Personal information | |||
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Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1987 | San Diego State Aztecs | ||
1988 | Cal State Northridge Matadors | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1987 | San Diego Nomads | ||
1988 | Los Angeles Heat | ||
1989 | Victoria Vistas | 19 | (3) |
1990 | Aalborg BK | 12 | |
1991 | Miami Freedom | 7 | (0) |
1992 | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks | 14 | (0) |
1994 | Silicon Valley Firebirds | ||
1996 | San Jose Clash | 0 | (0) |
1996 | → Reno Rattlers (loan) | ||
1997–1998 | California Jaguars | 26 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rick Iversen is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the American Professional Soccer League and USISL.
Youth
In 1987, Iversen, in his only season with the San Diego State University men's soccer team, went to the final of the 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. He then transferred to California State University, Northridge. In December 1988, Iversen scored the game-winning goal to put CSUN into the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship final where they fell to Florida Tech. He was the 1988 NCAA Division II Defensive MVP. In addition to playing collegiate soccer, Iversen also spent two seasons with the San Diego Nomads in the Western Soccer Alliance (1986–1987). In 1988, he played for the Los Angeles Heat.
Professional
On April 26, 1989, Iversen turned professional with the Victoria Vistas of the Canadian Soccer League. In 1990, he moved to Europe to play for AaB Aalborg. Iversen was back in the United States in 1991 to play for the Miami Freedom of the American Professional Soccer League. In 1992, he returned to California where he would spend the rest of his career. He began by joining the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks. In 1994, he played for the Silicon Valley Firebirds in the USISL. In 1996, Iversen signed with the San Jose Clash of Major League Soccer. He never played for the Clash, but went on loan to the Reno Rattlers. On October 2, 1996, the Clash waived Iversen. In 1997 and 1998, Iversen finished his career with the California Jaguars.
References
- CSUN Advances to Soccer Final on Veteran's Day
- NCAA Men’s Soccer Archived 2014-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
- 1986 San Diego Nomads
- Los Angeles Heat
- Ex-CSUN Soccer Player Joins Canadian League
- "CSL 1991 Media Guide w 92 season info and all time records_HiQ.PDF".
- 1991 Miami Freedom
- 1992 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
- Living people
- AaB Fodbold players
- American men's soccer players
- American expatriate men's soccer players
- American Professional Soccer League players
- Cal State Northridge Matadors men's soccer players
- California Jaguars players
- Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) players
- Los Angeles Heat players
- Miami Freedom players
- Reno Rattlers players
- San Diego State Aztecs men's soccer players
- Nomads Soccer Club players
- San Francisco Bay Blackhawks players
- USISL players
- Willamette Valley Firebirds players
- Victoria Vistas players
- Western Soccer Alliance players
- Men's association football defenders