Dan Lader (born August 12, 1983, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American soccer player.

Dan Lader
Personal information
Full name Daniel Arthur Lader
Date of birth (1983-08-12) August 12, 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Salisbury Seagulls
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Baltimore Colts
2007 Virginia Legacy 15 (3)
2008–2010 Crystal Palace Baltimore 55 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 22, 2010

Career edit

College edit

Lader grew up in Bel Air, Maryland and played college soccer at Salisbury University, 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 edit

Lader played for Maryland-based amateur team Baltimore Colts, with whom he won the 2005 USASA Open Cup,[1] and later played in the USL Premier Development League as an over-age player for Virginia Legacy in 2007 before turning professional with Crystal Palace Baltimore in the USL Second Division 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,[2] and scored his first professional goal in a 1–1 draw with the New England Revolution, the reigning Lamar Hunt US Open Cup champions, in the quarter-finals of that competition.[3] On March 16, 2010, Baltimore announced the re-signing of Lader to a new contract for the 2010 season.[4]

Career statistics edit

(correct as of 19 September 2010)
Club Season League Cup[5] 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

References edit

  1. ^ "Crystal Palace Baltimore signs Dan Lader". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
  2. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on June 18, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  3. ^ "SU Alum Dan Lader re-signs with Crystal Palace Baltimore". Archived from the original on 2009-04-12. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
  4. ^ "Nine Return from 2009 Crystal Palace Squad". NASL.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  5. ^ Includes Lamar Hunt US Open Cup

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