A goalkeeper who set a record for the most appearances in first-division American soccer, and won Major League Soccer titles with two different teams.
Rimando played 20 seasons in MLS, for the Miami Fusion, D.C. United and Real Salt Lake, between 2000 and 2019. During those seasons, Rimando played a total of 553 MLS games, including both regular-season and playoffs. He passed the previous record holder, Kevin Hartman, in 2017, when he played his 466th MLS game. Rimando won two MLS championships, in 2004 with D.C. United and 2009 with Real Salt Lake (when he was named the MVP of the final). He also had several runner-up finishes with Salt Lake in various competitions, MLS in 2013, the U.S. Open Cup in 2013 and the CONCACAF Champions League in 2011, and was runner-up in the U.S. Open Cup in 2000 with Miami, the closest that club ever came to winning a major title.
Rimando played 21 full internationals for the United States between 2002 and 2015, despite being stymied by leading goalkeepers like Brad Friedel, Kasey Keller and Tim Howard for much of that time. His games for the United States included five in the U.S. victory at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, one of which was the final. He also was a member of the United States squad at the 2014 World Cup. During his 21 games for the United States, he allowed only 14 goals, for one of the best goals-against averages in U.S. national team history.