Wade Webber
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wade Webber | ||
Date of birth | January 12, 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Renton, Washington, United States | ||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
Position(s) |
Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Seattle Sounders FC | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1988 | Portland Pilots | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1987 |
F.C. Portland | ||
1989 |
Portland Timbers | ||
1990 | Seattle Storm | ||
1994–1996 | Seattle Sounders | ||
1997 |
Dallas Burn | 18 | (2) |
1997 |
→ New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers (loan) | 2 | (1) |
1998–1999 | Miami Fusion | 35 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2018–2020 | Tacoma Defiance (assistant) | ||
2021–2023 | Tacoma Defiance | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Wade Webber (born January 12, 1967) is an American
Dallas Burn and Miami Fusion before suffering a career ending knee injury. He is currently head coach of MLS Next Pro club Tacoma Defiance
.
Youth and college
Webber grew up in the Seattle area, attending
Thomas Jefferson High School from 1983 to 1985. In his three years at Jefferson High, Webber was a key part of three consecutive state high school soccer championships. After graduating from high school, Webber attended the University of Portland where he played on the men's soccer from 1985 to 1988. His senior year the Pilots went to the NCAA Final Four only to fall to eventual champion Indiana
.
Western Soccer League
While still in college, Webber played with
F.C. Portland of the Western Soccer Alliance during the collegiate off season. He spent both the 1986 and 1987 season with Portland.[1][2]
In 1989, he returned to the professional circuit, this time with the
American Soccer League
. The Storm finished with a record of 10-10 and folded at the end of the season. Webber was a second team APSL All Star.
Following the demise of the Storm, Webber briefly left professional soccer as he took a teaching job. In 1993, Webber earned a master's degree in teaching from Seattle University. At the time he was also teaching history and coaching the boys soccer team at Sedro-Woolley High School.
In 1994, he returned to soccer with the
North American Soccer League Sounders. Despite being a first year team, the 1994 Sounders went to the APSL semifinals.[5] During the season, Webber was also a history teacher at Sedro-Woolley High School.[6]
Then in 1995 and 1996, the Sounders took the title. In 1994, Webber played 17 games, scoring two goals. In 1995, he saw time in 23 games, scoring one goal.
MLS
In 1997, the
Expansion Draft and he was selected by the Miami Fusion. Webber went on to play two seasons with the Fusion, but on May 15, 1999, he suffered a career ending knee injury.[1][dead link
]
Post playing career
Since retiring from playing professional soccer, Webber spent ten years teaching IB History of the Americas and coaching girls soccer at his alma mater
Thomas Jefferson High School. He previously coached at Washington Premier Football Club.[7] After spending three seasons with the team as an assistant, Webber was named head coach of the Tacoma Defiance.[8] Ahead of the 2024 season, Webber was promoted to Director of Development for the Seattle Sounders FC Academy system.[9]
References
- ^ "WSA 1986 Season".
- ^ "WSA 1987 Season".
- ^ "Portland Timbers Fan Page". Archived from the original on 2009-03-21.
- ^ http://soundercentral.com/1990_roster.htm
- ^ "Sounders - 1995 Summary".
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Peter Fewing Soccer Camp | Camp Staff | Seattle Washington".
- ^ "WADE WEBBER NAMED TACOMA DEFIANCE HEAD COACH". tacdefiance.com. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ Seattle Sounders FC (2023-11-20). "Henry Brauner and Wade Webber Promoted to New Roles Within Sounders FC Development System". Retrieved 2024-02-14.