Bruce Rudroff

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Bruce Rudroff
Full name	Bruce Rudroff
Date of birth	May 11, 1955 (1955-05-11) (age 53)
Place of birth	Jefferson City, Missouri, United States
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
1973-1976	St. Louis University
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977-1979 -1981 1981-	Seattle Sounders Hartford Hellions Memphis Americans	36 (1)
National team
1979	United States	2 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Bruce Rudroff (born May 11, 1955 in Jefferson City, Missouri) was a U.S. soccer defender. Rudroff played three seasons in the North American Soccer League and at least one in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned two caps with the U.S. national team.

1 College
2 Professional
3 National team
4 References
5 External links

[edit] College

Rudroff attended St. Louis University where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1973 to 1976. The Billikens won the 1973 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship and Rudroff was a third team All American in 1974. He was inducted into the Billikens Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995.^[1]

[edit] Professional

The Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League (NASL) drafted Rudroff in the first round of the 1977 College Draft. While he spent most of 1977 with the Sounders reserve team, he did see time in nine first team games after Mel Machin was injured. His time with the Sounders peaked in 1978 with twenty-three games, but he played only four in 1979 before being released. He then played at least one season with the Hartford Hellions of the Major Indoor Soccer League. When the Hellions moved to Memphis in 1981, Rudroff went with the team, which was renamed the Memphis Americans.^[2]

[edit] National team

Rudroff earned two caps with the U.S. national team. Both came in losses to the USSR. The first was a 3-1 loss on February 3, 1979. The second was a 4-1 loss on February 11, 1979.^[3]