Jacob M. Bushue (born May 15, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a

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for

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club

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Career

Youth

Bushue played youth soccer with the Chicago Magic from 2006-2010. Bushue's Chicago Magic team was a

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Semi-Finalist in 2009. His teams also went to the US Soccer Academy Finals in both 2008 and 2009. Bushue was invited to the Adidas ESP Camp in 2008 and 2009.

College

He played college soccer at

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from 2010 to 2013. During his career at Indiana, Bushue was a part of the team that won the 2012 National Championship. While at Indiana University, Bushue also won the 2010 Big Ten Conference regular season championship and the 2013 Big Ten Conference men's soccer tournament championship, and was named to the All-Tournament Team. During his career at Indiana, Bushue played in 86 games and made 79 starts for the Hoosiers, scoring 6 goals and 10 assists. After his career at Indiana, Bushue was invited to the 2014

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Draft Combine.

Professional

On January 15, 2015,

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of the

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announced the signing of Bushue for the 2015 season. He scored his first professional goal in a match on September 12 against the

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, and was named to the USL's Team of the Week for his performance. On November 9, 2016 Saint Louis FC released Bushue Bushue signed with the Finnish team Bollklubben-46 for the 2017 campaign. BK-46 plays in the third level of Finnish soccer as of 2017. Bushue joined

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for the 2019 season. On January 13, 2022 he signed with Jaro.

Personal life

Bushue grew up in Champaign, Illinois. His parents are Doug and Katy Bushue. Jacob and his sister Megan became the first brother–sister combination to win the News-Gazette player of the year award. Bushue attended Champaign Centennial High School, graduating in December 2009.

Honors

FC Haka *

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Winner:

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FF Jaro * Ykköscup Winner: 2022

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bushue, Jacob Living people 1992 births American expatriate soccer players American soccer players Men's association football midfielders Chicago Fire U-23 players Ekenäs IF players FC Haka players FF Jaro players Las Vegas Lights FC players Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer players Saint Louis FC players Soccer players from Illinois Sportspeople from Champaign, Illinois USL Championship players USL League Two players Kakkonen players Ykkönen players Veikkausliiga players Expatriate footballers in Finland American expatriate sportspeople in Finland Bollklubben-46 players