Zach Thornton

Zach Thornton (born October 10, 1973 in Edgewood, Maryland) is a retired African American goalkeeper who spent sixteen seasons in Major League Soccer (MLS) with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars (1996–1997), Chicago Fire (1998–2006), Colorado Rapids (2007), New York Red Bulls (2008) and Chivas USA (2008–2011). He was the starting goalkeeper for the Fire when it won MLS Cup '98 in its inaugural year. He, along with Chris Armas and C. J. Brown, are the only three Fire players to be a part of all six of the club's domestic championships from 1998 through 2006.

Thornton is currently the goalkeeping coach for both the men's and women's soccer programs at Elizabethtown College. He also works on a part-time volunteer basis in a similar capacity with the men's soccer team at his alma mater Loyola University Maryland.