Zak Ibsen (born June 2, 1972) is an American retired soccer player.
Career
Ibsen played college soccer at UCLA.[1] He was a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team[2] and the U.S. National Team.[1] He played in Germany[3] and in the National Professional Soccer League for the Baltimore Spirit as a midfielder before he was traded to the Tampa Bay Terror on January 17, 1996, in exchange for John Garvey.[4] He then joined Major League Soccer in 1996. Selected by New England in the 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft,[3] he also later played for Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Jose.[5] He won MLS titles with the Chicago Fire in 1998[6] and the San Jose Earthquakes in 2001.[7] During his MLS career Ibsen played in 140 games, scored 6 goals, and had 10 assists.[5] His most notable assist came during MLS Cup 2001, in which he assisted Dwayne De Rosario's game-winning goal for the Earthquakes.[7]
Long active in beach soccer,[8] Ibsen played for the United States national beach soccer team at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in 2006 and 2007.[9]
Personal life
His professional soccer career ended due to a crystal meth addiction which left him homeless.[10]
References
- ^ a b "UCLA's National Team Connection" in 2007 UCLA Men's Soccer (accessed 2014-09-12).
- ^ "Soccer", The Washington Post, July 13, 1992.
- ^ a b "Revolution add Naveda, 5 others", The Boston Globe, March 5, 1996 (subscription required).
- ^ Spirit's pursuit of offense brings ex-Maryland star; Team acquires Garvey from Tampa Bay for Ibsen
- ^ a b Zak Ibsen, MLSSoccer.com (accessed 2014-09-12).
- ^ Len Ziehm, "L.A.'s Ibsen gets his ring for Fire title, Chicago Sun-Times, April 18, 1999 (subscription required).
- ^ a b "Earthquakes cap worst-to-first burst DeRosario's overtime goal topples Galaxy for MLS crown", Chicago Sun-Times, October 22, 2001 (subscription required).
- ^ "Zak Ibsen", Chicago Sun-Times, July 21, 1998 (subscription required).
- ^ "Zak IBSEN". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Bell, Jack (2009-08-02). "Zak Ibsen Was Saved by the Beach". Goal. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
