Jared Odenbeck (born February 4, 1995) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who currently plays as a

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for

Ljungskile SK Ljungskile SK is a Swedish football club located in Ljungskile, a town within Uddevalla Municipality. They currently play in the Swedish third tier, Division 1. History Ljungskile SK, formed in 1926, is famous for their promotions between 19 ...

in the

Division 1 Södra Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan ( en, the one), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden ...

Career

College & Amateur

Odenbeck began playing

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Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

in 2013, where he stayed for one season, before transferring to Wake Forest University. While at college, Odenbeck appeared in the USL PDL for

Southern California Seahorses Southern California Seahorses are an American soccer team based in La Mirada, California. Founded in 2001, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games in the stadium on the camp ...

in 2014, and Charlotte Eagles in 2015 and 2016.

Professional

On March 8, 2017, Odenbeck joined

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side Charlotte Independence. After leaving Charlotte, Odenbeck moved to Sweden to play the latter half of the year with Lindome GIF. Odenbeck temporarily returned to the United States in 2018, playing with USL PDL side South Georgia Tormenta, before heading back to Sweden again to play with

IK Kongahälla IK Kongahälla is a Swedish football club located in Kungälv. Background IK Kongahälla currently plays in Division 4 Göteborg A which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the IP Kongevi in Kungälv. The club ...

. 2019 saw Odenbeck play in New Zealand with Western Suburbs. In September 2019, Odenbeck signed for NISA side

Stumptown Athletic Stumptown AC, formerly Stumptown Athletic, is an American professional soccer team that plays in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA). The club is based in Matthews, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. History Following an initi ...

ahead of the league's inaugural season. Odenbeck signed on loan with

FC Tucson FC Tucson is an American soccer club based in Tucson, Arizona that plays in USL League Two. The club has an amateur women’s team, FC Tucson Women, that play in the WPSL. Organized in 2010, the club first fielded a team in March 2011, then joine ...

on February 24, 2021.

References

External links

Profile at Georgetown University Athletics

Profile at Wake Forest University Athletics

USL profile

Stumptown Athletic profile
1995 births Living people American soccer players American expatriate soccer players Expatriate footballers in Sweden American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate association footballers in New Zealand American expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Association football midfielders Georgetown Hoyas men's soccer players Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer players Southern California Seahorses players Charlotte Eagles players Charlotte Independence players Tormenta FC players FC Tucson players Soccer players from Charlotte, North Carolina USL League One players USL League Two players National Independent Soccer Association players {{US-footy-midfielder-stub