Bryan Gaul
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | August 10, 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Naperville, Illinois, United States | ||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender, Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2011 | Bradley Braves | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010 | GPS Portland Phoenix | 14 | (0) |
2012–2013 | LA Galaxy | 14 | (0) |
2013 | → Fort Lauderdale Strikers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2013 | → Carolina RailHawks (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2015 | Saint Louis FC | 27 | (4) |
2016 | Bahlinger SC | 10 | (3) |
2016–2017 | Kickers Offenbach | 34 | (1) |
2017–2018 | SV Elversberg | 30 | (0) |
2018–2019 | FSV Zwickau | 16 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:55, 28 July 2019 (UTC) |
Bryan Gaul (born August 10, 1989, in Naperville, Illinois) is an American soccer player who most recently played for FSV Zwickau in the 3. Liga.
Career
[edit]College and amateur
[edit]Gaul played college soccer for Bradley University between 2008 and 2011. During his time at Bradley, Gaul was named NSCAA All-Midwest Region and All-Missouri Valley Conference in 2011. In 2010 Gaul was named All-Missouri Valley Conference in his first year as a forward, after converting from a midfielder.[1]
Professional
[edit]Gaul was selected by the LA Galaxy in the first round (19th overall) of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft.[2] He made his debut for the club on May 2 against Seattle Sounders FC.[3] Gaul made 14 appearances in 2012, along with 7 starts and notched an assist.
After loan stints in 2013 with NASL clubs Fort Lauderdale Strikers and Carolina RailHawks,[4] Gaul was waived by the Galaxy on in the 2014 preseason.[5]
Gaul had signed with USL club Saint Louis FC ahead of the 2015 season.[6] He tied for the team high in both goals (4) and assists (4) during the 2015 regular season,[7] and was the team's leading scorer overall that year with 6 goals, adding a pair of goals during U.S. Open Cup play.
Germany
[edit]In January 2016, Gaul moved to Germany and signed with Bahlinger SC of the Regionalliga Südwest.[8] He moved to Kickers Offenbach for the 2016–17 season before signing with SV Elversberg ahead of the 2017–18 campaign.[9][10]
On May 29, 2018, it was announced that Gaul moved up to the 3. Liga, signing a two-year contract with FSV Zwickau on a free transfer.[11] He left the club at the end of the 2018/19 season.
Honors
[edit]Club
[edit]- Los Angeles Galaxy
Personal life
[edit]In December 2018, he married Andreea Cristina Bolbea, a lifestyle blogger, model, and internet personality that has amassed over 900,000 followers on Instagram. She was born June 7, 1987, in Bucharest, Romania.
References
[edit]- ^ Bryan Gaul at bradleybraves.com
- ^ LA Galaxy Select Bryan Gaul, Yuri Gorentzviag, and More In MLS Supplemental Draft, lagconfidential.com, January 17, 2012
- ^ Recap: Galaxy suffer first defeat to Sounders in two years, lagalaxy.com, May 2, 2012
- ^ Gaul reviving career with St. Louis FC, stltoday.com, April 10, 2015
- ^ LA Galaxy waive Bryan Gaul Archived March 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, lagalaxy.com, February 28, 2014
- ^ "Saintluisfc.com". Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ^ Team Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Fußball: Bahlinger SC verpflichtet Bryan Gaul, regiotrends.de, January 26, 2016
- ^ "BRYAN GAUL IST DER FÜNFTE OFC-NEUZUGANG". OFC.com. OFC.com. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ "BRYAN GAUL SCHLIESST SICH IM SOMMER DER SVE AN". sv07elversberg.de. sv07elversberg.de. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ "FSV Zwickau obliges Bryan Gaul and Matti Kamenz". fsv-zwickau.de. FSV Zwickau. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Bryan Gaul at Major League Soccer
- Bryan Gaul at Soccerway
- 1989 births
- Living people
- American men's soccer players
- Bradley Braves men's soccer players
- GPS Portland Phoenix players
- LA Galaxy players
- Fort Lauderdale Strikers players
- North Carolina FC players
- Saint Louis FC players
- Kickers Offenbach players
- Sportspeople from Naperville, Illinois
- Soccer players from DuPage County, Illinois
- LA Galaxy draft picks
- USL League Two players
- Major League Soccer players
- North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players
- USL Championship players
- American expatriate men's soccer players in Germany
- Regionalliga players
- Men's association football defenders
- Men's association football midfielders
- 3. Liga players
- Bahlinger SC players
- American expatriate men's soccer players