Brad Evans (soccer)

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Brad Evans
Evans in 2017
Personal information
Full name Bradley Ray Evans
Date of birth (1985-04-20) April 20, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, defender
Youth career
1993–2003 Tempe Warriors
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 UC Irvine Anteaters 75 (31)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Orange County Blue Star 15 (7)
2007–2008 Columbus Crew 30 (5)
2009–2017 Seattle Sounders FC 200 (20)
2018 Sporting Kansas City 0 (0)
2018 →
Swope Park Rangers
(loan)		 4 (0)
Total 249 (32)
International career
2005 United States U20 5 (0)
2009–2017 United States 27 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bradley Ray Evans (born April 20, 1985) is an American retired professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He is now a color commentator for radio broadcasts of Seattle Sounders FC matches.

Born in

Expansion Draft by the Sounders in 2008. He won "Player of the Week" honors in October 2012 for a two-goal performance against FC Dallas. Evans has appeared five times for the under-20 national team in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, and 27 times for the senior national team, including the 2009 Gold Cup
.

Early life and career

Evans was born to Tom and Dawn Grippando in

college soccer.[3][4] Playing for the UC Irvine Anteaters, Evans scored a record 31 goals during his four-year career and graduated as the school's career leader in total points, at 73. He won Big West Offensive Player of the Year in 2005 and 2006 and was an All-American in 2006.[3]

Evans played with

Los Angeles and Bakersfield.[8][9][10]

Club career

Columbus Crew

Brad Evans in pre-match warm-ups with the Columbus Crew, 2008

During the

Kansas City Wizards in the Conference Semifinals.[16][19] Evans started and played minutes during the MLS Cup final, a 3–1 win over the New York Red Bulls on November 23.[2][20][21]

Seattle Sounders FC

Playing for the Sounders in 2011

Three days after winning the

Houston Dynamo in the Conference Semifinal.[28][30][31]

Evans began the

Chivas USA before playing both games of the MLS Cup playoffs, where the Sounders lost 3–2 on aggregate to Real Salt Lake.[43][44] Evans finished with a career-high 5 goals and 5 assists in all competitions and ranked 3rd in both goals and assists in MLS play.[45]

Los Angeles Galaxy.[60] The midfielder played for the Sounders in 29 MLS matches and totaled 4 goals and 4 assists, with 39 appearances and 6 goals in all competitions.[61]

At the end of the 2017 season, Evans became a free agent.[62]

Sporting Kansas City

On February 20, 2018, Evans joined Sporting Kansas City as a free agent.[63] He announced his retirement as an active player on December 17, 2018.[64]

International career

friendly against Austria
.

Evans was a member of the

Gold Cup final on July 26.[75][76]

Evans appeared in a 2–1

right back instead of his usual midfield positions, which proved beneficial as he scored his first international goal in the latter match, a 2–1 win for the United States in stoppage time.[88][89]

Broadcasting career

After his retirement, Evans joined the Sounders in 2020 as a club ambassador and also worked in various broadcast roles.[90] He co-hosted a podcast with Steve Zakuani, which included interviews of MLS and Sounders players.[91] In 2023, Evans was named the color commentator for KJR radio broadcasts of Sounders matches. He replaced Kasey Keller, who had been in the role for television and most radio broadcasts.[92]

Career statistics

Club

Sources:[2][5][6][8][93]

Club Season League Playoffs[a] Cup
Continental
 Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Orange County Blue Star 2004
PDL
 6 4 0 0 – – 6 4
2005 1 1 0 0 0 0 – 1 1
2006 8 2 1 1 – – 9 3
Total 15 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 8
Columbus Crew 2007 MLS 4 0 – 0 0 – 4 0
2008 26 5 4 1 0 0 – 30 6
Total 30 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 34 6
Seattle Sounders FC 2009 MLS 27 3 2 0 1 0 – 30 3
2010 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
2011 20 5 2 0 2 0 2 1 26 6
2012 29 4 4 0 3 1 5 2 41 7
2013 24 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 30 5
2014 26 0 4 1 5 1 – 35 2
2015 28 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 33 2
2016 23 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 31 1
2017 11 1 0 0 0 0 – 11 1
Total 200 20 21 2 13 2 15 4 249 28
Sporting Kansas City 2018 MLS 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Swope Park Rangers
(loan) 		2018
USL
 4 0 0 0 – – 4 0
Career total 249 32 26 4 13 2 15 4 303 42
  1. ^ Appearances in the PDL Playoffs and MLS Cup Playoffs

International

Sources:[2][65]

United States
Year Apps Goals
2009
 3 0
2010
 1 0
2011
 0 0
2012
 2 0
2013
 10 1
2014
 1 0
2015
 8 0
2016
 1 0
2017
 1 0
Total 27 1

International goals

Scores and results list United States' goal tally first.[94]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Reference
1. June 7, 2013 Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Jamaica 2–1 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [95]

Honors

Columbus Crew[96]

Seattle Sounders FC[96]

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