Zak Ibsen
Template:Short description Template:Infobox football biography Zak Ibsen (born June 2, 1972) is a retired American soccer player.
CareerEdit
Ibsen played college soccer at UCLA.<ref name="UCLA">"UCLA's National Team Connection" in 2007 UCLA Men's Soccer (accessed 2014-09-12).</ref> He was a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team<ref>"Soccer", The Washington Post, July 13, 1992.</ref> and the U.S. National Team.<ref name="UCLA"/> He played in Germany<ref name="Revolution add">"Revolution add Naveda, 5 others", The Boston Globe, March 5, 1996 Template:Subscription required.</ref> and 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.<ref>Spirit's pursuit of offense brings ex-Maryland star; Team acquires Garvey from Tampa Bay for Ibsen</ref> He then joined Major League Soccer in 1996. Selected by New England in the 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft,<ref name="Revolution add" /> he also later played for Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Jose.<ref name="stats">Zak Ibsen, MLSSoccer.com (accessed 2014-09-12).</ref> He won MLS titles with the Chicago Fire in 1998<ref>Len Ziehm, "L.A.'s Ibsen gets his ring for Fire title, Chicago Sun-Times, April 18, 1999 Template:Subscription required.</ref> and the San Jose Earthquakes in 2001.<ref name="worsttofirst"> "Earthquakes cap worst-to-first burst DeRosario's overtime goal topples Galaxy for MLS crown", Chicago Sun-Times, October 22, 2001 Template:Subscription required.</ref> During his MLS career, Ibsen played 140 games, scored 6 goals, and had 10 assists.<ref name="stats" /> His most notable assist came during MLS Cup 2001, in which he assisted Dwayne De Rosario's game-winning goal for the Earthquakes.<ref name="worsttofirst" />
Long active in beach soccer,<ref>"Zak Ibsen", Chicago Sun-Times, July 21, 1998 Template:Subscription required.</ref> Ibsen played for the United States national beach soccer team at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in 2006 and 2007.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal lifeEdit
His professional soccer career ended due to a crystal meth addiction which left him homeless.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>