Bradford Evan Rusin (born September 5, 1986) is an American retired professional

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player. He appeared for

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, and

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at the semi-professional level, and for

Carolina RailHawks North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. Founded in 2006, the team plays in USL League One, the third tier of the American league system. The team has played its home games a ...

HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It w ...

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, Orlando City,

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, and

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at the professional level.

College and amateur

Rusin grew up in Indiana and moved to

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in 2002. There, he attended St. Stephen's Preparatory School, where he was a 2005

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All-American. He attended the

IMG Soccer Academy IMG Academy is a preparatory boarding school and sports training destination in Bradenton, Florida, United States. IMG Academy is set across over 600 acres and features programs consisting of sport camps for youth athletes, adult camps, a board ...

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from 2002 to 2005, winning the 2005 U-19 Dallas Cup, before playing college soccer at

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. He was named to the College Soccer News All-Freshman first team and to Top Drawer Soccer's All-Rookie Team in 2005, earned honorable mention All-

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honors in 2006 and 2007, and was named to the

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All-Far West Region second team, the All-Pac-10 first team and the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Season second team in 2008. During his college years he also played with

and

in the

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, helping the Quakes to the PDL Southwest Division title in 2008.

Club career

Having already trialed with

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side

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in the summer of 2004, Rusin travelled to Norway in the summer of 2008 to trial with both

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and Bodø/Glimt. Having not been offered a contract by either team, Rusin joined

of the

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in April 2009. He made his professional debut on May 2, 2009, in a game against

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. In August 2010,

of the

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expressed an interest in Rusin, but was unable to come to an agreement with the RailHawks. Rusin was named team captain in 2011, but on July 6 he signed a three-year deal with HB Køge, which had won promotion to the

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for the upcoming season. On January 11, 2013, Rusin was sold to

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club

for an undisclosed fee. On February 12, 2014, Rusin signed with

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club Orlando City on a one-year deal. He was released upon the conclusion of the 2014 season, a casualty of the club's transition to Major League Soccer. On December 24, 2014, Rusin signed with

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club

. Rusin was traded to the

in exchange for midfielder

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on April 29, 2015. On December 15, 2015, NASL expansion side

officially announced their signing of Rusin, alongside midfielder

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. On January 25, 2018, Rusin signed for

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side

for the 2018 season.

Career statistics

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rusin, Brad Living people 1986 births American soccer players Soccer players from Indiana People from Crown Point, Indiana Association football defenders UCLA Bruins men's soccer players IMG Academy Bradenton players Ventura County Fusion players San Fernando Valley Quakes players North Carolina FC players HB Køge players Vancouver Whitecaps FC players Orlando City SC (2010–2014) players Tampa Bay Rowdies players San Antonio Scorpions players Miami FC players Indy Eleven players USL League Two players USL First Division players USSF Division 2 Professional League players North American Soccer League players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Major League Soccer players USL Championship players American expatriate soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark American expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate soccer players in Canada American expatriate sportspeople in Canada