Earthquakes | 95 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2018–2020 | → Reno 1868 (loan) | 41 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2025– | LA Galaxy | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2025– | → Ventura County FC (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | United States U18 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2016–2017 | United States U20 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2019–2021 | United States U23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of July 16, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of June 4, 2017 | |||||||||||
James Thomas "JT" Marcinkowski (born May 9, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy.
Career
[edit]College and amateur
[edit]Marcinkowski played for the Georgetown Hoyas for three seasons from 2015 to 2017, where he achieved a 0.84 goals-against average (GAA) over 56 appearances. In his final season at Georgetown, he captained the team to a 2017 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament championship, his second with the team.[2] He also played two games for the USL PDL side Burlingame Dragons.[3]
Professional
[edit]Marcinkowski signed a Homegrown Player contract with the MLS side San Jose Earthquakes on December 6, 2017, after spending four years prior to his college career with the team's academy. He was San Jose's third-ever homegrown signing to the first team, after Tommy Thompson and Nick Lima.[4] Marcinkowski was temporarily loaned to San Jose's USL affiliate Reno 1868 FC, and played his first game for the team in Reno's 3–4 loss to Swope Park Rangers on March 17, 2018.[5]
On January 16, 2025, Marcinkowski signed a two-year deal with LA Galaxy as a free agent.[6]
International
[edit]Born in the United States, Marcinkowski is of Polish descent.[7] He has played for the United States' men's national team at multiple levels, earning 24 caps between the U14 and U18 levels.[4] In 2017, he played for the U20 squad, at the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship and the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[8] Marcinkowski was named to the final 20-player United States under-23 roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in March 2021.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of May 20, 2023[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Burlingame Dragons | 2016 | PDL | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| San Jose Earthquakes | 2018 | MLS | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2020 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 33 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 0 | |||||
| 2022 | 33 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 0 | ||
| Reno 1868 (loan) | 2018 | USL | 24 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 136 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs
Honors
[edit]United States U20
References
[edit]- ↑ Tyler Pearre (August 30, 2017). "Making His Mark: JT Marcinkowski Pushes The Boundaries Of Georgetown Soccer". Georgetown Voice. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ↑ "JT Marcinkowski". San Jose Earthquakes. December 6, 2017. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ↑ "GK JT Marcinkowski". USL PDL. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- 1 2 "NEWS: Earthquakes Sign U.S. U-20 Goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski to Homegrown Player Contract". San Jose Earthquakes. December 6, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ↑ "Reno 1868 FC vs Swope Park Rangers". United Soccer League. March 17, 2018. Archived from the original on March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ↑ "LA Galaxy Sign Goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski | LA Galaxy". www.lagalaxy.com. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ↑ S.A, Telewizja Polska (April 26, 2021). "Od potomka "Witkacego" po Dybalę. Egzotycznymi śladami Polaków". sport.tvp.pl.
- ↑ "JT Marcinkowski". Soccerway. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ↑ "U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team Head Coach Jason Kreis Names Roster for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship". www.ussoccer.com. March 11, 2021.
- ↑ JT Marcinkowski at Soccerway
- ↑ "U-20 MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM CLAIMS FIRST CONCACAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH SHOOTOUT WIN VS. HONDURAS". ussoccer.com. March 5, 2017.
External links
[edit]- JT Marcinkowski at Major League Soccer
- JT Marcinkowski at Soccerway
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- American men's soccer players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Burlingame Dragons FC players
- Georgetown Hoyas men's soccer players
- Homegrown Players (MLS)
- Major League Soccer players
- Sportspeople from Alamo, California
- Soccer players from Contra Costa County, California
- Reno 1868 FC players
- San Jose Earthquakes players
- LA Galaxy players
- USL Championship players
- USL League Two players
- United States men's under-20 international soccer players
- United States men's under-23 international soccer players
- American people of Polish descent
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