Ross Paule

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Ross Paule
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-04-04) April 4, 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1996 Creighton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2000 Colorado Rapids 111 (18)
1997 → Colorado Foxes (loan) 4 (3)
2001–2002 MetroStars 31 (2)
2003–2005 Columbus Crew 50 (11)
Managerial career
2015–2023 Creighton (women)
2018– US Women's U-17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ross Paule (born April 4, 1976) is an American former soccer midfielder, who last played for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer.

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Paule moved from Dallas, TX as a youth and joined the Memphis Futbol Club in Memphis, Tennessee. Paule also starred for Houston High School in Germantown, Tennessee where he was awarded the Commercial Appeal's Best of the Preps title.

Paule played college soccer at Creighton University, but left only after three seasons, becoming one of the first players to leave college early for a jump to MLS. He was drafted 11th overall by the Colorado Rapids in the 1997 MLS College Draft, and became a regular right away, a starter by his second season, appearing in 19 games and starting seven. Paule's best year with the Rapids came in 1998, when he tallied ten goals and six assists. He stayed with the team through 2001, running the team's midfield, and was atop the league's assist charts at midseason, when the Rapids traded for midfield maestro Carlos Valderrama. With no place for Paule on the squad, he was dealt to the MetroStars for Steve Shak and a draft pick.

Paule spent the rest of 2001 and all of 2002 with the Metros, usually playing—in a new out-of-position role of defensive midfielder, as mandated by Metro coach Octavio Zambrano. Ross was traded to Columbus prior to the 2003 season for Chris Leitch and Jeff Matteo and spent the next two seasons there, scoring seven goals in 2004, including a hat-trick against Los Angeles Galaxy. [1] In eight years in MLS, his totals are 31 goals and 41 assists.

Paule retired early into the 2005 season because of post-concussion syndrome. [2] He then went on to coach a local club, WASA, for the u12A girls team. After his first season with them he moved back to Memphis and is now the executive director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Soccer [3] where he is producing a Soccer Themed New Testament with high-profile professional soccer player testimonies inserted into the New Testament. Each testimony is unique as Paule is connecting the players character trait to a person of faith throughout the Bible. He also is the executive director of newly formed Arlington Soccer Academy in TN. [4]

Career highlights

Ross Paule was inducted into the Creighton University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011. [5]

United States National Team

Major League Soccer (MLS)

Coaching

Ross has continued with his interest in soccer, serving as a coach and mentor to others, focusing on using his professional experience to develop youth soccer in the US. Ross has been involved in coaching youth soccer at the US National level through the Adidas ESP Program, where he is a Staff Coach since 2006. Adidas ESP is one of the Nation's Top Events for the elite US players ages 12–18. 300+ College coaches and professional scouts attend this event to see the best talent the US has to offer.

Personal life

In 1997, Ross married Laurie Paule. He has three children, Jorden, Emma, and Rossi. They currently live in Tennessee, where Ross' wife serves as the Director/Owner of the Arlington Recreation Soccer academy [6] with over 600 players. All three of his children play with the Arlington Soccer Academy. [7]

Honors

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Crew's Ross Paule Voted Honda MLS Player of the Week After First Career Hat Trick". Our Sports Central. 2004-09-07. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  2. ↑ Ross Paule was only 29 years old when he retired from the Columbus Crew because of post-concussion syndrome. Five years later, he still struggles with blurred vision and an inability to focus. Asked whether he's played since retiring, Paule responded: "No. And I never will." - ussoccerplayers.com
  3. ↑ As a way to bring the Christian organization and soccer closer together, a first-ever soccer-specific ministry has been developed for the FCA with Memphian and Houston High School graduate Ross Paule tapped as executive director. - fcasoccer.org
  4. ↑ Ross Paule, a Houston High graduate and former Major League Soccer player, serves as executive director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes' soccer ministry. Here he runs drills with his youth 13 girls team at Arlington Soccer Academy, where he also serves as executive director. -fcasoccer.org
  5. ↑ FCA Soccer National Director, Ross Paule, was inducted into the Creighton University Athletic Hall of Fame on April 9th.
  6. ↑ Laurie Paule, Director/Owner Arlington Recreation Soccer (ARS)
  7. ↑ Off the field, Paule devotes his time to a different soccer team. His wife, Laurie, is the director and owner of Arlington Recreation Soccer, a league with more than 600 players, and their three children — Jorden, 12; Emma, 10; and Rossi, 7 — all play with the Tennessee Rush Soccer Club. - fcasoccer.org
  8. ↑ "1998 MLS All-Star Game". MLSsoccer.com. August 2, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  9. ↑ "1999 MLS All-Star Game". MLSsoccer.com. July 17, 1999. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
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