Evan Bush

Evan William Bush (born March 6, 1986) is an American soccer player, who plays as a goalkeeper for Columbus Crew SC in Major League Soccer.

Evan Bush
Personal information
Full name Evan William Bush
Date of birth (1986-03-06) March 6, 1986
Place of birth Concord Township, Ohio, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Columbus Crew SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Akron Zips
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Chicago Fire Premier 10 (0)
2007 Cleveland Internationals 3 (0)
2008 Cape Cod Crusaders 16 (0)
2009 Cleveland City Stars 7 (0)
2010 Crystal Palace Baltimore 25 (0)
2011 Montreal Impact (NASL) 18 (0)
2012–2020 Montreal Impact 176 (0)
2020 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 8 (0)
2021– Columbus Crew SC 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 13, 2020

Career

College and amateur

Bush attended Lake Catholic High School in Mentor, Ohio and played college soccer at Akron, where he was named to the NSCAA all-Great Lakes Region and the 2008 all-Ohio team season. He was also a three-time all-Mid American Conference first team selection, the 2005 MAC Newcomer of the Year, was named to the 2005 Freshman All-American team, and remains the all-time career leader in the MAC in wins (62), shutouts (48), and G.A.A (.60).

During his college years Bush also played with Chicago Fire Premier, the Cleveland Internationals,[1] and the Cape Cod Crusaders in the USL Premier Development League, being named to the PDL All-Central Conference team in 2006.[2]

Lower divisions

Bush turned professional in 2009, and after failing to secure a professional contract with Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer, signed to play with the Cleveland City Stars of the USL First Division.[3] He made his professional debut on May 30, 2009, in a game against the Charleston Battery.[4]

On February 18, 2010, Crystal Palace Baltimore announced the signing of Bush to a contract for the 2010 season.[5] After spending the 2010 season with Crystal Palace Baltimore, Bush signed with Montreal Impact of the North American Soccer League on March 11, 2011.[6] On September 27, 2011, Bush received the 2011 Golden Glove award, an award given to the goalkeeper with the best goals-against average in the NASL.[7]

Major League Soccer

Bush signed a contract with the Montreal Impact to remain with the club for their inaugural season in Major League Soccer on October 21, 2011.[8] On November 21, 2014, Bush was signed to a new contract by the Impact.[9]

Bush won the Golden Glove Award as the best goalkeeper of the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League.[10] On April 22, 2015, in the first leg of the Champions League final at Club América, Bush was given a controversial yellow card after allowing a goal for kicking the ball at Paul Aguilar, an America player. However, replays show that Aguilar jumped in front of the ball as Bush was kicking it away. Aguilar then punched Bush in the face, which went unnoticed by the referee. This yellow card suspended him for the second leg in Montreal. Bush showed his frustration for the call after the match, saying "After every goal I give up, I kick the ball towards midfield. Every single goal. The fact is that I had the ball in my hands, I kicked it towards midfield and he comes and blocks the ball. Then he hits me in the face."[11] As a result, Bush missed the second leg of the final, which Montreal lost 4-2 and 5-3 on aggregate.[12]

On September 28, 2020, Montreal traded Bush to Canadian rival Vancouver Whitecaps FC, in exchange for Vancouver's third-round pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft.[13]

Bush was traded to Columbus Crew SC on December 14, 2020, in exchange for $125,000 of General Allocation Money.[14]

Honors

Club

Montreal Impact

Individual
  • CONCACAF Champions League Golden Glove: 2014–15

Career statistics
As of 9 November 2020[15]
Club Season League Cup Continental Play-offs Total
Division Apps Conceded Clean sheets Apps Conceded Clean sheets Apps Conceded Clean sheets Apps Conceded Clean sheets Apps Conceded Clean sheets
Cleveland City Stars 2009 USL First Division 7 9 2 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 7 9 2
Crystal Palace Baltimore 2010 USSF Division 2 Professional League 25386110——26397
Montreal Impact 2011 North American Soccer League 19149———19149
Second Division Total 51 61 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 62 17
Montreal Impact 2012 Major League Soccer 130———130
2013 1104424[lower-alpha 1]41—993
2014 132334514[lower-alpha 1]32—21316
2015 31 39 9 — 5[lower-alpha 1] 8 1 3[lower-alpha 2] 4 1 39 51 11
2016 33 50 6 — — 5[lower-alpha 2] 10 1 38 60 7
2017 31 50 5 — — — 31 50 5
2018 34 59 10 — — — 34 59 10
2019 32 50 7 — — — 32 50 7
Total 176 275 40 8 9 3 13 15 4 8 14 2 205 313 49
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2020 Major League Soccer 8101—000—8101
Career Total 235 346 58 9 10 3 13 15 4 8 14 2 265 385 67
  1. Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
  2. Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Bush, Ubiparipovic Named to PDL All-Conference Team".
  3. "Ex-UA soccer player signs Cleveland deal". Archived from the original on June 8, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 8, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Harrison, Bush to Compete for Starting Spot, Rowland Leaves to Coach at U of MD". NASL.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  6. "Goalkeeper Evan Bush Joins Impact". oursportscentral.com.
  7. "- NASL". nasl.com.
  8. "Montreal Impact". montrealimpact.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  9. "Evan Bush Signed To New Contract By Montreal Impact". November 21, 2014.
  10. http://www.concacaf.com/article/montreals-bush-named-sccl-golden-glove-recipient
  11. "Champions League: Montreal looking at all options as GK Evan Bush fumes over leg 2 suspension | MLSsoccer.com".
  12. "Recap: Montreal Impact vs. Club América 04/30/2015 | Matchcenter".
  13. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/mls/evan-bush-mls-trade-whitecaps-impact-1.5741900
  14. https://www.columbuscrewsc.com/post/2020/12/14/signed-columbus-crew-sc-acquires-goalkeeper-evan-bush-trade-vancouver-whitecaps-fc
  15. "Evan Bush Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
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