Zak Ibsen

American retired soccer player (born 1972)

Zak IbsenPersonal information

Date of birth|  (1972-06-02) June 2, 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth|  Santa Clara, California, United States
Height|  5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)|  Defender
College career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1990–1992|  UCLA Bruins|  |
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1993|  VfL Bochum II|  5|  (0)
1993|  1\. FC Saarbrücken II|  2|  (0)
1993|  FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt|  2|  (0)
1994|  Los Angeles Salsa|  |
1995|  Hawaii Tsunami|  |
1995–1996|  Baltimore Spirit (indoor)|  17|  (10)
1996|  Tampa Bay Terror (indoor)|  9|  (2)
1996|  New England Revolution|  6|  (0)
1996|  Dallas Burn|  16|  (1)
1997|  California Jaguars|  15|  (1)
1998|  Chicago Fire|  27|  (0)
1999–2000|  Los Angeles Galaxy|  50|  (3)
2001–2002|  San Jose Earthquakes|  41|  (2)
International career
1992–1996|  United States|  15|  (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zak Ibsen (born June 2, 1972) is an American retired soccer player.

## Career

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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

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His professional soccer career ended due to a crystal meth addiction which left him homeless.[10]

## References

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1. ^ a b "UCLA's National Team Connection" in 2007 UCLA Men's Soccer (accessed 2014-09-12).
2. ^ "Soccer", The Washington Post, July 13, 1992.
3. ^ a b "Revolution add Naveda, 5 others", The Boston Globe, March 5, 1996 (subscription required).
4. ^ Spirit's pursuit of offense brings ex-Maryland star; Team acquires Garvey from Tampa Bay for Ibsen
5. ^ a b Zak Ibsen, MLSSoccer.com (accessed 2014-09-12).
6. ^ Len Ziehm, "L.A.'s Ibsen gets his ring for Fire title, Chicago Sun-Times, April 18, 1999 (subscription required).
7. ^ 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).
8. ^ "Zak Ibsen", Chicago Sun-Times, July 21, 1998 (subscription required).
9. ^ "Zak IBSEN". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
10. ^ Bell, Jack (2009-08-02). "Zak Ibsen Was Saved by the Beach". Goal. Retrieved 2021-10-19.

## External links

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* Zak Ibsen at Major League Soccer

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United States soccer squad – 1992 Summer Olympics

* 1 Friedel
* 2 Rast (c)
* 3 Lalas
* 4 Burns
* 5 Imler
* 6 Brose
* 7 Washington
* 8 Lapper
* 9 Snow
* 10 Reyna
* 11 Allnutt
* 12 Dayak
* 13 Moore
* 14 Jones
* 15 Ibsen
* 16 Lagos
* 17 Huwiler
* 18 Feuer
* 19 Henderson
* 20 Onalfo
* Coach: Osiander

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals
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