Jacob Rufe (born January 22, 1996) 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 most recently played as a defender for

Birmingham Legion Birmingham Legion FC is an American professional soccer club based in Birmingham, Alabama, that competes in the USL Championship, the second division of American soccer. The team was established in August 2013 and played under the name Birmingh ...

in the

USL Championship The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, pl ...

Career

College & Amateur

Rufe began playing

college soccer College soccer is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities. It is very prominent in United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and as well as in South Africa and the Philippines. The United Kingd ...

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universit ...

in 2014, but didn't make an appearances for the Hoosiers during his two seasons due to injury. In 2016, Rufe transferred to

Western Michigan University Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the training of teachers ...

, where he played for three seasons, scoring 2 goals and tallying 4 assists in 55 appearances. During college, Rufe also played with NPSL side

AFC Ann Arbor AFC Ann Arbor is an American soccer club based in Ann Arbor, Michigan that currently plays in USL League Two. The team played in the National Premier Soccer League from 2016 to 2019. History AFC Ann Arbor was started by a group of Ann Arbor r ...

in both 2016 and 2017. In 2018, Rufe played in the

USL PDL 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 ...

with

Michigan Bucks Flint City Bucks is an American association football, soccer team based in Flint, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The club was founded in 1995 as the Mi ...

. After college, Rufe returned to play with AFC Ann Abor during their 2019 season.

Professional

In September 2019, Rufe 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. In May 2020, Rufe moved to

side

References

External links

Profile at Indiana University Athletics

Profile at Western Michigan University Athletics

Stumptown Athletic profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rufe, Jake 1996 births Living people American men's soccer players Soccer players from Alabama Men's association football midfielders Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer players Western Michigan Broncos men's soccer players AFC Ann Arbor players Flint City Bucks players Stumptown AC players Birmingham Legion FC players National Premier Soccer League players USL League Two players National Independent Soccer Association players Sportspeople from Huntsville, Alabama USL Championship players