Brad Ring (born April 7, 1987) is a former American

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player who previously played for Indy Eleven in the

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Career

College and amateur

Ring attended Guilford High School and played four years of

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for the Indiana University Hoosiers. He was a Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection, was a first-team All-Big Ten pick, a first-team NSCAA/adidas Great Lakes All-Region and second-team All-America selection, a Big Ten All-Tournament Team selection, and a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy as a junior in 2007, and was a third-team NSCAA All-American, an NSCAA Scholar All-American, and a member of the Academic All-Big Ten and NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region first-team as a senior while being named a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist for the second consecutive season. During his college years Ring also played for Chicago Fire Premier in the

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

and

Princeton 56ers Madison 56ers is an American soccer team based in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 2005, the team plays in the United Premier Soccer League. Prior to the 2009 season the team was known as the Princeton 56ers. Since their inception t ...

in the

National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's association football, soccer league. The NPSL is a semi-professional league, comprising some teams that have paid players and some that are entirely amateur. The league is officially ...

Professional

Ring was drafted in the second round (17th overall) of the

2009 MLS SuperDraft The 2009 MLS SuperDraft took place on January 15, 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the tenth annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection was owned by the expansion Seattle Sounders FC. Unlike previous years, the SuperDraft wa ...

by the

San Jose Earthquakes The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional soccer team based in San Jose, California. The Earthquakes compete as a member club of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). Originally as the San Jose Clash, the franchise ...

. He signed with the club a year later after sitting out the 2009 season with a hip injury. He made his professional debut on April 24, 2010, against

Chivas USA Chivas USA (pronounced ''CHEE-vahs'') was an American professional soccer team based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California. The club played from 2005 to 2014 in Major League Soccer (MLS) and was a subsidiary of Mexican club C.D. Guada ...

. He was traded by San Jose on Sept. 5, 2013 to the

Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional men's soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The Timbers have played their home games at P ...

. He appeared in one match with the Timbers, playing one minute of the match against Toronto on Sept. 7, 2013. During that minute the Timbers scored, giving Ring the highest team-goals-per-minute (1 goal/min) of any Timbers player ever. In January 2014, Ring returned to his Indiana roots by signing a two-year contract with Indy Eleven in the North American Soccer League ( NASL). Ring extended his contract with Indy Eleven on 27 January 2017. Ring announced his retirement from professional soccer on February 8, 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ring, Brad 1987 births Living people American soccer players Chicago Fire U-23 players Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer players Indy Eleven players Major League Soccer players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Portland Timbers players San Jose Earthquakes draft picks San Jose Earthquakes players Soccer players from Illinois Sportspeople from Rockford, Illinois United States men's under-20 international soccer players USL League Two players Men's association football midfielders