William Jason Schuler (born April 27, 1990) is an American former professional

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player.

Career

Youth and college

A resident of

Allentown, New Jersey Allentown is a borough located in western Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, bordering adjacent Mercer County. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,734, a decrease of 94 (−5.1%) from the 2010 c ...

, Schuler attended

Peddie School The Peddie School is a non-denominational, coeducational college preparatory school located on a campus in Hightstown, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA that serves boarding and day students in the ninth through twelfth grades, as well as po ...

. Schuler played three seasons over four years (redshirting his junior year after an injury) at the

University of North Carolina The University of North Carolina is the Public university, public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referre ...

Professional

Schuler signed with

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...

of Sweden's

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

after the 2011 NCAA season. He spent two years in Sweden, scoring two goals for Hammarby in 26 appearances. He signed with

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanc ...

in January 2014 and was assigned to the

San Jose Earthquakes The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional association football, soccer club based in San Jose, California. The Earthquakes compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Origin ...

by a weighted lottery. Schuler made his Earthquakes' debut on March 19, 2014, in a 1–1 draw against

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. Toluca has a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the Grea ...

in the

2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League The 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 49th edition of the premier association football, football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional g ...

quarterfinals. Schuler was released by San Jose on December 11, 2014. On March 27, 2015, Schuler signed with

Whitecaps FC 2 Whitecaps FC 2 is a professional association football, soccer team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that serves as the reserve team of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer. History Prior to the MLS Next Pro iteratio ...

of the

United Soccer League The United Soccer League (USL) is an organizer of various professional and amateur soccer leagues in the United States league system. It currently organizes its Championship, League One, and League Two for men, its Super League and W Leag ...

. After one season in Vancouver, Schuler moved to

North American Soccer League The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the ...

club

Carolina RailHawks North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 2006, the team previously was named the Carolina Railhawks. On December 6, 2016, the RailH ...

on January 6, 2016.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schuler, Billy 1990 births Living people American men's soccer players American expatriate men's soccer players North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer players North Carolina FC U23 players Reading United AC players Hammarby Fotboll players San Jose Earthquakes players Whitecaps FC 2 players North Carolina FC players Peddie School alumni People from Allentown, New Jersey Sportspeople from Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey Soccer players from Mercer County, New Jersey Soccer players from Monmouth County, New Jersey Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden USL League Two players Superettan players Major League Soccer players USL Championship players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players United States men's youth international soccer players United States men's under-20 international soccer players All-American college men's soccer players Boo FK players Men's association football forwards 21st-century American sportsmen