Will Bruin
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 Will Bruin (2016)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | William Christopher Bruin | |
| birthday | October 24, 1989 | |
| place of birth | St. Louis , Missouri , USA | |
| size | 188 cm | |
| position | Storm | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2005-2007 | SLSG Missouri | |
| 2008-2010 | Indiana Hoosiers | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2011-2016 | Houston Dynamo | 191 (56) |
| 2017– | Seattle Sounders | 75 (22) |
| 2019 | → Tacoma Defiance (farm team) | 1 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2013 | United States | 2 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of February 10, 2020 |
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William Christopher "Will" Bruin (born October 24, 1989 in St. Louis , Missouri ) is an American football player who is mostly used as a striker . He is currently under contract with the Seattle Sounders .
Career
Youth and amateur football
After graduating from De Smet Jesuit High School in 2008 , he played for three years for Indiana University Bloomington's soccer team , the Indiana Hoosiers. In 66 games he scored 33 goals. After a strong performance in the 2010 season, where he scored 18 goals in 20 games, he decided to leave college early. Bruin signed up for the MLS SuperDraft and signed a Generation Adidas contract with the MLS .
Club career
Bruin was chosen as the eleventh pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft by Houston Dynamo on January 13, 2011 . In the first game of the 2011 season he made his professional debut in the 1-0 defeat by Philadelphia Union on March 19, 2011. His first competitive goal he scored on April 10, 2011 in a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps . On April 29, 2011, he scored a hat trick in a 4-1 win over DC United . This made him only the fifth player ever and the first player to score a hat trick in Major League Soccer in his first MLS season.
After six years with Houston, Bruin joined the Seattle Sounders at the beginning of the 2017 season . He made his Seattle debut on March 4, 2017 in a 2-1 loss to his former team, Houston Dynamo. A week later he scored his first goal for Seattle. Bruin equalized against Montreal Impact in the 94th minute .
National team
Bruin made his national team debut on January 29, 2013 in a game against the Canadian national soccer team .
Web links
- Will Bruin in the database of weltfussball.de
- Will Bruin in the MLSSoccer.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Indiana University biography
- ↑ Generation Adidas
- ↑ SuperDraft 2011
- ↑ Bruin leads Houston to victory
- ^ Sounders sign Bruin from Houston
- ↑ Sounders lose 2-1 to Houston Dynamo
- ↑ A look back at Sounders versus Impact
- ↑ Goalless start to the year
Saad Abdul-Salaam | Xavier Arreaga | Will Bruin | Handwalla Bwana | Jonathan Campbell | Emanuel Cecchini | Jordy Delem | Justin Dhillon | Stefan Frei | Joevin Jones | Kelvin Leerdam | Danny Leyva | Nicolás Lodeiro | Bryan Meredith | Jordan Morris | Trey Muse | Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez | Víctor Rodríguez | Alex Roldan | Cristian Roldan | Raúl Ruidíaz | Harry Shipp | Luis Silva | Gustav Svensson | Nouhou Tolo | Roman Torres
Head coach: Brian Schmetzer
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bruin, Will |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bruin, William Christopher (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis , Missouri , United States |