Soony Saad

Soony Saad
Personal information
Full nameHassan Ali Saad
Date of birthAugust 17, 1992
Place of birthDearborn, Michigan, United States
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
BCC Tero
(on loan from BEC Tero Sasana)
Youth career
2008–2009IMG Soccer Academy
2010Michigan Wolverines
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2011–2014Sporting Kansas City58(8)
2015–BEC Tero Sasana0(0)
2015–BCC Tero0(0)
National team‡
2008–2009United States U1716(0)
2010United States U201(1)
2013–Lebanon4(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 16, 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 28, 2014

Hassan Ali "Soony" Saad (born August 17, 1992) is a Lebanese international footballer who plays for BCC Tero.

Career

Youth and college

Saad set a state single-season record with 76 goals in his 2009 season while concluding his high school career with a state record 172 goals, plus 51 assists; breaking previous state high school single-season goals record of 69 set in 2000, and previous state high school career goals record of 169 set in 1995.[2] He also earned the 2009 Michigan Soccer Coaches Association "Mr. Soccer" Title and was named the 2009-10 Gatorade National Player of the Year.[3]

Saad had a very successful freshman season, scoring 19 goals, smashing the previous record of 14 for most goals by a freshman at the University of Michigan, while setting records for shots and overall points.[4] He played on the team with his brother Hamoody Saad. He helped the team win their first Big Ten Championship and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year.[4] Saad left school after his freshman year to seek a professional contract with a European team.[5]

Professional

In June 2011, Saad signed a professional contract with Major League Soccer. On July 5, 2011 Sporting Kansas City won his services in a weighted lottery system utilized by the league to distribute players who sign with the league after the MLS SuperDraft.[6]

Saad made his MLS debut on August 17, 2011, which was his 19th birthday.[7] He scored a debut goal in the 72 minute, just nine minutes after he came on. Soony also logged 2 more goals for Sporting in reserve games against Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas, and scored once in a friendly against Guadalajara on October 12, 2011.

On December 8th, 2014, Saad signed with BEC Tero Sasana on free transfer.[8]

International

Soony Saad received his first callup to join the United States U-20 men's national soccer team in December 2010,[9] and played in one game against Canada, scoring once.[10] In May 2013, Saad became eligible to join the Lebanon national football team and he accepted a call-up for a friendly against Oman scheduled for May 29. In the process, Saad became the first Major League Soccer player to join the Lebanon national team. [11] With the start, Saad made his international debut in the match and scored Lebanon's only goal in an eventual 1-1 draw in the 62nd minute.[12] Later against Thailand he scored Lebanon's third goal in their 5-2 victory.

International goals

Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Source
1 29 May 2013 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Oman 1–1 1–1 Friendly [13]
2 5 March 2014 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand  Thailand 3–1 5–2 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification [14]

International career statistics

As of match played 5 March 2014.[15]
Lebanon national team
YearAppsGoals
201321
201421
Total42

Honours

Sporting Kansas City

References

  1. ↑ "Soony Saad". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  2. ↑ Chad Konecky (2010-07-11). "Soony Saad: Gatorade profile". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  3. ↑ Pete Cunningham (2010-05-20). "Michigan soccer commit Soony Saad named Gatorade National Player of the Year". AnnArbor.com. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Saad Collects Big Ten First Team, Freshman of the Year at Awards Banquet". CBS Interactive. 2011-11-11. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  5. ↑ Brian Mechanick (2011-01-27). "Soony Saad leaving Michigan for European professional team". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  6. ↑ http://www.mlive.com/soccer/index.ssf/2011/07/wins_mls_lottery_for_former_michigan_star_soony_saad.html
  7. ↑ Andrew Wiebe (2011-08-18). "It ain't pretty, but Saad happy to log first goal on birthday". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  8. ↑ http://reportingkc.com/2014/12/09/report-soony-saad-transferred-thailand-club/
  9. ↑ "Saad Selected for USA U-20 National Team Training Camp". CBS Interactive. 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  10. ↑ Noah Davis (2010-12-21). "McInerney Strikes in US U-20's Win Over Canada". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  11. ↑ Austin, Kurt. "Kei Kamara and Soony Saad selected for upcoming international matches". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  12. ↑ Schroeder, Alice. "Weekly Update: May 29, 2013". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  13. ↑ Abboud, Dany. "Kansas City star Saad to finally make Cedars competitive debut". Daily Star Lebanon. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  14. ↑ "Lebanon 5 Thailand 2". ESPN FC. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  15. ↑ Soony Saad at National-Football-Teams.com

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