Kyle Bjornethun
{{short description|American soccer player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kyle Bjornethun
| fullname = Kyle Timothy Bjornethun
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|3|16}}
| birth_place = Snohomish, Washington, United States
| height = {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Phoenix Rising
| clubnumber = 13
| youthyears1 = 2011–2012
| youthclubs1 = Seattle Sounders FC
| collegeyears1 = 2013–2016
| college1 = Seattle Redhawks
| collegecaps1 = 85
| collegegoals1 = 10
| years1 = 2014
| clubs1 = Seattle Sounders FC U-23
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2015
| clubs2 = Puget Sound Gunners
| caps2 = 2
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2016
| clubs3 = Seattle Sounders FC U-23
| caps3 = 12
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2017
| clubs4 = Portland Timbers 2
| caps4 = 26
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2018
| clubs5 = Toronto FC II
| caps5 = 26
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2019
| clubs6 = FC Tucson
| caps6 = 8
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2019
| clubs7 = → Phoenix Rising
| caps7 = 5
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2020–
| clubs8 = Phoenix Rising
| caps8 = 1
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| pcupdate = October 5, 2020
| medaltemplates =
}}
Kyle Bjornethun (born March 16, 1995) is an American retired soccer player who played for Phoenix Rising FC in the USL Championship.
Career
=Amateur and college=
Bjornethun attended Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish, Washington, where he helped the soccer team to a 3A state title in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.goseattleu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18200&ATCLID=208812160|title=Kyle Bjornethun Bio|publisher=Seattle Redhawks Athletics|access-date=December 3, 2024}} On February 6, 2013, he signed a National Letter of Intent to play college soccer at Seattle University.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald/160236726/|title=Signings|work=The Daily Herald|date=February 7, 2013|access-date=December 3, 2024|page=C5|via=Newspapers.com}}
Bjornethun played four years for the Seattle Redhawks between 2013 and 2016. He was named a second-team All-American in 2015 and was a two-time Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Defensive Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald/160238469/|title=Bjornethun named second-team All-American|work=The Daily Herald|date=December 15, 2015|access-date=December 3, 2024|page=C6|via=Newspapers.com}} Bjornethun was inducted into the school's Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2023.{{cite web|url=https://goseattleu.com/honors/hall-of-fame/kyle-bjornethun/148|title=Kyle Bjornethun (2023) - Hall of Fame
|publisher=Seattle Redhawks Athletics|access-date=December 3, 2024}}
Bjornethun also appeared for USL PDL sides Seattle Sounders FC U-23 and Puget Sound Gunners.{{cite web|url=http://www.uslpdl.com/kyle-bjornethun|title=Kyle Bjornethun|website=Uslpdl.com|access-date=26 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uslpdl.com/page/show/2339973-player-stats|title=Player Stats|website=Uslpdl.com|access-date=26 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706105832/http://www.uslpdl.com/page/show/2339973-player-stats|archive-date=6 July 2017|url-status=dead}}
=Professional=
On January 17, 2017, Bjornethun was selected in the fourth round, with the final pick of the draft (88th overall), of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft by Seattle Sounders FC.{{cite web|url=https://www.soundersfc.com/post/2017/01/17/seattle-sounders-select-three-players-rounds-3-and-4-2017-mls-superdraft |title=Seattle Sounders select three players in Rounds 3 and 4 of 2017 MLS SuperDraft | Seattle Sounders FC |website=Soundersfc.com |date=17 January 2017 |access-date=27 March 2017}} However, he instead signed for United Soccer League side Portland Timbers 2.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.timbers.com/players/kyle-bjornethun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327080133/https://www.timbers.com/players/kyle-bjornethun |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 27, 2017 |title=Kyle Bjornethun |website=Portland Timbers |publisher=Portland Timbers 2 |date=16 March 1995 |access-date=27 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/770600?referrer_id=2364194-news-archive|title=Bijev At Forefront as T2 Reveals Squad|date=17 March 2017|website=Uslsoccer.com|publisher=United Soccer League|access-date=26 March 2017}} Bjornethun made his USL an Portland Timbers 2 debut on March 25, 2017, against Real Monarchs.
Career statistics
{{updated|May 20, 2018}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|League !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Playoffs !colspan="2"|Canadian Championship !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps
!Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||
| rowspan="3"|Toronto FC II
|rowspan="1"|USL |2018 |8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| !colspan="1"|Total
!8!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!8!!0 | |||||||
| colspan="2"|Career Total
!8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|kyle-bjornethun/445118}}
- {{MLS player|kyle-bjornethun}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bjornethun, Kyle}}
Category:American men's soccer players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Sportspeople from Snohomish, Washington
Category:Soccer players from Snohomish County, Washington
Category:Portland Timbers 2 players
Category:Puget Sound Gunners FC players
Category:Phoenix Rising FC players
Category:Seattle Redhawks men's soccer players
Category:Seattle Sounders FC draft picks
Category:Seattle Sounders FC U-23 players
Category:Sportspeople from the Seattle metropolitan area
Category:Toronto FC II players
Category:USL Championship players
Category:USL League One players
Category:USL League Two players
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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