Chad Barrett

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American soccer player (born 1985)

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::summary American soccer player (born 1985) ::

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Field	Value
name	Chad Barrett
image	Chad Barrett TFC 2010.jpg
image_size	250px
fullname	Chad Randall Barrett
caption	Barrett playing for Toronto FC in 2010
birth_date
birth_place	San Diego, California, United States
height
position	Forward
collegeyears1	2003–2004
college1	UCLA Bruins
collegecaps1	43
collegegoals1	16
years1	2005–2008
clubs1	Chicago Fire
caps1	82
goals1	18
years2	2008–2010
clubs2	Toronto FC
caps2	65
goals2	16
years3	2011–2012
clubs3	LA Galaxy
caps3	45
goals3	8
years4	2012
clubs4	→ Vålerenga (loan)
caps4	5
goals4	0
years5	2013
clubs5	New England Revolution
caps5	19
goals5	2
years6	2014–2015
clubs6	Seattle Sounders FC
caps6	44
goals6	12
years7	2016
clubs7	San Jose Earthquakes
caps7	20
goals7	2
years8	2017
clubs8	Real Salt Lake
caps8	3
goals8	0
totalcaps	283
totalgoals	58
nationalyears1	2003
nationalteam1	United States U18
nationalcaps1	4
nationalgoals1	0
nationalyears2	2004–2005
nationalteam2	United States U20
nationalcaps2	19
nationalgoals2	9
nationalyears3	2008
nationalteam3	United States U23
nationalcaps3	3
nationalgoals3	0
nationalyears4	2008
nationalteam4	United States
nationalcaps4	1
nationalgoals4	0
club-update	October 25, 2017
ntupdate	June 29, 2014
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Chad Randall Barrett (born April 30, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward.

Career

College

Born in San Diego, Barrett played two seasons of college soccer at UCLA and led the team in assists his second year. He chose to forgo the rest of his college career, signing a Generation adidas contract with MLS. He attended Southridge HS and played Club Soccer for Westside Metros in Beaverton Oregon.

Professional

Chicago Fire drafted Barrett with the third overall pick of the 2005 MLS SuperDraft, and he quickly established himself as a starter for the Fire during the 2007 season, scoring seven goals. He scored a key goal in the Fire's win at D.C. United in the first round of the playoffs.

Barrett is known for his workman-like play. In his three seasons with Chicago, he led the team in goals two years, and was second the other. Not known for a great first touch, his industrious play resulted in eighteen league goals in his time in Chicago where the often more heralded Calen Carr failed to impress.

With the Chicago Fire, Barrett won the 2006 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Chad_Barrett_Bryan_Namoff.jpg" caption="Chad Barrett playing for Chicago"] ::

On April 12, 2008, Barrett led Chicago Fire over San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 in front of 20,038 fans at the Earthquakes home opener at McAfee Coliseum. Barrett tallied the game-winning goal in the ninth minute, while Fire goalkeeper Jon Busch recorded eight saves in his second shutout of the season.

He, along with a first-round pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft and allocation money, was traded to Toronto FC on July 25, 2008, in exchange for the rights to Brian McBride. Barrett signed a 4-year contract extension with Toronto FC on September 1, 2008.

On April 28, 2010, Barrett scored his first goal of the 2010 season, the second goal in a 2–0 win over Montreal Impact during the opening game of the 2010 Canadian Championship On May 8, 2010, Barrett added his first league goals of the season, scoring a pair in Toronto's 4–1 win over his former team Chicago Fire.

In the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round tie against C.D. Motagua, Barrett scored two goals (one in each leg), helping Toronto F.C. to a 3–2 aggregate win.

Barrett was traded to LA Galaxy on January 13, 2011, in exchange for future considerations. On October 2, 2011, Barrett scored his 40th career goal in a 2–1 over Real Salt Lake. This goal placed Barrett in the top 50 MLS scorers of all time.

After a brief trial, Barrett was loaned to Norwegian club Vålerenga on July 30, 2012.

Los Angeles declined Barrett's contract option for 2013 and he elected to enter the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft. On December 14, 2012, Barrett was selected in stage two of the draft by New England Revolution with the number 4 overall pick. He later officially signed a deal with the club on February 11, 2013.

On December 18, 2013, Barrett was picked up in the second stage of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft by Seattle Sounders FC. On March 8, 2014, in the Sounders season opener against Sporting KC, Barrett scored the game-winning goal in stoppage time with the game ending 1–0.

On December 28, 2015, Barrett signed with San Jose Earthquakes as a free agent.

On January 23, 2017, Barrett signed with Real Salt Lake as a free agent. His option was declined at the end of the 2017 season. He officially announced his retirement as an active player on his Instagram account on September 25, 2018.

International

Barrett has played for various youth United States national teams. He was a key player on the Under-20 team at the 2005 World Youth Championship and was named to the U-23 men's national team for 2008 Olympic qualifying.

He made his debut for the United States men's national soccer team on June 22, 2008, coming on as a second-half substitute in a World Cup qualifier against Barbados.

Media

Whilst recovering from injury Barrett and teammate David Horst would do live radio shows entitled 'the horse, the bear and the lion' which would be streamed on the RSL Facebook page.

He previews and commentates on MLS matches for ESPN700 Sports in Salt Lake.

Honors

References

(August 2, 2010). "United steal three points". Puro Futbol Online.
"Barrett scores game-winning goal against Quakes". Puro Futbol Online.
"It took a while but TFC finally lands Barrett". The Star.
Mallet, Peter. (April 28, 2010). "Toronto Still Unbeaten Against Montreal". torontofc.ca.
(May 8, 2010). "Reds put out the Fire". Torontofc.ca.
(August 4, 2010). "TFC earns 1st Champions League Berth". CBC.ca.
(January 13, 2011). "Acquire Chad Barrett from Toronto FC". LA Galaxy.
Luis Bueno. (October 2, 2011). "Galaxy show character, find way to get job done vs. RSL". LA Galaxy.
"Statistics". MLSsoccer.com.
(July 30, 2012). "Chad Barrett loaned to Norway's Vålerenga". Los Angeles Galaxy.
(December 14, 2012). "Califf, Casey among 14 picked in Stage 2 Re-Entry Draft".
(February 11, 2013). "Revs sign forward Chad Barrett, defender Bilal Duckett".
"Sounders acquire Chad Barrett, Corey Hertzog | Sounders | the Seattle Times".
(March 8, 2014). "Seattle Sounders journeyman Chad Barrett saves the day in win over Sporting Kansas City".
(December 28, 2015). "Earthquakes Sign Forward Chad Barrett".
(January 23, 2017). "Real Salt Lake Signs Free Agent Forward Chad Barrett".
"Chad Barrett".
[https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/09/26/journeyman-chad-barrett-announces-retirement-after-13-year-mls-career Zeitlin, Dave. "Journeyman Chad Barrett announces retirement after 13-year MLS career," Major League Soccer (MLS), Wednesday, September 26, 2018.] Retrieved September 27, 2018
"RSL's David Horst and Chad Barrett are media moguls with their own Facebook show".
(March 16, 2018). "Chad Barrett - Real Salt Lake - 3-16-18 | ESPN700".

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