Chad Deering (born September 2, 1970 in Garland, Texas) is a retired American soccer midfielder. Deering spent his professional career in the Germany as well as with the U.S. based Major League Soccer and Major Indoor Soccer League. He earned 18 caps with the U.S. national team including one game in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Garland is a suburb of Dallas, Texas, in Dallas County, Texas, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 215,768. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada. ... The Major Indoor Soccer League is the top professional indoor soccer league in the USA. The league is a member of both the United States Soccer Federation and FIFA. The MISL replaced the NPSL which folded in 2001. ... A cap is an appearance for a select team, such as a school, county or international team in sports. ... First international Unofficial: USA 0 - 1 Canada  (Newark, NJ, USA; November 28, 1885) Official:  Sweden 2 - 3 USA (Stockholm, Sweden; August 20, 1916) Biggest win USA 8 - 1 Cayman Islands  (Mission Viejo, CA, USA; November 14, 1993) USA 7 - 0 El Salvador  (Los Angeles, CA, USA; December 5, 1993) USA... Qualifying countries The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th staging of the World Cup, was held in France from June 10 to July 12 after 60 years to celebrate the third edition scheduled in 1938. ...

Youth and early career

Deering was born in Garland, Texas and grew up in Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, where he attended Plano Senior High School. He was twice selected as a Parade Magazine high school All American and was the 1988 Texas high school player of the year his senior year. While in high school, he debuted with the U.S. U-16 national team for whom he played at the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship. During that tournament, Deering scored a goal in a 4-2 loss to South Korea. Garland is a suburb of Dallas, Texas, in Dallas County, Texas, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 215,768. ... Nickname: Location within the state of Texas Coordinates: , County Government  - Mayor Pat Evans Area  - City 185. ... Plano Senior High School (commonly Plano, Plano Senior, or PSHS) is a free public secondary school in Plano, Texas, United States serving students in grades 11-12. ... In addition to its most general meaning, a parade is: a general term for a collected formation of troops, typically with restricted movement; or a place or avenue for the parading of troops on ceremonial occasions, for example Horse Guards Parade in London and ANZAC Parade in Canberra; It can... The term All-American has two uses: It can be used as a reference to an athlete selected as a member of an All_America team, as in Eddie George was named an All-American football player by both wire services in 1995. ... The FIFA U-16 World Championship 1987 was held in the cities of Toronto, Saint John, Montreal, and St. ...

Deering was highly recruited out of high school and elected to play with Indiana University which had just won the NCAA championship. However, he left Indiana after only two season in order to pursue a professional career in Germany, having scored 12 goals and assisted on 12 others. He earned NCAA first team All American honors his second, and final season, with Indiana. That year he was also the NCAA's post-season tournament's points leader with 3 goals and 1 assist. Indiana University, founded in 1820, is a nine-campus university system in the state of Indiana. ... The NCAA began conducting a mens soccer national championship tournament in 1959 with an eight-team tournament. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... The NCAA each year names the 11 best Division I college soccer players to its annual First-Team All-American list. ...

Germany

Deering began his professional career with the Werder Bremen reserve team. After three years and no chance of playing for the Bremen first team, Deering moved to Schalke04 in 1993 where he continued to languish playing for Schalke's amateur squad. In 1994, Deering played a single seaon with Rosenborg of the Norwegian Premier League. He returned to Germany the next year, becoming the first of several Americans to sign with Regionalliga team Kickers Emden. In 1996, he moved from Emden to German Second Division club VfL Wolfsburg and finally found a top German team which would play him. That season, he helped Wolfsburg gain promotion to the Bundesliga. The next year, Deering played 15 games for Wolfsburg in its first year in the German top division. Werder Bremen is a German football club playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. ... FC Schalke 04 is a German football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ... Rosenborg Ballklub (RBK) is a Norwegian football club from the city of Trondheim, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League. ... The Norwegian Premier League is the top division for football (soccer) in Norway. ... The Fußball-Regionalliga (regional league) is the name of the 3rd division football league in Germany. ... BSV Kickers Emden is a German football club, located in Emden, Germany. ... The 2nd Bundesliga is the Second Division of professional football in Germany. ... VfL Wolfsburg is a German sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony which is best known for its football club which currently plays in the countrys first division Bundesliga. ... The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germanys football league system. ...

MLS

In 1998, Deering expressed an interest in returning to the U.S. to play in Major League Soccer (MLS). He subsequently signed with the league, and on July 2, 1998, MLS allocated Deering to the Dallas Burn where he became a regular for the next seven years. Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada. ... In Major League Soccer, an allocation represents an amount of money teams can use to sign players and/or allocate to their salaries to get under the salary cap. ... Year Founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Stadium Frisco Soccer and Entertainment Center Coach Colin Clarke, 2003- All-Time Leaders* Games Jason Kreis, 247 Goals Jason Kreis, 91 Assists Jason Kreis, 65 Points Jason Kreis, 247 Shutouts Matt Jordan, 30 First Game Dallas Burn 0 - 0 San Jose Clash (Cotton...

MISL

On January 24, 2004, Deering signed with the Dallas Sidekicks of Major Indoor Soccer League. The 2003-2004 season was nearly over and Deering played only 9 games with the Sidekicks. {| style=margin:5px; border:1px solid #8888AA; align=right cellpadding=3 cellspacing=3 width=280 |- align=center bgcolor=#dddddd |colspan=2| Dallas Sidekicks |- align=center |colspan=2| |- align=center bgcolor=#eeeeee || Operated || 1984 - 2004 |- align=center || Arena || Reunion Arena |- align=center bgcolor=#eeeeee || Based in || Dallas, Texas |- align=center || Colors... The Major Indoor Soccer League is the top professional indoor soccer league in the USA. The league is a member of both the United States Soccer Federation and FIFA. The MISL replaced the NPSL which folded in 2001. ...

U.S. Minor Leagues

He also played with the DFW Tornados of the minor league PDL. On December 30, 2004, the Charleston Battery of the USL First Division signed Deering. On March 16, 2005, Deering announced his retirement from professional soccer and his intention to return to Plano, Texas to pursue a coaching career.^[1] He never played a game with the Battery, as its season had ended on August 2004 and the 2005 season did not begin until April 2005. The DFW Tornados, also known as the Dallas-Fort Worth Tornadoes, is a PDL soccer club located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. ... The USL Premier Development League (PDL) is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid. ... The Charleston Battery is a U.S. professional mens soccer team based in Charleston, South Carolina. ... The United Soccer Leagues First Division (often referred to as simply, USL-1) is a professional mens soccer league in North America. ...

National Team

He earned his first cap when he came on for Hugo Perez in a December 18, 1993 loss to Germany. Deering would go on to play 18 games for the U.S. national team, scoring his only national team goal in a March 14, 1998 2-2 tie with Paraguay. When U.S. coach Steve Sampson sacked John Harkes, the team's primary defensive midfielder prior to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Sampson moved Deering into that position.^[2] However, Deering proved unable to replace Harkes and played only a single game, a 0-2 loss to Germany, in the World Cup. A cap is an appearance for a select team, such as a school, county or international team in sports. ... Hugo Ernesto Perez (born November 8, 1963 in El Salvador) is a former soccer midfielder from the United States. ... First international Unofficial: USA 0 - 1 Canada  (Newark, NJ, USA; November 28, 1885) Official:  Sweden 2 - 3 USA (Stockholm, Sweden; August 20, 1916) Biggest win USA 8 - 1 Cayman Islands  (Mission Viejo, CA, USA; November 14, 1993) USA 7 - 0 El Salvador  (Los Angeles, CA, USA; December 5, 1993) USA... Steve Sampson (born January 19, 1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a soccer coach, the former head coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. ... John Harkes (born March 8, 1967 in Kearny, New Jersey) is a former American soccer player and currently an assistant coach with Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer. ... Qualifying countries The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th staging of the World Cup, was held in France from June 10 to July 12 after 60 years to celebrate the third edition scheduled in 1938. ...

Deering is currently the Director of Coaching for the Blackwatch Soccer Club in McKinney, Texas.

External links

• Dallas Sidekicks profile
• Sams Army profile
• Announcement of signing with Battery - overview of career

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