Everton keeper Howard joining Colorado Rapids

Everton says Tim Howard will leave the English Premier League club at the end of the season to join Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer (Alastair Grant/AP)

LIVERPOOL, England — Everton says Tim Howard will leave the English Premier League club at the end of the season to join Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.

It will end the American goalkeeper’s 13-year stint in English soccer, 10 of which have been at Everton after joining from Manchester United.

Howard has agreed to a 3 1/2-year deal with Colorado, starting when the Premier League ends in May.

Howard says: "I will remain an Evertonian for life. This will always be my team; my club."

The 37-year-old Howard has recently lost his place in the Everton team to Joel Robles. Howard is back playing for the U.S. this season after a one-year sabbatical following the 2014 World Cup.

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