Brian Rowland

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Brian Rowland
Personal information
Full name Brian Rowland
Date of birth (1980-12-30) December 30, 1980 (age 42)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2003 UMBC Retrievers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–1999 Halifax Town
2001–2002 Chesapeake Dragons
2003–2004 Toronto Lynx 1 (0)
2003–2005 Baltimore Blast (indoor) 18 (0)
2005–2006 California Cougars (indoor) 3 (0)
2006 Baltimore Blast (indoor) 17 (0)
2006–2007 Milwaukee Wave (indoor) 6 (0)
2007–2009 Crystal Palace Baltimore 53 (0)
International career
2001 Canada U-20 0 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2017 Maryland Terrapins (assistant)
2018–2022 Temple Owls
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2017

Brian Rowland (born December 30, 1980) is a Canadian retired soccer player who was a goalkeeper in both the indoor and outdoor versions of the sport. He is formerly the head coach for the Temple Owls men's soccer team. [1]

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Career

College

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Rowland played college soccer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where he was a four-year starter between 1999 and 2002. In 2002, he earned first team All-America East Conference, and was named an All-America honorable mention. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics in 2003. [2]

International

Rowland was a member of the Canada national U20 Team, the Eastern Canadian U19 regional team and the Ontario U20 Team. He played in a friendly match for Manchester United while on trial there, trained with Everton, and Fulham, and played a couple of first team games for Halifax Town as a triallist in 1998 and 1999.

During the 2001 and 2002 Rowland also played for the Chesapeake Dragons in the Premier Development League.

Professional

Rowland turned professional upon his graduation from college in 2003, and played for his hometown club Toronto Lynx in 2003 and 2004. Rowland also has extensive indoor soccer experience, having spent time playing for Baltimore Blast, the California Cougars and Milwaukee Wave.

Rowland signed with Crystal Palace Baltimore in 2007, and has been the team's first choice goalkeeper since then, helping the team to the USL-2 postseason for the first time in 2008. He became an assistant coach for the University of Maryland men's soccer team when he retired as an active player on February 15, 2010. [2] [3]

Coaching

After retiring from playing, Rowland was an assistant coach for the Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team for eight years, serving as the associate head coach 2015–17. On December 22, 2017, he was named head coach of the Temple Owls of the American Athletic Conference. [1]

Personal

A native of Toronto, Ontario, Rowland earned his bachelor's degree in economics from UMBC in 2003. Rowland holds a USSF A License (2012) and is involved with US Soccer as a scout for their Youth National Teams. [1]

Since 2004 Rowland has run a goalkeeper specific training camp named "Rowland Keeper Academy." [4]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] Play-OffsTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crystal Palace Baltimore 200719010--200
Crystal Palace Baltimore 20081302020170
Crystal Palace Baltimore 20092001000210
Total2007–present5303020580

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Temple Owls (American Athletic Conference)(2018–present)
2018 Temple 5–10–22–4–1
2018 Temple 8–8–23–2–2
2018 Temple 5–4–25–4–23rdAmerican Semifinals
2018 Temple 2–12–20–10–06th (Last)None
Temple:20–34–10 (–)10–20–5 (–)
Temple:20–34–10 (–)0–0–0 (–)
Total:20–34–10 (–)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Notes

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Temple hires men's soccer coach". The Temple News. December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Rowland Named Assistant Coach," University of Maryland Athletics, Monday, February 15, 2010. Archived May 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Two New Goalkeepers Brought In As Rowland Retires," Crystal Palace Baltimore, Thursday, February 18, 2010.
  4. ↑ Rowland Keeper Academy Archived June 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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