Bryan Gaul (born August 10, 1989 in

Naperville, Illinois Naperville ( ) is a city in DuPage and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is in the Chicago metro area, west of the city. Naperville was founded in 1831 by Joseph Naper. The city was established by the banks of the DuPage river, ...

) is an American soccer player who most recently played for

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in the

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Career

College and Amateur

Gaul played

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for

Bradley University Bradley University is a private university in Peoria, Illinois. Founded in 1897, Bradley University enrolls 5,400 students who are pursuing degrees in more than 100 undergraduate programs and more than 30 graduate programs in five colleges. The ...

between 2008 and 2011. During his time at Bradley, Gaul was named

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All-Midwest Region and All-

Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the third-oldest collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the Midwestern United ...

in 2011. In 2010 Gaul was named All-Missouri Valley Conference in his first year as a

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, after converting from a

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Professional

Gaul was selected by the

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in the first round (19th overall) of the

2012 MLS Supplemental Draft The 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft was a secondary draft that was held by Major League Soccer via conference call on January 17, 2012. The draft was four rounds and all 19 MLS clubs participated. Changes from 2011 *As an expansion club, Montreal r ...

. He made his debut for the club on May 2 against

Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...

. Gaul made 14 appearances in 2012, along with 7 starts and notched an assist. After loan stints in 2013 with NASL clubs

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and

Carolina RailHawks North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. Founded in 2006, the team plays in USL League One, the third tier of the American league system. The team has played its home games ...

, Gaul was waived by the Galaxy on in the 2014 preseason. Gaul had signed with

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club

Saint Louis FC Saint Louis FC was an American professional soccer team based in St. Louis, Missouri. The team was founded in May 2014, and competed in the USL Championship. The team played their matches at West Community Stadium, a venue inside the World Wi ...

ahead of the 2015 season. He tied for the team high in both goals (4) and assists (4) during the 2015 regular season, and was the team's leading scorer overall that year with 6 goals, adding a pair of goals during

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play.

Germany

In January 2016, Gaul moved to Germany and signed with

Bahlinger SC Bahlinger SC is a German association football club from the Kaiserstuhl town of Bahlingen, Baden-Württemberg. History The club was founded 16 June 1929 as ''FC Bahlingen'' and merged with ''TV Bahlingen'' in 1946 to form the present-day side ...

of the

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...

. He moved to

Kickers Offenbach Offenbacher Kickers, also known as Kickers Offenbach, is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs in ...

for the 2016–17 season before signing with

SV Elversberg SpVgg 07 Elversberg is a Football in Germany, German association football club, located in Spiesen-Elversberg, Saarland. History The club was founded in 1907 as ''FC Germania Elversberg''. It was dissolved in 1914, but then re-constituted in 19 ...

ahead of the 2017–18 campaign. On May 29, 2018 it was announced that Gaul moved up to the

, signing a two-year contract with

on a free transfer. He left the club at the end of the 2018/19 season.

Honors

Club

;Los Angeles Galaxy *

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(1):

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Personal life

In December 2018, he married Andreea Cristina Bolbea, a lifestyle blogger, model, and internet personality that has amassed over 900,000 followers on Instagram. She was born June 7, 1987, in Bucharest, Romania.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaul, Bryan 1989 births Living people American soccer players Bradley Braves men's soccer players GPS Portland Phoenix players LA Galaxy players Fort Lauderdale Strikers players North Carolina FC players Saint Louis FC players Kickers Offenbach players Soccer players from Illinois Sportspeople from Naperville, Illinois LA Galaxy draft picks USL League Two players Major League Soccer players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players USL Championship players American expatriate soccer players in Germany Regionalliga players Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders 3. Liga players Bahlinger SC players American expatriate soccer players