Brad Ring

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Brad Ring
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-04-07) April 7, 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Rockford, Illinois, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2005–2008 Indiana Hoosiers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006 Chicago Fire Premier 9 (2)
2007–2008 Princeton 56ers
2008 Chicago Fire Premier 0 (0)
2010–2013 San Jose Earthquakes 37 (0)
2013 Portland Timbers 1 (0)
2014–2018 Indy Eleven 109 (4)
International career
2006 United States U20 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brad Ring (born April 7, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder for Indy Eleven and San Jose Earthquakes.

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Career

College and amateur

Ring attended Guilford High School and played four years of college soccer for the Indiana University Hoosiers. He was a Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection, was a first-team All-Big Ten pick, a first-team NSCAA/adidas Great Lakes All-Region and second-team All-America selection, a Big Ten All-Tournament Team selection, and a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy as a junior in 2007, and was a third-team NSCAA All-American, an NSCAA Scholar All-American, and a member of the Academic All-Big Ten and NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region first-team as a senior while being named a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist for the second consecutive season.

During his college years Ring also played for Chicago Fire Premier in the USL Premier Development League and Princeton 56ers in the National Premier Soccer League.

Professional

Ring was drafted in the second round (17th overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by the San Jose Earthquakes. [1] He signed with the club a year later after sitting out the 2009 season with a hip injury. [2]

He made his professional debut on April 24, 2010, against Chivas USA. He was traded by San Jose on Sept. 5, 2013 to the Portland Timbers. He appeared in one match with the Timbers, playing one minute of the match against Toronto on Sept. 7, 2013. [3] During that minute the Timbers scored, giving Ring the highest team-goals-per-minute (1 goal/min) of any Timbers player ever. [4]

In January 2014, Ring returned to his Indiana roots by signing a two-year contract with Indy Eleven in the North American Soccer League (NASL).

Ring extended his contract with Indy Eleven on 27 January 2017. [5]

Ring announced his retirement from professional soccer on February 8, 2019. [6]

Career statistics

As of September 22, 2018 [7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalPlayoffsTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
San Jose Earthquakes 2010 MLS 11000–00110
2011 21000––210
2012 2010–0030
2013 301010–50
Total370201000400
Portland Timbers 2013 MLS1000–0010
Indy Eleven 2014 NASL 12110––131
2015 21100––211
2016 27110–20301
2017 29110––301
2018 USL 20010–00210
Total10944000201154
Career total14746010201564

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References

  1. ↑ Earthquakes Select Midfielder Brad Ring and Forward Quincy Amarikwa in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft
  2. ↑ Earthquakes add youth to 2010 roster
  3. ↑ "Brad Ring". MLS Soccer. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ "2013 Game Guide: Portland Timbers v. Colorado Rapids". issuu.com. September 20, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  5. ↑ ""ORIGINAL" THOUGHT: RING RETURNS FOR FOURTH SEASON". indyeleven.com. Indy Eleven. January 27, 2017. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  6. ↑ @IndyEleven (February 8, 2019). "🔴LEGEND🔵Brad Ring (@BradRing87) has announced his retirement from professional soccer. Ring has been with Indy…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ Brad Ring at Soccerway
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