Chad Deering earned eighteen caps with the United States national team including one game in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
18 Facts About Chad Deering
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Chad Deering grew up in Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, where he attended Plano Senior High School.
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Chad Deering was twice selected as a Parade high school All-American and was the 1988 Texas high school player of the year his senior year.
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Chad Deering was highly recruited out of high school and elected to play with Indiana University which had just won the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship.
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Chad Deering earned NCAA First-Team All-American honors his second, and final season, with Indiana.
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Chad Deering began his professional career with the SV Werder Bremen reserve team.
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In 1994, Chad Deering played a single season with Rosenborg of the Norwegian Premier League.
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Chad Deering returned to Germany the next year, becoming the first of several Americans to sign with Regionalliga team Kickers Emden.
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The next year, Chad Deering played fifteen games for Wolfsburg in its first year in the German top division.
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In 1998, Chad Deering expressed an interest in returning to the US to play in Major League Soccer.
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Chad Deering subsequently signed with the league, and on July 2,1998, MLS allocated Deering to the Dallas Burn where he became a regular for the next seven years.
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On January 24,2004, Chad Deering signed with the Dallas Sidekicks of Major Indoor Soccer League.
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On March 16,2005, Chad Deering announced his retirement from professional soccer and his intention to return to Plano, Texas, to pursue a coaching career.
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Chad Deering never played a game with the Battery, as its season had ended in August 2004 and the 2005 season did not begin until April 2005.
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Chad Deering earned his first cap when he came on for Hugo Perez in a December 18,1993 loss to Germany.
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Chad Deering was the director of coaching for the Blackwatch Soccer Club in McKinney, Texas which merged with Solar Soccer Club in Dallas.
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Chad Deering was the Director of coaching for Solar in McKinney and coached the Solar 98 and 96 Girls Gold teams.
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Chad Deering now coaches club at DKSC in Dallas, TX, which is a merger of D'Feeters and Kicks.