Dan Lader

Dan Lader

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Arthur Lader
Date of birth	August 12, 1983 (1983-08-12) (age 28)
Place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace Baltimore
Number	12
Youth career
2001–2004	Salisbury Seagulls
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005	Baltimore Colts
2007	Virginia Legacy	15	(3)
2008–	Crystal Palace Baltimore	55	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 22, 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

Dan Lader (born August 12, 1983 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American soccer player currently playing for Crystal Palace Baltimore in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.

Career

College

Lader grew up in Bel Air, Maryland and played college soccer at Salisbury University, where he was a 2004 All-American, the 2004 Conference Player of the Year, and was named to three All Conference teams, three Regional All-American teams, and helped take Salisbury to the 2004 NCAA Final Four.

Professional

Lader played for Maryland-based amateur team Baltimore Colts, with whom he won the 2005 USASA Open Cup,^[1] and later played in the USL Premier Development League as an over-age player for Virginia Legacy in 2007 before turning professional with Crystal Palace Baltimore in the USL Second Division in 2008.

Lader made his professional debut for Palace on April 25, 2008 as a substitute in his team's 3-0 opening day victory over the Pittsburgh Riverhounds,^[2] and scored his first professional goal in a 1-1 draw with the New England Revolution, the reigning Lamar Hunt US Open Cup champions, in the quarter-finals of that competition.^[3] On March 16, 2010 Baltimore announced the re-signing of Lader to a new contract for the 2010 season.^[4]

Career statistics

(correct as of 19 September 2010)

Club	Season	League			Cup[5]			Play-Offs			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Virginia Legacy	2007	15	3	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	15	3	?
Total	2007	15	3	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	15	3	?
Crystal Palace Baltimore	2008	14	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	20	1	0
Crystal Palace Baltimore	2009	18	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	3	1
Crystal Palace Baltimore	2010	22	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	2
Total	2008–present	54	3	3	6	1	0	2	0	0	62	4	3

References

1. ^ Crystal Palace Baltimore signs Dan Lader
2. ^ http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2008/650644.html
3. ^ SU Alum Dan Lader re-signs with Crystal Palace Baltimore
4. ^ "Nine Return from 2009 Crystal Palace Squad". NASL.com. http://www.nasl.com/news.php?id=95. Retrieved 2010-03-15. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ Includes Lamar Hunt US Open Cup

External links

• Crystal Palace Baltimore bio

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Name	Lader, Dan
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Date of birth	1983-08-12
Place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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