Brian Rowland
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Brian Rowland | ||
Date of birth | December 30, 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2003 | UMBC Retrievers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–1999 | Halifax Town | ||
2001–2002 | Chesapeake Dragons | ||
2003–2004 | Toronto Lynx | 1 | (0) |
2003–2005 | Baltimore Blast (indoor) | 18 | (0) |
2005–2006 | California Cougars (indoor) | 3 | (0) |
2006 | Baltimore Blast (indoor) | 17 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Milwaukee Wave (indoor) | 6 | (0) |
2007–2009 | Crystal Palace Baltimore | 53 | (0) |
International career | |||
2001 | ![]() |
0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2009 |
Brian Rowland (born December 30, 1980 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian soccer player who was a goalkeeper in both the indoor and outdoor versions of the sport. He is currently an assistant coach for the University of Maryland men's soccer team.
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Career
College
Rowland played college soccer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he was a four-year starter between 1999-2002. In 2002 he earned first team all-America East Conference, and was named an All-America honorable mention. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics in 2003.[1]
International
Rowland was a member of the U20 Canadian National Team, the U19 Eastern Canadian regional team and the U20 Ontario Team. He played in a friendly match for Manchester United while on trial there, trained with Everton, and Fulham, and played a couple of first team games for Halifax Town as a triallist in 1998 and 1999.
During the 2001 and 2002 Rowland also played for the Chesapeake Dragons in the USL Premier Development League.
Professional
Rowland turned professional upon his graduation from college in 2003, and played for his hometown club Toronto Lynx in 2003 and 2004. Rowland also has extensive indoor soccer experience, having spent time playing for Baltimore Blast, the California Cougars and Milwaukee Wave.
Rowland signed with Crystal Palace Baltimore in 2007, and has been the team's first choice goalkeeper since then, helping the team to the USL-2 postseason for the first time in 2008. He became an assistant coach for the University of Maryland men's soccer team when he retired as an active player on February 15, 2010.[1][2]
Personal
Since 2004 Rowland has run a goalkeeper specific training camp named "Rowland Keeper Academy."[3]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | Cup[4] | Play-Offs | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Crystal Palace Baltimore | 2007 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 0 |
Crystal Palace Baltimore | 2008 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Crystal Palace Baltimore | 2009 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
Total | 2007–present | 53 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 0 |
References
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- 1980 births
- Association football goalkeepers
- Baltimore Blast (2001–2008 MISL) players
- California Cougars players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian people of English descent
- Chesapeake Dragons players
- Crystal Palace Baltimore players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Halifax Town A.F.C. players
- Indoor soccer players
- Living people
- Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–08) players
- Milwaukee Wave (MISL) players
- Soccer people from Ontario
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Toronto Lynx players
- UMBC Retrievers men's soccer players
- USL A-League players
- Premier Development League players
- USL Second Division players