Zak Ibsen
Zak Ibsen (born June 2, 1972) is an American retired soccer player.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | June 2, 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Clara, California, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1992 | UCLA Bruins | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993 | VfL Bochum II | 5 | (0) |
1993 | 1. FC Saarbrücken II | 2 | (0) |
1993 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2 | (0) |
1994 | Los Angeles Salsa | ||
1995 | Hawaii Tsunami | ||
1995–1996 | Baltimore Spirit (indoor) | 17 | (10) |
1996 | Tampa Bay Terror (indoor) | 9 | (2) |
1996 | New England Revolution | 6 | (0) |
1996 | Dallas Burn | 16 | (1) |
1997 | California Jaguars | 15 | (1) |
1998 | Chicago Fire | 27 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 50 | (3) |
2001–2002 | San Jose Earthquakes | 41 | (2) |
National team | |||
1992–1996 | United States | 15 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Career
Ibsen played college soccer at UCLA.[1] He was a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team[2] and the U.S. National Team.[1] He played in Germany[3] and in the National Professional Soccer League for the Baltimore Spirit as a midfielder before he was traded to the Tampa Bay Terror on January 17, 1996 in exchange for John Garvey.[4] He then joined Major League Soccer in 1996. Selected by New England in the 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft,[3] he also later played for Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Jose,[5]
He won MLS titles with the Chicago Fire in 1998[6] and the San Jose Earthquakes in 2001.[7]
During his MLS career Ibsen played in 140 games, scored 6 goals, and had 10 assists[5] (including an assist in the 2001 championship game).[7]
Long active in beach soccer,[8] Ibsen played for the United States national beach soccer team at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in 2006 and 2007.[9] He now coaches for the US Soccer Development Academy with the Santa Cruz Breakers team based in Woodside, California, practicing out of Canada College.
References
- "UCLA's National Team Connection" in 2007 UCLA Men's Soccer (accessed 2014-09-12).
- "Soccer", The Washington Post, July 13, 1992.
- "Revolution add Naveda, 5 others", The Boston Globe, March 5, 1996 (subscription required).
- Spirit's pursuit of offense brings ex-Maryland star; Team acquires Garvey from Tampa Bay for Ibsen
- Zak Ibsen, MLSSoccer.com (accessed 2014-09-12).
- Len Ziehm, "L.A.'s Ibsen gets his ring for Fire title, Chicago Sun-Times, April 18, 1999 (subscription required).
- "Earthquakes cap worst-to-first burst DeRosario's overtime goal topples Galaxy for MLS crown", Chicago Sun-Times, October 22, 2001 (subscription required).
- "Zak Ibsen", Chicago Sun-Times, July 21, 1998 (subscription required).
- "Zak IBSEN". FIFA. Retrieved 12 January 2018.