Chad Brown (soccer)

Chad Brown
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-09-01) September 1, 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1994 Bellevue Community College
1996 Spokane Falls Community College
1997–1998 Fresno State Bulldogs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Spokane Shadow
2000 Seattle Sounders Select
2000–2005 Seattle Sounders 83 (1)
Managerial career
2006–2009 UNLV Rebels (assistant)
2010 West Virginia Mountaineers (assistant)
2014–2016 Spokane Shadow
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chad Brown is a retired American soccer midfielder who played six seasons with the Seattle Sounders in the USL First Division. He was the head coach of NPSL team Spokane Shadow.

Player

In 1994, Brown played collegiate soccer at Bellevue Community College. In 1996, he played for Spokane Community College. In 1996, Brown spent the summer with the Spokane Shadow.[1] In 1997, Brown transferred to Fresno State where he spent his last two seasons of collegiate eligibility. In 1999, Brown served as an assistant coach with Fresno State and played for the Spokane Shadow as he finished his degree in sociology.[2] In 2000, Brown began the season with the Seattle Sounders Select before being called up to the Seattle Sounders first team in July.[3] He remained with the Sounders through the 2005 season. That season, the Sounders won the USL First Division championship.

Coach

In 1999, Brown served as a volunteer assistant coach with Fresno State while finishing his degree.[4] When he retired from playing, he spent several years with the Crossfire Soccer Club in Redmond, Washington. In March 2006, the University of Nevada-Las Vegas hired Brown as an assistant coach.[5] In March 2010, Brown became an assistant coach at the West Virginia University. In 2014, Brown was named head coach of Spokane Shadow.[6]

References

  1. ^ No Shadow of a Doubt
  2. ^ Get a job? No way
  3. ^ USL: Chad Brown
  4. ^ Fresno State: Chad Brown Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ UNLV: Chad Brown
  6. ^ "Spokane native Chad Brown named head coach of Shadow EPLWA team - Spokane Shadow Youth SC". Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2017-02-13.