 Marshall with the Seattle Sounders in 2016 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1984-08-22)August 22, 1984 (age 40) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Riverside, California, United States | |||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | Irvine Strikers | |||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Stanford Cardinal | 40 | (3) | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2004–2013 | Columbus Crew | 253 | (16) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | Seattle Sounders FC | 156 | (10) | |||||||||||
| Total | 409 | (26) | ||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | United States U17 | 12 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | United States U20 | 30 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2004 | United States U23 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2005–2017 | United States | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 22, 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 3, 2017 | ||||||||||||||
Chad Marshall (born August 22, 1984) is an American former professionalsoccer player. During his 16-year career, he played forColumbus Crew andSeattle Sounders FC inMajor League Soccer. Regarded as one of the league's greatest players of all time,[1] he was a three-timeMLS Defender of the Year Award winner, two-timeMLS Cup winner, four-timeSupporters' Shield winner, aU.S. Open Cup winner, and was selected to fourAll-Star teams.
Marshall attendedRubidoux High School in Jurupa Valley, California where he was an NCSAA All-American,Parade All-America selection his junior and senior years, andParade's Best Defender in his senior year.[2] Coming out of high school he was rated as the top college soccer recruit in the country bySoccer America. In addition to his soccer exploits, Chad was also an avidequestrian. He played club soccer for the prestigious club soccer team Irvine Strikers coached by the legendary club coachDon Ebert, helping lead the team to four state titles.[3] He attended theIMG Soccer Academy in fall 2000 through spring 2001.[4] Chad attendedStanford University for college, and as a freshman in 2002, He started 20 of 21 regular season games en route to earningSoccer America's Freshman of the Year and Second Team All-Pac-10 honors. He scored two game-winning overtime goals in theNCAA College Cup playoffs, securing 2-1 victories againstFurman in the third round andCreighton in the semifinals, while being named to that year's College Cup All-Tournament team.[2] After two seasons with theCardinal, he decided to turn pro.
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Marshall was drafted second overall in the2004 MLS SuperDraft byColumbus Crew. He had an exemplary first year, anchoring the Crew defense along withRobin Fraser, who won theMLS Defender of the Year award that season,[5] and helped the team to an eighteen-game unbeaten streak and theMLS Supporters' Shield. He finished the season with twenty-seven starts, and was a close second toClint Dempsey in the voting for theMLS Rookie of the Year Award.[6] He only played in twelve matches in 2007 due to ongoingconcussion issues that threatened to end his career.[7][8]
Marshall's strongest campaign with the Crew came in 2008. He led the defense on the squad that won both the Supporters' Shield and theMLS Cup 2008, a game in which Marshall scored the game-winning goal.[9] After the season, he was voted to theMLS Best XI[10] and was also awarded the MLS Defender of the Year award, beating competition fromBakary Soumaré andJimmy Conrad.[5]
Marshall's contract ran out after the 2008 campaign. After a brief trial for part of December with German2. Bundesliga sideMainz 05[11][12][13] he re-signed with Columbus on December 26, 2008.[14]
In 2009, Marshall was awarded MLS Player of the Month award while playing every minute of the Crew’s four games that month, scoring two game-winning goals, and helping Columbus to three shutout victories.[15]
On March 17, 2011, Marshall was named captain of Columbus Crew for the 2011 season to fill the void left by departing captainFrankie Hejduk. In December 2011, Columbus signed Marshall to a long-term contract extension through the 2015 MLS season.[16]
During the 2012 season, Marshall missed eight games due to a concussion.[8]
On December 12, 2013, Marshall was traded toSeattle Sounders FC in exchange for allocation money and a third-round2015 MLS SuperDraft pick.[17] He scored his first goal as a Sounder, a game-winning header in the 84th minute, against thePhiladelphia Union on May 3.[18] He was namedMLS Defender of the Year for the third time as the Sounders won theSupporters' Shield.
On May 22, 2019, Marshall announced his retirement from professional soccer due to injury, concluding a historic 16-year Major League Soccer career at age 34.[19]
As a teenager, Marshall trained at theUnited States Soccer Federation's exclusiveBradenton Academy and has played for several United States youth national teams. He played for the United States at the2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, now commonly known as theFIFA U-20 World Cup, in theUnited Arab Emirates. He later moved up and earned time with theUnder-23 team.
Marshall earned his first cap and scored his first goal for thesenior national team on March 9, 2005, againstColombia. Marshall was selected for the2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup for the United States and received his first cap since 2005 in the side's opening match againstGrenada. Marshall went on to play in five games throughout the tournament and garnered Gold Cup All-Tournament honors.
On May 11, 2010, Bob Bradley, the U.S. Men's National Team head coach selected Marshall for the 30-man preliminary roster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[20]On May 26, 2010, Bradley decided to keep Marshall off the 23 man roster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[21]
On January 6, 2017, after almost seven years of absence from international soccer, Marshall was called for theUnited States national team by coachBruce Arena.[22]
Marshall is known for his aerial ability, strength, consistency, defensive positioning, and his comfort with the ball at his feet.[2][3][8][23][24][25]
| Club | Season | MLS | Playoffs | Cup | Champions League | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Columbus Crew | 2004 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 30 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||||
| 2006 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |||||
| 2007 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |||||
| 2008 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6 | |||
| 2009 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 24 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 2013 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 253 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 272 | 19 | |
| Seattle Sounders FC | 2014 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 38 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 156 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 186 | 12 | |
| Career totals | 409 | 27 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 458 | 31 | |
| References:[26][27][28][29][30] | |||||||||||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2005 | 4 | 1 |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 9, 2005 | Titan Stadium,Fullerton, United States | 1 |  Colombia | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
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