Brad Ring

Brad Ring (born April 7, 1987) is a former American soccer player who previously played for Indy Eleven in the United Soccer League.

Brad Ring
Personal information
Full name Brad Ring
Date of birth (1987-04-07) April 7, 1987
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*
Years Team Apps (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)
National team
2006 United States U20 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 22, 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 31, 2012

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
Club Season League Cup Continental Playoffs Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
San Jose Earthquakes 2010 MLS 1100000110
2011 21000210
2012 20100030
2013 30101050
Total 370201000400
Portland Timbers 2013 MLS 10000010
Indy Eleven 2014 NASL 12110131
2015 21100211
2016 2711020301
2017 29110301
2018 USL 2001000210
Total 10944000201154
Career total 14746010201564

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. https://twitter.com/IndyEleven/status/1093913727819231232
  7. Brad Ring at Soccerway


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