Kyle Schmid (soccer)
Encyclopedia
Kyle Schmid is an American
soccer player currently playing for Carolina RailHawks
in the North American Soccer League.
at South Torrance High School, where he was a four-time All-Bay League selection and member of 2004 Bay League championship team, and played club soccer for the Irvine Strikers. He redshirt
ed his freshman college soccer
year at the University of Washington
, and transferred to the University of California, Irvine
prior to his sophomore season.
During his college years he also played with Orange County Blue Star
in the USL Premier Development League
.
in the spring of 2009, but was not offered a professional contract by the team. He subsequently played for California-based amateur team FC Hasental
in their efforts to qualify for the 2010 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, and spent time working at the Director of Soccer Operations at California State University, Northridge
.
Schmid signed his first professional contract in 2011 when he joined the Carolina RailHawks of the North American Soccer League
.
and current Seattle Sounders FC
head coach Sigi Schmid
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
soccer player currently playing for Carolina RailHawks
Carolina RailHawks FC
Carolina RailHawks FC is an American professional soccer team based in Cary, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
in the North American Soccer League.
College and Amateur
Schmid played both soccer and American footballAmerican football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
at South Torrance High School, where he was a four-time All-Bay League selection and member of 2004 Bay League championship team, and played club soccer for the Irvine Strikers. He redshirt
Redshirt (college sports)
Redshirt is a term used in American college athletics that refers to a delay or suspension of an athlete's participation in order to lengthen his or her period of eligibility...
ed his freshman college soccer
College soccer
College soccer is a term used to describe association football played by teams who are operated by colleges and universities as opposed to a professional league operated for exclusively financial purposes...
year at the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, and transferred to the University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
prior to his sophomore season.
During his college years he also played with Orange County Blue Star
Orange County Blue Star
Orange County Blue Star is an American soccer team based in Irvine, California, United States. Founded in 1997, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.The team plays its home games at...
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...
.
Professional
Schmid trialled with his father's Seattle Sounders FCSeattle Sounders FC
Seattle Sounders FC is an American professional soccer club based in Seattle, Washington. The club competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Sounders FC was established in November 2007 as a MLS expansion team, making it the 15th team in...
in the spring of 2009, but was not offered a professional contract by the team. He subsequently played for California-based amateur team FC Hasental
FC Hasental
FC Hasental is an American soccer team based in Calabasas, California, United States. Founded in 2005, the team plays in the Southwest Division of the National Premier Soccer League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
in their efforts to qualify for the 2010 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, and spent time working at the Director of Soccer Operations at California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge is a public university in Northridge, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California, United States....
.
Schmid signed his first professional contract in 2011 when he joined the Carolina RailHawks of the North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League (2010)
The North American Soccer League is a professional men's soccer league in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico which began league play on April 9, 2011. It has been provisionally sanctioned as the second tier of soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, behind Major League Soccer in the...
.
Personal
Kyle is the son of former Los Angeles GalaxyLos Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...
and current Seattle Sounders FC
Seattle Sounders FC
Seattle Sounders FC is an American professional soccer club based in Seattle, Washington. The club competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Sounders FC was established in November 2007 as a MLS expansion team, making it the 15th team in...
head coach Sigi Schmid
Sigi Schmid
Siegfried "Sigi" Schmid is a German-American soccer coach. Born in Tübingen, West Germany, he moved to the United States with his family when he was a child. He played college soccer from 1972 to 1975 at the University of California, Los Angeles , where he was a starting midfielder in each...
.