Jack Brand 1982

Jack Brand was born 4th August, 1953, in Braunschweig, West Germany. He began his senior club career with Hungaria of the National Soccer League. In 1974 he joined the Toronto Metros and played 14 regular season games. In '75, he played 2 regular season and 1 play-off game for the Toronto Metros-Croatia. Jack returned to the NSL for 1976, helping Toronto Italia win the league championship.

He returned to the NASL for 1977, playing 26 regular season games and 5 play-off games for the Rochester Lancers.

With the New York Cosmos in 1978, he appeared in 10 regular season and 5 play-off games, and was in goal as the Cosmos won Super Bowl '78, with a 3-1 win over the Rowdies. The following season after 7 games changed teams and played 4 regular season and 5 play-off games for the Tulsa Roughnecks.

1980 was his career year, playing with the Seattle Sounders. The Sounders went on to post a 27-5 win-lose record, constituting a NASL record for wins in a season. He was voted Player of the Year and NASL Second Team All-Star in posting a 0.91 GAA and 15 shutouts, also a league record. The following season though the team sputtered to a losing record.

He played in 23 games. He concluded his NASL career playing in 14 contests for the Rowdies in 1982. In 1984, he played for F.C. Seattle in the F.C. Seattle Challenge Cup. He briefly served as coach of F.C. Seattle before being replaced by Bruce Rioch in February 1985.

Jack was earned his only senior 'A' as a 21 year old on October 28th, 1974 in Budapest in a 1-1 draw. He was Canada's goalkeeper in their home 1976 Summer Olympics. The team was eliminated in the first stage of the tournament, losing 1-2 to the Soviet Union and 1-3 to North Korea. In addition, he played 7 'A' internationals in total for the Canadian national soccer team in 1974 and 1975. The following year in 6 pre-Olympic friendlies played in Canada, Jack and the Canucks conceded a whopping 25 goals in 6 losing contests played against the Olympic teams of Poland, Hungary, and East Germany.

In 2008, Jack Brand was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.

Today, Jack owns Brand Felt of Canada Ltd., in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. More can be found at their website: http://www.brandfelt.com/

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