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Chad Barrett 
Personal information Full name Chad Randall Barrett Date of birth April 30, 1985 Place of birth San Diego, California, United States Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Playing position Forward Club information Current club Los Angeles Galaxy Number 11 Youth career 2003–2004 UCLA Bruins Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2005–2008 Chicago Fire 82 (18) 2008–2010 Toronto FC 65 (16) 2011– Los Angeles Galaxy 27 (7) National team‡ 2005 United States U20 4 (1) 2008 United States 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 8, 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 19, 2010Chad Barrett (born April 30, 1985 in San Diego, California) is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.
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Career
College
Barrett played two seasons of college soccer at UCLA, and led the team in assists his second year. He chose to forgo the rest of his college career, signing a Generation adidas contract with MLS.
Professional
Chicago Fire drafted Barrett with the third overall pick of the 2005 MLS SuperDraft, and he quickly established himself as a starter for the Fire during the 2007 season, scoring seven goals. He scored a key goal in the Fire's win at D.C. United in the first round of the playoffs.
Barrett is known for his workman-like play. In his three seasons with Chicago, he led the team in goals two years, and was second the other. Not known for a great first touch, his industrious play resulted in eighteen league goals in his time in Chicago where the often more heralded Calen Carr failed to impress.[1]
With the Chicago Fire, Barrett won the 2006 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
On April 12, 2008, Barrett led the Chicago Fire over the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 in front of 20,038 fans at the Earthquakes home opener at McAfee Coliseum. Barrett tallied the game-winning goal in the ninth minute,[2] while Fire goalkeeper Jon Busch recorded eight saves in his second shutout of the season.
He, along with a 1st-round SuperDraft pick and allocation money, was traded to Toronto FC on July 25, 2008, in exchange for the rights to Brian McBride. Barrett signed a 4 year contract extension with Toronto FC on September 1, 2008.
On April 28, 2010, Barrett scored his first goal of the 2010 season, the second goal in a 2-0 win over the Montreal Impact during the opening game of the 2010 Canadian Championship [3] On May 8, 2010, Barret added his first league goals of the season, scoring a pair in Toronto's 4-1 win over his former team, the Chicago Fire.[4]
In the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round tie against C.D. Motagua, Barrett scored two goals (one in each leg), helping Toronto F.C. to a 3-2 aggregate win.[5]
Barrett was traded to the Los Angeles Galaxy on January 13, 2011 in exchange for future considerations.[6] On October 2, 2011, Barrett scored his 40th career goal in a 2-1 over Real Salt Lake.[7] This goal placed Barrett in the top 50 MLS scorers of all-time.[8]
International
Barrett has played for various youth United States national teams. He was a key player on the Under-20 team at the 2005 World Youth Championship and was named to the U-23 men's national team for 2008 Olympic qualifying.
He made his debut for the United States men's national soccer team on June 22, 2008, coming on as a second half substitute in a World Cup qualifier against Barbados.
Honors
Chicago Fire
Toronto FC
- Canadian Championship (2): 2009, 2010
Los Angeles Galaxy
- Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield (1): 2011
- Major League Soccer Western Conference Championship (1): 2011
See also
References
- ^ "United steal three points". Puro Futbol Online. 2010-08-02. http://purofutbolonline.com/news.php?nid=2546. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "Barrett scores game-winning goal against Quakes". Puro Futbol Online. http://purofutbolonline.com/news.php?nid=2508. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ Mallet, Peter (28 April 2010) "Toronto Still Unbeaten Against Montreal" torontofc.ca http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2010/04/toronto-still-unbeaten-against-montreal. Retrieved 11 May 2010
- ^ "Reds put out the Fire" Torontofc.ca 8 May 2010 http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2010/05/reds-put-out-fire
- ^ "TFC earns 1st Champions League Berth" CBC.ca August 4, 2010 http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2010/08/03/sp-torontofc-motagua.html
- ^ "Acquire Chad Barrett from Toronto FC". LA Galaxy. 2011-01-13. http://www.lagalaxy.com/news/2011/01/la-galaxy-acquire-chad-barrett-toronto-fc. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ Luis Bueno (2011-10-02). "Galaxy show character, find way to get job done vs. RSL". LA Galaxy. http://www.lagalaxy.com/news/2011/10/galaxy-show-character-find-way-get-job-done-vs-rsl. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "Statistics". MLSsoccer.com. http://www.mlssoccer.com/stats/alltime?page=1. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
External links
Los Angeles Galaxy – current squad 1 Ricketts · 2 Dunivant · 3 Berhalter · 4 Gonzalez · 5 Franklin · 6 Hejduk · 7 Kirovski · 8 Birchall · 10 Donovan · 11 Barrett · 12 Saunders · 14 Keane · 15 Keat · 16 Jiménez · 17 Cristman · 18 Magee · 19 Juninho · 20 DeLaGarza · 21 McCarty · 22 Leonardo · 23 Beckham · 24 Perk · 25 López · 26 Stephens · 27 Jordan · 28 Thomas · 29 Robinson · 30 Cardozo · 32 McBean · 33 Alvarado ·
Head Coach: Arena Associate Head Coach: Sarachan Assistant Coach: Onalfo Player/Assistant Coach: Berhalter Goalkeeper Coach: Feuer
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- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' soccer)
- People from San Diego, California
- Soccer players from California
- Toronto FC players
- UCLA Bruins men's soccer players
- United States men's international soccer players
- 1985 births
- Living people
- American expatriates in Canada
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