Cyrus Rad (born July 10, 1999) is an American professional soccer player.

Early career

Cyrus Rad was born and raised in

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, playing high school soccer for

Charles E. Jordan High School Charles E. Jordan High School (generally referred to as Jordan) is located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. It is one of seven high schools in Durham Public Schools. It is located on Garrett Road near Hope Valley Road in southwest Durham ...

and youth soccer for

North Carolina Fusion North Carolina Fusion U-23, formerly known as Carolina Dynamo, is an American soccer team based in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The t ...

College career

Rad played

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for

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universi ...

, attending from 2017 to 2021 and being awarded

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Academic Honor Roll honors. He made three appearances for the Wolfpack during his time at NC State.

Club career

Forward Madison

Rad joined

Forward Madison Forward Madison FC is an American professional soccer team based in Madison, Wisconsin. The team was founded in 2018, and played its inaugural season in 2019. The team competes in the third division of the US soccer league system and plays the ...

on August 12, 2021, during the 2021 season and made his professional debut in

USL League One USL League One (USL1) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that had its inaugural season in 2019. The Division III league is operated by United Soccer League, the same group that operates the Division II USL Championsh ...

on August 21 against

North Texas SC North Texas Soccer Club is a professional soccer club playing in the MLS Next Pro, a third division league of American soccer. The team is owned by, and operates as the reserve team of the Major League Soccer club FC Dallas. While the senior club ...

. He provided his first assist of the 2022 season on May 21, 2022, against

Charlotte Independence Charlotte Independence is an American soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina that plays in the USL League One, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid. The Independence currently play their home games at American Legion Memoria ...

, maintaining 91% pass accuracy and being subsequently named in the Team of the Week. On October 17, 2022, Rad was named to his fifth Team of the Week within the 2022 season.

Personal life

Rad is of

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

descent and is the brother of Jahon and Kaveh Rad.

Honors

Individual

Academic Honor Roll:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rad, Cyrus 1999 births Living people American men's soccer players Iranian men's footballers Forward Madison FC players Men's association football defenders Soccer players from North Carolina USL League One players USL League Two players MLS Next Pro players Sportspeople of Iranian descent American people of Iranian descent Rad family Sportspeople from Durham, North Carolina NC State Wolfpack men's soccer players Huntsville City FC players