Bruce Rudroff

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Bruce Rudroff
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-05-11) May 11, 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Jefferson City, Missouri, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1973–1976 St. Louis University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1979 Seattle Sounders 36 (1)
1979–1980 Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor) 4 (1)
1980–1981 Hartford Hellions (indoor) 37 (2)
1981–1984 Memphis Americans 109 (4)
International career
1979 United States 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruce Rudroff (born May 11, 1955, in Jefferson City, Missouri) was a U.S. soccer defender. Rudroff played three seasons in the North American Soccer League and four in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned two caps with the U.S. national team.

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College

Rudroff attended St. Louis University where he played on the men's soccer team from 1973 to 1976. The Billikens won the 1973 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship and Rudroff was a third team All American in 1974. He was inducted into the Billikens Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995. [1]

Professional

The Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League (NASL) drafted Rudroff in the first round of the 1977 College Draft. While he spent most of 1977 with the Sounders reserve team, he did see time in nine first team games after Mel Machin was injured. His time with the Sounders peaked in 1978 with twenty-three games, but he played only four in 1979. Following the season, the Sounders traded him and Tommy Ord to the Tulsa Roughnecks in exchange for Jack Brand, Roger Davies and David Nish. [2] Rudroff did not sign with the Roughnecks, but with the Hartford Hellions of the Major Indoor Soccer League. When the Hellions moved to Memphis in 1981, Rudroff went with the team, which was renamed the Memphis Americans. [3]

National team

Rudroff earned two caps with the U.S. national team. Both came in losses to the USSR. The first was a 3–1 loss on February 3, 1979. The second was a 4–1 loss on February 11, 1979. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Saint Louis Billikens - The Official Athletic Site for Saint Louis University". Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
  2. ↑ A Brand of Luck Better Than Good Washington Post, The (DC) - Wednesday, July 16, 1980
  3. ↑ 1979
  4. ↑ USA - Details of International Matches 1970-1979 Archived February 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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