Brad Smith (soccer, born 1965)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | March 15, 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Dallas, Texas, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Culver City High School | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | |||
| BVL Remscheid | |||
| 1990 | Los Angeles Heat | ||
| 1990–1992 | Wichita Wings (indoor) | 83 | (31) |
| 1991 | Salt Lake Sting | 11 | (1) |
| 1991 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 5 | (0) |
| 1992 | London Lasers | 16 | (3) |
| 1992–1994 | Dayton Dynamo (indoor) | 71 | (73) |
| 1993 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 21 | (6) |
| 1994 | Los Angeles Salsa | ? | (1) |
| 1994–1996 | Baltimore Spirit (indoor) | 65 | (45) |
| 1996–1997 | Cincinnati Silverbacks (indoor) | 68 | (34) |
| 1998–1999 | San Diego Flash | 31 | (5) |
| 1998–1999 | Baltimore Blast (indoor) | 22 | (8) |
| 1999–2000 | Buffalo Blizzard (indoor) | 32 | (14) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Brad Smith is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally in Germany and the United States, including the Major Indoor Soccer League, National Professional Soccer League and American Professional Soccer League. He never played for Rot-Weiss Essen nor BVL Remscheid. He played for Franz Sales Haus, Herne, Schoppingen, Marl, and Göttingen. The latter four being in the "Oberliga" (third division) at the time. He returned to the United States in June 1990.
Smith graduated from Culver City High School where he was an outstanding soccer and football player. Playing as a tailback, Smith was the 1983 Los Angeles Times High School Player of the Year. He was heavily recruited by several collegiate football programs. However, he was also drafted by both the San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League and the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League.[1] Smith chose to neither sign with an American team nor attend college, but moved to Germany where he pursued a professional soccer career.