Adam Ruud

{{notability|sports|date=December 2024}}

{{short description|American soccer player}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Adam Ruud

| image =

| fullname = Adam Ruud

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|8|16}}

| birth_place = Hanover Park, Illinois, United States

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| collegeyears1 = 2002

| college1 = Loyola Ramblers

| collegeyears2 = 2003

| college2 = DuPage Chaparrals

| collegeyears3 = 2004–2005

| college3 = Charlotte 49ers

| years1 = 2006

| clubs1 = Chicago Fire

| caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2007

| clubs2 = Charlotte Eagles

| caps2 = 18 | goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2008

| clubs3 = Cleveland City Stars

| caps3 = 19 | goals3 = 4

| pcupdate = 1 May 2009

}}

Adam Ruud (born August 16, 1983) is an American soccer player.

Career

=College and amateur=

Ruud attended Glenbard High School, and played college soccer at the Loyola University Chicago, the College of DuPage{{cite web|url=http://www.cod.edu/dept/athletic/Teams/soccer/2003_profiles.htm |title=2003 Chaparral Men's Soccer Player Profiles |accessdate=2009-05-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830060541/http://www.cod.edu/dept/athletic/teams/soccer/2003_profiles.htm |archivedate=2008-08-30 }} and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He was named to the first-team NSCAA, and was a NJCAA All-American at DuPage, and was named to the All-Conference USA first-team, the All-South Region third-team and the NCCSIA All-State team at Charlotte.

=Professional=

Ruud played with Chicago Fire's reserve team in the MLS Reserve Division in 2006{{cite web|url=http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd%3D20060911%26content_id%3D72354%26vkey%3Dpr_chf%26fext%3D.jsp%26team%3Dt100 |title=Chicago Fire: News: Reserves: Fire 3, Crew 2 |accessdate=2009-05-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119195625/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20060911&content_id=72354&vkey=pr_chf&fext=.jsp&team=t100 |archivedate=2010-01-19 }} before beginning his professional career in 0001, playing with the Charlotte Eagles in the USL Second Division.

He joined the Cleveland City Stars of the USL First Division in 2008,[http://usl2.uslsoccer.com/transactions/229191.html Cleveland adds two newcomers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513102243/http://usl2.uslsoccer.com/transactions/229191.html |date=May 13, 2008 }} them win the USL Second Division title, before being released at the end of the season.

References