David Sias (born June 2, 1987 in

Fountain Valley, California Fountain Valley is a suburban city in Orange County, California. The population was 57,047 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History The area encompassing Fountain Valley was originally inhabited by the Tongva people. Europea ...

) is an

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player.

Career

Youth and amateur

Sias attended

Fountain Valley High School Fountain Valley High School (FVHS) is a public high school in Fountain Valley, California, USA. It was established in 1966 and is a part of the Huntington Beach Union High School District. It is notable for its rivalry with Edison High School, p ...

, played club soccer for the Wolfpack Soccer Club with coach Kevin Smith, and played

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University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and pr ...

, where he was named to the All-Big West second team in 2007, and was a 2008 Big West scholar-athlete, majoring in economics. He was also named Big West Defender of the Year his senior year. During his college years, Sias also played with

Orange County Blue Star Orange County Blue Star was an American soccer team based in Irvine, California. Founded in 1997, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Weste ...

in the

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Professional

Sias was drafted in the third round (43rd overall) in 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 Chicago Fire, but was not offered a professional contract with the team; instead, he joined the

USL First Division The USL First Division (usually referred to as USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States and Canada from 2005 to 2010. During its existence, it formed the second tier of soccer in the United States soccer league system b ...

expansion franchise

Austin Aztex The Austin Aztex were a soccer team based in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 2011 as a member of the Premier Development League, the team played the 2015 season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States soccer pyr ...

in March 2009. He made his professional debut on April 18, 2009, in Austin's USL1 season opener against

Minnesota Thunder Minnesota Thunder was an American professional soccer team based in Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division (USL-1), the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. The team played its hom ...

. He was released by the Aztex at the end of the 2009 season.Austin Announces Release Of 14 Players From The 2009 Squad
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sias, David Living people 1987 births American soccer players Austin Aztex FC players Orange County Blue Star players USL League Two players USL First Division players UC Irvine Anteaters men's soccer players Chicago Fire FC draft picks Soccer players from California Men's association football defenders