# Travis Rinker

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{{short description|American soccer player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Travis Rinker
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| full_name      = Travis Rinker
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1968|05|04}}
| birth_place    = [Huntington, New York](/source/Huntington%2C_New_York), United States
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height         = 6 ft 1 in
| position       = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| youthyears1    = 
| youthclubs1    = [Bridgeport Purple Knights](/source/University_of_Bridgeport)
| years1         = 1994–
| clubs1         = [Long Island Rough Riders](/source/Long_Island_Rough_Riders)
| caps1          = 
| goals1         = 
| years2         = 1996
| clubs2         = → [MetroStars](/source/MetroStars) (loan)
| caps2          = 3
| goals2         = 0
| totalcaps      = 
| totalgoals     = 
| nationalyears1 = 
| nationalteam1  = 
| nationalcaps1  = 
| nationalgoals1 = 
| medaltemplates = 
}}

'''Travis Rinker''' (born May 4, 1968, in [Huntington, New York](/source/Huntington%2C_New_York)) is an American retired professional [soccer](/source/association_football) player.

== Playing career ==
Rinker was named [USISL](/source/United_Soccer_Leagues) defender of the year in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlestonbattery.com/stats_awards.asp?year=1994|title=USISL Awards|date=8 February 2001|publisher=Charleston Battery|accessdate=6 February 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212210855/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/stats_awards.asp?year=1994|archivedate=12 February 2012}}</ref> In 1996, he was loaned to [MetroStars](/source/MetroStars).<ref>{{cite news |title=Sluggish MetroStars Can't Get It Together |first=Alex |last=Yannis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/20/sports/soccer-sluggish-metrostars-can-t-get-it-together.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=20 May 1996 |accessdate=7 February 2011}}</ref>

== Statistics ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season !! Club !! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|-
! colspan=3 | USA
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [Open Cup](/source/Lamar_Hunt_U.S._Open_Cup)
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | [North America](/source/CONCACAF)
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[1996](/source/1996_Major_League_Soccer_season)||[MetroStars](/source/MetroStars) (loan)||[MLS](/source/Major_League_Soccer)||3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0
|-
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total
!3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://metrofanatic.com/team/player.jsp?ID=21 Profile on MetroFanatic]
* {{MLS player|travis-rinker}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rinker, Travis}}
Category:1968 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportspeople from Huntington, New York
Category:Soccer players from Suffolk County, New York
Category:American men's soccer players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:University of Bridgeport alumni
Category:Long Island Rough Riders players
Category:New York Red Bulls players
Category:Major League Soccer players
Category:USL Second Division players
Category:A-League (1995–2004) players
Category:LA Galaxy draft picks
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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