Soony Saad

Soony Saad
Personal information
Full name Hassan Saad Ali
Date of birth (1992-08-17) August 17, 1992
Place of birth Dearborn, Michigan, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Indy Eleven
Number 14
Youth career
2008–2009 IMG Soccer Academy
2010 Michigan Wolverines
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Sporting Kansas City 58 (8)
2015–2016 BEC Tero Sasana 0 (0)
2016 → Pattaya United (loan) 28 (9)
2017 Sporting Kansas City 12 (0)
2017 → Swope Park Rangers (loan) 2 (1)
2018– Indy Eleven 28 (4)
National team‡
2008–2009 United States U17 16 (9)
2010 United States U20 11 (7)
2013– Lebanon 10 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 29, 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 19, 2018

Hassan "Soony" Saad Ali (born August 17, 1992) is a Lebanese-American footballer who plays for Indy Eleven in the United Soccer League.

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 helped the team win their first Big Ten Tournament 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 8, 2014, Saad signed with BEC Tero Sasana and then went out on loan to Pattaya United where he scored nine goals in 28 league appearances during the 2016 Thai League season.[8]

On January 30, 2017 Sporting Kansas City announced the club had signed Saad to a two-year contract through 2018, with an option in his contract for the 2019 season.[9] Saad was waived during the 2018 preseason.[10]

On February 21, 2018, Saad joined the Indy Eleven of the United Soccer League.[11]

International

Saad received his first callup to join the United States U-20 men's national soccer team in December 2010,[12] and played in one game against Canada, scoring once.[13] 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.[14] 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.[15] 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.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionSource
129 May 2013Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar Oman1–11–1Friendly[16]
25 March 2014Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Thailand3–15–22015 AFC Asian Cup qualification[17]
35 September 2016Rashid Karami Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon Afghanistan1–02–0Friendly[18]

International career statistics

As of match played 29 May 2013.[19]
Lebanon national team
YearAppsGoals
201311
201421
201500
201641
Total73

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. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. 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. 1 2 "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. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  6. ↑ Josh Hakala (July 5, 2011). "Sporting Kansas City win MLS lottery for former Michigan star Soony Saad". mlive.com. MLive Media Group. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  7. ↑ Andrew Wiebe (August 18, 2011). "It ain't pretty, but Saad happy to log first goal on birthday". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
  8. ↑ Skylar Rolstad (October 18, 2014). "Report: Soony Saad transferred to Thailand club". reportingkc.com. FanSided Inc. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  9. ↑ Kovzan, Sam. "Sporting KC signs 24-year-old forward Soony Saad". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  10. ↑ Sam Kovzan (February 8, 2018). "Sporting KC waives forward Soony Saad". sportingkc.com. MLS. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  11. ↑ "MLS Forward Soony Saad signs with Indy Eleven". indyeleven.com. Indy Eleven. February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Saad Selected for USA U-20 National Team Training Camp". CBS Interactive. 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  13. ↑ Noah Davis (2010-12-21). "McInerney Strikes in US U-20's Win Over Canada". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  14. ↑ Austin, Kurt. "Kei Kamara and Soony Saad selected for upcoming international matches". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  15. ↑ Schroeder, Alice. "Weekly Update: May 29, 2013". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  16. ↑ Abboud, Dany. "Kansas City star Saad to finally make Cedars competitive debut". Daily Star Lebanon. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  17. ↑ "Lebanon 5 Thailand 2". ESPN FC. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  18. ↑ "Lebanon 2 Afghanistan 0".
  19. ↑ "Soony Saad". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
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