Chad Marshall (born August 22, 1984) is an American former professional soccer player. During his 16-year career, he played for

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and

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. He was a three-time MLS Defender of the Year Award winner.

Career

Youth and college

Marshall attended

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in Riverside, California, where he was an NCSAA All-American, ''

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'' All-America selection, and ''Parades Best Defender in his senior year, and a ''Parade'' All-American his junior year. Coming out of high school he was rated as the top college soccer recruit in the country by ''

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''. In addition to his soccer exploits, Chad was also an avid

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. He played club soccer for the prestigious club soccer team Irvine Strikers coached by the legendary club coach

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. He attended the IMG Soccer Academy in fall 2000 through spring 2001. Chad attended Stanford University for two years a brief stint at Harding University. After two seasons with the

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, he decided to turn pro.

Professional

Marshall was drafted second overall in the

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. He had an exemplary first year, anchoring the Crew defense along with Robin Fraser, who won the

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award that season, and helped the team to an eighteen-game unbeaten streak and the

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. He finished the season with twenty-seven starts, and was a close second to

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in the voting for the

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. He only played in twelve matches in 2007 due to ongoing

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issues that threatened to end his career. Marshall's strongest campaign with the Crew came in 2008. He led the defense on the squad that won both the Supporters' Shield and the MLS Cup 2008, a game in which Marshall scored the game-winning goal. After the season, he was voted to the

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and was also awarded the MLS Defender of the Year award, beating competition from Bakary Soumare and

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. Marshall's contract ran out after the 2008 campaign. After a brief trial for part of December with German 2. Fußball-Bundesliga side

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he re-signed with Columbus on December 26, 2008. On March 17, 2011, Marshall was named captain of Columbus Crew for the 2011 season to fill the void left by departing captain Frankie Hejduk. In December 2011, Columbus signed Marshall to a long-term contract extension through the 2015 MLS season. On December 12, 2013, Marshall was traded to

in exchange for allocation money and a third-round

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pick. He scored his first goal as a Sounder, a game-winning header in the 84th minute, against the

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on May 3. He was named

for the third time as the Sounders won the Supporters Shield. On May 22, 2019, Marshall announced his retirement from professional soccer due to injury, concluding a historic 16-year Major League Soccer career at age 34.

International

As a teenager, Marshall trained at the

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's exclusive Bradenton Academy and has played for several United States youth national teams. He played for the United States at the

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, now commonly known as the

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, in the

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. He later moved up and earned time with the Under-23 team. Marshall earned his first cap and scored his first goal for the senior national team on March 9, 2005, against Colombia. Marshall was selected for the

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for the United States and received his first cap since 2005 in the side's opening match against Grenada. Marshall went on to play in five games throughout the tournament and garnered Gold Cup All-Tournament honors. On May 11, 2010, Bob Bradley, the U.S. Men's National Team head coach selected Marshall for the 30-man preliminary roster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. On May 26, 2010, Bradley decided to keep Marshall off the 23 man roster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. On January 6, 2017, after almost seven years of absence from international soccer, Marshall was called for the United States national team by coach

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Career statistics

Club statistics

International goals

Honors

Columbus Crew

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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Seattle Sounders FC

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Individual

: 2008, 2009, 2014 *

: 2008, 2009, 2014, 2018 * CONCACAF Gold Cup All-Tournament Team:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Chad 1984 births Living people American soccer players Harding University alumni Soccer players from Riverside, California Stanford Cardinal men's soccer players Columbus Crew players Seattle Sounders FC players United States men's youth international soccer players United States men's under-20 international soccer players United States men's under-23 international soccer players United States men's international soccer players Columbus Crew draft picks 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Major League Soccer players Major League Soccer All-Stars Men's association football defenders