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 Brand with the Seattle Sounders in 1980 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1953-04-04)4 April 1953 (age 72) | ||
| Place of birth | Braunschweig,West Germany | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973 | Toronto Hungaria | ? | (?) |
| 1974 | Toronto Metros | 14 | (0) |
| 1975 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | 3 | (0) |
| 1976 | Toronto Italia | ? | (?) |
| 1977 | Rochester Lancers | 31 | (0) |
| 1978 | New York Cosmos | 22 | (0) |
| 1979 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 9 | (0) |
| 1980–1982 | Seattle Sounders | 55 | (0) |
| 1982 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 14 | (0) |
| 1984 | F.C. Seattle | ||
| International career | |||
| 1974 | Canada | 1 | (0) |
| 1975, 1976 | Canadian Olympic (senior) | 10 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jack Brand (born 4 April 1953) is a Canadian retired professional soccergoalkeeper. He holds the record for most shutouts in a season in theNorth American Soccer League with 15 in 1980. He was born inBraunschweig,West Germany.[1] In 2008, Jack was inducted into theCanadian Soccer Hall of Fame
Brand began his senior club career withToronto Hungaria of theNational Soccer League in 1973.[2] In 1974, he joinedToronto Metros of NASL and played 14 regular season games. In '75, he played 2 regular season and 1 play-off game for theToronto Metros-Croatia. Brand returned to the NSL for 1976, helpingToronto Italia win the league championship.[3] He returned to the NASL for '77, playing 26 regular season games and 5 play-off games for theRochester Lancers.
With theNew York Cosmos in 1978, Brand appeared in 10 regular season and 5 play-off games, and was in goal as the Cosmos wonSoccer Bowl '78 3–1 over Tampa Bay. The following season after 7 games changed teams and played 4 regular season and 5 play-off games for theTulsa Roughnecks.
1980 was Brand's career year, playing with theSeattle Sounders. The Sounders went on to post a 25–7 win-lose record, constituting a NASL record for wins in a season. Brand was voted North American Player of the Year and NASL Second Team All-Star in posting a 0.91 GAA and 15 shutouts, also a league record. The following season though the team sputtered to a losing record. Brand played in 23 games. He concluded his NASL career playing 14 contests for theTampa Bay Rowdies in 1982. In 1984, he played forF.C. Seattle in the F.C. Seattle Challenge Cup.[4] He briefly served as coach of F.C. Seattle before being replaced byBruce Rioch in February 1985.
Brand was earned his only senior 'A' as a 21-year-old on 28 October 1974 inBudapest in a 1–1 draw. He was Canada's goalkeeper in their home1976 Summer Olympics.[1] The team was eliminated in the first stage of the tournament, losing 1–2 to the Soviet Union and 1–3 toNorth Korea. In 6 pre-Olympic friendlies played in Canada in 1975, Brand and the Canucks conceded a whopping 25 goals in 6 losing contests played against the Olympic teams of Poland, Hungary, and East Germany. He also was a member of the Canadian squad at the1975 Pan American Games.[5]
Brand comes from a sports family with his parents involved in track and field. He earned a commerce and finance degree from theUniversity of Rochester. In 1978, Brand married his high school sweetheart, Birgit Leveloh.[6] He currently lives in Toronto, where he runs his family's industrial felt company.[7]
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