Prep Career

Two-time All-Region and All-State selection at Duncanville High School ... Playing primarily as a Forward and midfielder, helped his team to three straight playoff appearances and a District Championship as a sophomore in 1998 ... Recruited by Creighton, Connecticut, St. Johns and SMU among others ... Was a three-time member of the All-District First Team, as well as District MVP as a senior ... Was also named Team MVP as a senior ... Earned Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore ... A member of the Dallas Texans Soccer Club from 1995 to 2000, the same club Nick Garcia played on ... Earned MVP honors at the 1996 Tampa Sun Bowl ... In April of 2000, his team advanced to the Semifinals of the Dallas Cup ... His team won four State Cup titles and advanced to regionals on two separate occasions ... A member of the regional ODP team since 1995.

U.S. National Team

Invited to U-23 training camp in December 2003 in preparation for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens ... Appeared in both matches for the U-23 U.S. National Team at the 3rd International Tournament Vale do Tejo in Portugal in January 2003. Converted a penaly kick for the U.S. in the PK round of both games as the American's finished second in the four-team tournament with Portugal, Russia and Slovenia ... Named to U-23 U.S. National team for a two-week, three-game tournament in Italy in February of 2002. Played every minute of all three games on the back line for the Americans ... Spent much of 2001 with the United States Under-20 National Team. Appeared in 15 games with 6 starts for the U-20 team in 2001, tallying a goal and an assist ... Appeared in 22 of 36 games for the U-20's in 2000, starting 17 ... Tallied two goals and two assists in two international appearances (caps), scoring a goal during a 3-1 win against Bermuda's U-23 National Team on February 18, 2000 ... Also played the full 90 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Argentina on April 12th.

Professional

MLS CAREER:

2001: Spent time in training camp with U.S. U-20 National Team preparing for 2001 Youth Championships ... Recorded three assists in three Nike Project-40 games during 2001 ... Made his MLS debut @ CHI (5/19) starting and playing 62 minutes on the left flank ... Traveled with the U-20 National Team that participated in the Toulon Festival in June. The United States defeated Italy 2-1, then fell to two-time defending champion Colombia 3-1 and tied Holland 0-0. Burciaga played in the final 31 minutes at midfield against Holland for his only action of the tournament ... Was selected as an alternate for the U-20 National Team in the World Youth Championships in Argentina ... Started and played the first 30 minutes on the left flank @ LA (6/13), his second start in MLS ... Came on to play the final minute on the left flank vs. TB (6/30).

2002: Suffered a torn ACL in his left knee on April 4th. Underwent successful ACL surgery on May 10th and missed the entire 2002 MLS regular season ... Appeared in two Champions Cup matches, including one start, prior to suffering the injury.

2003: Began the 2003 campaign as the starting left back after an outstanding preseason, but suffered a torn ACL in his right knee in the fourth match of the regular season, the second ACL tear in his three year career in MLS ... Appeared in 4 matches, including 4 starts. Had played every minute at left back before coming off in the 65th minute vs. CLB (5/3) after suffering the injury ... Missed the remainder of the 2003 season.

2004: Appeared in 24 matches, including 21starts for the Wizards, and played a vital role in the success of the best defensive unit in MLS. The Wizards defense allowed a League-low 30 goals while posting a League-high 12 shutouts…Burciaga saw his first action since returning from ACL surgery last year at DAL (4/24) and made his first start vs. COL (5/1)…Registered first career MLS point assisting on Josh Wolff's goal in the 33rd minute vs. NE (6/2)...Scored his first career goal with a wicked strike from the left side in the 45th minute @ SJ (6/26). 2004 Playoffs: Played every minute of the postseason at left back…Assisted on Jack Jewsbury's game-winning goal vs. SJ (10/30) which lifted KC to the Western Conference Final…Scored in the 6th minute of the MLS Cup Final vs. DC United.

2005: Started and appeared in a career high 31 matches, scoring two goals and adding four assists , both career marks ... Represented MLS in a friendly match against Real Madrid in Spain on August 23, 2005 ... Scored his first goal of the year, and just the second of his career, in a 1-1 tie @ CHV (6/1) ... Picked up his first assist of the year three days later, helping on Sasha Victorine's goal @ NE (6/4) ... Scored his second goal of the season in the 76th minute vs. CLB (6/29) ... Recorded assists in back-to-back road games, @ NE (8/6) and @ CHI (8/10).