Brad Rusin

Personal information
Full name	Bradford Evan Rusin
Date of birth	September 5, 1986 (1986-09-05) (age 23)
Place of birth	Crown Point, Indiana, United States
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Carolina RailHawks
Number	24
Youth career
2002–2005	IMG Soccer Academy
2005–2008	UCLA Bruins
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005	Bradenton Academics	15	(5)
2007	Ventura County Fusion	10	(0)
2008	San Fernando Valley Quakes	10	(1)
2009–	Carolina RailHawks	19	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals).

Brad Rusin (born September 5, 1986 in Crown Point, Indiana) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Carolina RailHawks in the USL First Division.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 College and Amateur 1.2 Professional 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] College and Amateur

Rusin grew up in Holmes Beach, Florida, and attended St. Stephen's Preparatory School, where he was a 2005 EA Sports All-American. He attended the IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton, Florida from 2002 to 2005, winning the 2005 U-19 Dallas Cup, before playing college soccer at UCLA. He was named to the College Soccer News All-Freshman first team and to Top Drawer Soccer's All-Rookie Team in 2005, and earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors in 2006 and 2007, and was named to the NSCAA All-Far West Region second team, the All-Pac-10 first-team and the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Season second-team in 2008.

During his college years he also played with Bradenton Academics^[1], Ventura County Fusion and the San Fernando Valley Quakes in the USL Premier Development League, helping the Quakes to the PDL Southwest Division title in 2008.

[edit] Professional

Having already trialed with Barclays Premier League side Bolton Wanderers in the summer of 2004, Rusin travelled to Norway in the summer of 2008 to trial with both IK Start^[2] and Bodø/Glimt.

Having not been offered a contract by either team, Rusin joined Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division in April 2009^[3]. He made his professional debut on May 2, 2009, in a game against Portland Timbers.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Carolina RailHawks bio
• UCLA profile

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