Chris Brady (soccer)
American soccer player (born 2004)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christopher Keith Brady (born March 3, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.
.jpg)
|
Brady with the Chicago Fire in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Keith Brady | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | March 3, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Naperville, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Chicago Fire | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Chicago Fire | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Chicago Fire | 106 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Forward Madison (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Chicago Fire II (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | United States U15 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | United States U20 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | United States U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of May 26, 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of May 11, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Born in Naperville, Illinois, Brady joined the Chicago Fire in 2017, playing with the youth academy.[2]
2020
On March 24, 2020, Brady signed a homegrown player deal with the Fire, joining the club's first team in Major League Soccer.[3]
On July 24, 2020, Brady was loaned to USL League One club Forward Madison.[4] He made his professional debut for the club on August 23 against Orlando City B, starting in a 3–1 victory.[5]
On November 13, 2020, following the 2020 season, Brady was named as the USL League One Young Player of the Year.[6] In eight matches, Brady recorded three clean sheets throughout his loan.[6]
2021
The next season, Brady returned to Forward Madison on June 11, 2021, on loan.[7] Similar to the previous season, Brady would split his training with both Forward Madison while returning to the Chicago Fire occasionally.[8] A day later, on June 12, Brady made his return debut for the club against the Richmond Kickers. He earned the cleansheet in the 0–0 draw, including saving a one-on-one opportunity against the Kickers' Emiliano Terzaghi.[8]
2022
2023
2024
2025
International career
Born in the United States, Brady is of Scottish descent and eligible to play for both national teams.[9] On January 25, 2019, he was selected into the United States under-15 side that would participate in the CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship.[10] Brady led the United States under-20 team to the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship title and won the Golden Glove award, awarded to the tournament's best goalkeeper.[11] He earned three caps for the United States under-23s in the buildup to the 2024 Olympics but did not make the final squad.[12][13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played December 7, 2024[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Playoffs | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chicago Fire | 2020 | MLS | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | 33 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||||
| 2025 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 92 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 99 | 0 | |||
| Forward Madison (loan) | 2020 | USL League One | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| Chicago Fire FC II (loan) | 2022 | MLS Next Pro | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 112 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 0 | ||
- Appearances in Leagues Cup
Honors
United States U20
Individual
- USL League One Young Player of the Year: 2020
- CONCACAF U-20 Championship Best XI: 2022
- CONCACAF U-20 Championship Golden Glove: 2022