Austin Berry (soccer)

Austin Berry
Berry with FC Cincinnati in 2017
Personal information
Full name Gregory Austin Berry
Date of birth (1988-10-06) October 6, 1988
Place of birth Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 FC Cincinnati
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Louisville Cardinals 94 (11)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Chicago Fire Premier 16 (1)
2012–2013 Chicago Fire 62 (4)
2014–2015 Philadelphia Union 6 (0)
2015 → FC Anyang (loan) 34 (1)
2016–2017 FC Cincinnati 50 (4)
Total 168 (10)
Teams managed
2018– FC Cincinnati (strength & conditioning)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gregory Austin Berry (born October 6, 1988) is an American soccer defender from Cincinnati, Ohio. After playing for the Louisville Cardinals in college, he was a first round pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. He signed with Chicago Fire, and was named MLS Rookie of the Year after his first season. He played another season with Chicago before he was traded to Philadelphia Union. After spending his second season with Philadelphia on loan to the South Korean club FC Anyang, Berry returned to his hometown to play for the newly-formed club FC Cincinnati in the lower division United Soccer League. He served as FC Cincinnati's team captain for two seasons before retiring from his playing career and accepting a position as the club's strength and conditioning coach.

Career

College and amateur

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he attended the Summit Country Day School for high school where he played four fall seasons of soccer. With a 14–1–1 record during his senior year, Berry contributed 10 goals, 6 assists, and led his team to the Regional finals. He earned first team all-state, first team Miami Valley Conference, Division III Player of the Year, and was named a Cincinnati Enquirer All-Star. Berry played college soccer at the University of Louisville between 2007 and 2011. During his time at Louisville, Berry was named an NSCAA All-American in 2010 and 2011, Soccer America and College Soccer News All-American honors, Earned Big East Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2010, All-BIG EAST First Team and Big East All Tournament Team in 2010 and 2011. In 2010, he led the University of Louisville to the national championship game and was named to the College Cup All Tournament Team.[1] Berry finished his career at Louisville with 94 appearances and 11 goals.[2][3]

In 2010, Berry played for the USL Premier Development League team Chicago Fire Premier.[4]

Professional

Berry playing with Chicago Fire in 2013

The Chicago Fire selected Berry in the first round (No. 9 overall) of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft.[5] Berry made his first MLS appearance against Chivas USA. After conceding a penalty, Berry scored his first MLS goal two minutes later off a throw-in deep in the Chivas box. Berry earned MLS team of the week honors after the Chivas game and was named the Player of the Game in his second match against Real Salt Lake.[6] During the 2012 season, he started 28 games and scored three goals and won the MLS Rookie of the Year Award.

Berry started and played 62 consecutive full games for the Fire falling just short of the MLS record.[7] Prior to the 2014 season, Berry was traded to Philadelphia Union in exchange for allocation money.[8] Berry was the opening day starter at centerback for the Union in 2014 but suffered a hamstring injury in the second game. Due to injury, Berry was limited to only 6 games for the Union.

Berry was loaned to South Korea's FC Anyang ahead of the 2015 season.[9]

In December 2015, Berry was announced as one of the first eleven signings for United Soccer League club FC Cincinnati, who played their first season in 2016.[10]

In December 2017, FC Cincinnati announced that Berry would be retiring from his playing career and accepting a position on the technical staff.[11] He is now the team's strength and conditioning coach.[12]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chicago Fire Premier 2010 USL Premier Development League 161––161
Chicago Fire 2012 Major League Soccer 2831010303
2013 Major League Soccer 3414000381
Total 6245010684
Philadelphia Union 2014 Major League Soccer 60000060
FC Anyang (loan) 2015 K League 2 3410000341
FC Cincinnati 2016 United Soccer League 2030010213
2017 United Soccer League 3016110372
Total 5046120585
Career total 168101113018211

Honors

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Austin Berry. "Austin Berry Profile – University of Louisville Official Athletic Site". Uoflsports.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Austin Berry". Louisville Athletics. 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Louisville Cumulative Season Statistics (2011 Season)". Louisville Athletics. 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on September 12, 2010. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Chicago Fire of MLS make Summit's Austin Berry No. 9 pick | High School Sports Blog". Cincinnati.com. January 16, 2011. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  6. ↑ Anthony Zilis (May 5, 2012). "Penalty call spurs Fire's Berry to strong MLS debut". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Fire defender Berry wins 2012 Rookie of the Year award". mlssoccer.com. November 19, 2012.
  8. ↑ Maggard, Cody. "Philadelphia Acquire Austin Berry from Chicago". Fansided.
  9. ↑ "Philadelphia Union sign former Kaiserslautern forward Dzenan Catic, loan out defender Austin Berry". MLSsoccer.com. March 2, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  10. ↑ Tana Weingartner (August 12, 2015). "FC Cincinnati Announces First Eleven Players". WVXU. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  11. ↑ Kimura, Fumi (December 4, 2017). "Berry Calls Time on Career, Joins Technical Staff". FC Cincinnati. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Technical Staff". FC Cincinnati. 2018. Archived from the original on March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
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