Viet Nguyen

Who is Viet Nguyen?

Viet Nguyen is a retired American soccer player who spent his entire professional career with the Seattle Sounders in the USL First Division.

Nguyen attended the University of Washington, playing on the men’s soccer team in 1994 and 1995 and again in 1997 and 1998. He played sixty-nine games, scoring fifteen goals and adding eleven assists, during his four year collegiate career. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. In 1995, Nguyen played for the United States men's national under-20 soccer team which failed to qualify for the World Youth Championships. In 1999, the Seattle Sounders selected Nguyen in the territorial round of the A-League draft. Nguyen spent six seasons with the Sounders before retiring and entering the coaching ranks.

In 2011, he came out of retirement to play for the Tacoma Stars of the Professional Arena Soccer League.