Bobby Bruch is a retired American

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player who played professionally in the Western Soccer Alliance, Major Indoor Soccer League and

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. He has coached at the youth, college and professional levels.

Youth

Bruch graduated from Newport High School where he was a member of the 1982 Washington State High School soccer championship team. He attended Seattle Pacific University, playing on the men's soccer team from . In 1985 and 1986, the Falcons won the

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. Bruch graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management.

Professional

In 1986, Bruch signed with the

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of the Western Soccer Alliance. He played three seasons with Seattle, winning the 1988 WSA championship. In the fall of 1988, he joined the Los Angeles Lazers for the 1988-1989 Major Indoor Soccer League season. In 1989, he played for the California Kickers of the WSA. In 1990, he moved to the

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of the

. In 1994, Bruch joined the

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of the

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. His first game with the Splash came in the Western Conference final series where he scored the winning goal.

Coach

In 1992, Bruch became the head coach of the Marina High School girls' soccer team, a position he held for four years. He left the team at the end of the 1995 season to coach the Mission Viejo Shamrocks, a girls' youth club. On October 17, 2000, Seattle Pacific University hired Bruch as the school's first women's soccer coach. He was the 2002 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. In 2002, he resigned at the end of the season having compiled a two-season record of 21-14-3. In January 2002, he was also hired to coach the Seattle Sounders Women of the W-League.Sounders Select women hire Bruch as new soccer coach
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruch, Bobby Living people 1966 births American soccer coaches American men's soccer players American Professional Soccer League players Anaheim Splash players California Kickers players Continental Indoor Soccer League players Los Angeles Heat players Los Angeles Lazers players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players Seattle Pacific Falcons men's soccer players Seattle Storm (soccer) players USL W-League (1995–2015) coaches Western Soccer Alliance players Soccer players from Washington (state) Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders