Brian Schmetzer
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Brian Schmetzer | ||
| Date of birth | August 18, 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Seattle, Washington, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward / Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Seattle Sounders FC (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970–1980 | Lake City Hawks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1983 | Seattle Sounders | 38 | (1) |
| 1980–1981 | Seattle Sounders (indoor) | 12 | (4) |
| 1983–1984 | Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor) | 31 | (8) |
| 1984 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 20 | (1) |
| 1984–1988 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 149 | (17) |
| 1985 | → F.C. Seattle (loan) | ? | (3) |
| 1988–1990 | Tacoma Stars (indoor) | 56 | (17) |
| 1990–1991 | St. Louis Storm (indoor) | 48 | (9) |
| 1994 | Seattle Sounders | ||
| 1995 | Seattle SeaDogs (indoor) | 9 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1988–1989 | Tacoma Stars (assistant) | ||
| 1996–1997 | Seattle SeaDogs (assistant) | ||
| 2002–2008 | Seattle Sounders | ||
| 2009–2016 | Seattle Sounders FC (assistant) | ||
| 2016– | Seattle Sounders FC | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Brian Schmetzer (born August 18, 1962) is an American soccer coach and retired player. He is the head coach of the Seattle Sounders FC, who play in Major League Soccer (MLS), having been assistant coach for the team until Sigi Schmid's departure in 2016. Prior to that, he coached the Seattle Sounders in the USL First Division for seven seasons, winning two championships, and played in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and Western Soccer League for various Seattle teams.
Schmetzer was born and grew up in Seattle where he attended Nathan Hale High School. He learned to play soccer under the tutelage of his father Walter, who coached him with the Lake City Hawks youth team and led them to multiple state championships. Walter, a native of Germany, had played in the German Third Division before immigrating to the United States in 1962, opening a sporting goods store in Lake City. Walter instilled a love for the game in Brian, who became an outstanding youth and high school player.
After graduating from high school, Schmetzer chose to forego college and signed with the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League (NASL) in June 1980. He spent the 1980 season with the Sounders reserves before playing with the Sounders during the 1980–1981 NASL indoor season. In the 1981 Trans-Atlantic Challenge Cup, he came on with eight minutes left in the game against Celtic, making his professional debut. However, he saw no time in the 1981 regular season. Schmetzer debuted during the 1982 season, playing six games, and was later elevated to regular appearances in 1983. He scored his first goal for his club on June 25, 1983, during a 2–0 win over the San Diego Sockers at Jack Murphy Stadium. Unfortunately, the Sounders folded at the end of the season in September 1983. During his final season with the Sounders, coach Laurie Calloway called Schmetzer a "different player [than before]", praising his confidence and said that he believed that Schmetzer could become one of the top American players in the league.
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