Jason Circle

Jason Circle
Jason Circle (2013)
Personnel
birthday	December 29, 1972
place of birth	Omaha ,  Nebraska , USA
size	173 cm
position	Midfielder / striker
Juniors
Years	station
1991-1994	Duke University
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1994-1996	Raleigh Flyers
1996-2004	Dallas Burn	247 (91)
2005-2007	Real Salt Lake	58 (17)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1996-1999	United States	14 0(1)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2007-2013	Real Salt Lake
2014-2015	New York City FC
2016-2018	Orlando City
2019–	USA U23
2020–	Fort Lauderdale CF
1 Only league games are given.

Jason Clarence Circle (born December 29, 1972 in Omaha , Nebraska ) is a retired American soccer player and current soccer coach .

He played most of his career as a player in Major League Soccer, where he played for Dallas Burn and Real Salt Lake . He played a total of 305 games in the MLS and scored 108 goals. Kreis is currently third on the MLS 'list of all-time goalscorers, which he even led from October 3, 2006 to May 19, 2007.

Youth and college

Jason Kreis grew up in Mandeville, Louisiana . There he attended Mandeville High School and played on the local soccer team. He was one of the leading players on the team and regularly took part in the Class 5A state soccer tournaments. In addition to his work for the high school team, he also played for the Baton Rouge United Jags. With the team he was able to win the prestigious Capital Cup in Washington, DC in 1991 .

After high school, Kreis studied at Duke University in Durham , North Carolina . For the Duke Blue Devils, he was on the pitch at every game.

Club career

From 1994 he played with the Raleigh Flyers. The team from Raleigh, North Carolina played in the United States Interregional Soccer League, the predecessor of the United Soccer Leagues .

When Major League Soccer played its first season in 1996, Dallas Burn was a circle on the field. He also scored the first goal in the club's history. In total, Kreis played for eight years at the club that was renamed FC Dallas. After the 2004 season he left the team. At this point he was the most successful player in the history of the Frisco, Texas MLS franchise .

On November 17, 2004, Kreis was transferred to Real Salt Lake. The club from Salt Lake City was then the new franchise of the MLS. Here too, Kreis scored the first goal in the club's history. He is the only player in the history of the MLS who managed to score the first goal twice. On August 13, 2005 he was the first player to score the 100th league goal.

On May 3, 2007, he announced his retirement as an active player.

Coaching career

After finishing his career as a player, he took over the coaching position at Real Salt Lake. At 34, he was the youngest major league soccer coach. He has led the team twice in play-offs and won the MLS Cup in 2009 . At the MLS Cup 2013 he lost with his team in the final against Sporting Kansas City.

On December 11, 2013, it was announced that Circle would coach New York City FC's new MLS franchise from the 2015 season . For this he turned down an offer to extend his contract with Real Salt Lake. He will start working for the new club on January 1, 2014, and will sit in at Manchester City for the first time . Circle was released after his first season with the New Yorkers because the team could not reach the play-offs.

In July 2016, Kreis took over the Orlando City MLS team . In mid-June 2018, the franchise separated from him.

In January 2019, Kreis became head of the academy of the MLS franchise Inter Miami . In March 2019, Kreis also became the head coach of the US U23 national team . In mid-February 2020, Kreis also took over Fort Lauderdale CF , Inter Miami's farm team from USL League One , as head coach.

National team

The striker made his first international match for the USA in 1996 against El Salvador . He scored one goal in his 14 international matches.

Web links

Commons : Jason Kreis  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player profile on mlsnet.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Real Salt Lake captain Jason Kreis retires, named head coach ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Jason Kreis named as Head Coach . In: nycfc.com , December 11, 2013. 
3. ↑ Many stars, no playoffs: MLS club New York separates from coach . Mirror online. November 3, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
4. ↑ Orlando City SC Agrees to Part Ways with Head Coach Jason Kreis , oursportscentral.com, June 15, 2018, accessed February 17, 2020.
5. ↑ Jason Kreis Named Head Coach of U-23 MNT , ussoccer.com, March 19, 2019, accessed February 17, 2020.
6. ^ Fort Lauderdale CF Names Jason Kreis as Head Coach; Announces Full Technical Staff and Roster , intermiamicf.com, February 15, 2020, accessed February 17, 2020.