Dan Lader is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 soccer player currently playing for Crystal Palace Baltimore in the USSF Division 2 Professional League

USSF Division 2 Professional League

USSF Division 2 Professional League was a temporary professional soccer league created by the United States Soccer Federation in 2010 to last just one season. The twelve-team league was formed as a compromise between the feuding United Soccer Leagues and the North American Soccer League...

.

College

Lader grew up in Bel Air, Maryland and played college soccer

College soccer

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 at Salisbury University

Salisbury University

Salisbury University is a public university in Salisbury, Maryland.According to U.S. News and World Report's 2009 America's Best Colleges index, "In guidebooks and surveys by U.S...

, where he was a 2004 All-American, the 2004 Conference Player of the Year, and was named to three All Conference teams, three Regional All-American teams, and helped take Salisbury to the 2004 NCAA Final Four.

Professional

Lader played for Maryland-based amateur team Baltimore Colts, with whom he won the 2005 USASA Open Cup, and later played in the USL Premier Development League

USL Premier Development League

The USL Premier Development League is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid...

 as an over-age player for Virginia Legacy in 2007 before turning professional with Crystal Palace Baltimore in the USL Second Division

USL Second Division

The United Soccer Leagues Second Division was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, part of the United Soccer Leagues league pyramid...

 in 2008.

Lader made his professional debut for Palace on April 25, 2008 as a substitute in his team's 3-0 opening day victory over the Pittsburgh Riverhounds

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

Pittsburgh Riverhounds is an American professional soccer team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1999, the team plays in the National Division of the new USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....

, and scored his first professional goal in a 1-1 draw with the New England Revolution

New England Revolution

The New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...

, the reigning Lamar Hunt US Open Cup champions, in the quarter-finals of that competition. On March 16, 2010 Baltimore announced the re-signing of Lader to a new contract for the 2010 season.

Career statistics

(correct as of 19 September 2010)

Club	Season	League			Cup			Play-Offs			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Virginia Legacy	2007	15	3	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	15	3	?
Total	2007	15	3	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	15	3	?
Crystal Palace Baltimore	2008	14	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	20	1	0
Crystal Palace Baltimore	2009	18	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	3	1
Crystal Palace Baltimore	2010	22	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	2
Total	2008–present	54	3	3	6	1	0	2	0	0	62	4	3

External links

• Crystal Palace Baltimore bio