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{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1970)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Chad Deering
| fullname       =
| image          =
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1970|9|2}}
| birth_place    = [[Garland, Texas]], United States
| height         = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}
| position       = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1    = {{0|0000}}–1988
| youthclubs1    = [[Plano Senior High School]]
| youthyears2    = 1988–1990
| youthclubs2    = [[Indiana Hoosiers|Indiana University]]
| years1         = 1990–1993
| clubs1         = [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
| caps1          = 0
| goals1         = 0
| years2         = 1990–1993
| clubs2         = [[SV Werder Bremen II|Werder Bremen II]]
| caps2          = 65
| goals2         = 23
| years3         = 1993–1994
| clubs3         = [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
| caps3          = 6
| goals3         = 0
| years4         = 1994
| clubs4         = [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
| caps4          = 
| goals4         = 
| years5         = 1995–1996
| clubs5         = [[Kickers Emden]]
| caps5          = 58
| goals5         = 13
| years6         = 1996–1998
| clubs6         = [[VfL Wolfsburg]]
| caps6          = 41
| goals6         = 5
| years7         = 1998–2003
| clubs7         = [[Dallas Burn]]
| caps7          = 163
| goals7         = 16
| years8         = 2004
| clubs8         = [[Dallas Sidekicks (1984–2004)|Dallas Sidekicks]] (indoor)
| caps8          = 9
| goals8         = 2
| years9         = 2004
| clubs9         = [[DFW Tornados]]
| caps9          = 4
| goals9         = 0
| years10        = 2005
| clubs10        = [[Charleston Battery]]
| caps10         = 0
| goals10        = 0
| years11        = 2012–2013
| clubs11        = [[Dallas Sidekicks (2012–present)|Dallas Sidekicks]] (indoor)
| caps11         = 4
| goals11        = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1993–2000
| nationalteam1  = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps1  = 18
| nationalgoals1 = 1
}}

'''Chad Deering''' (born September 2, 1970) is an American former professional [[association football|soccer]] player who played as a [[midfielder]]. Deering spent his professional career in Germany, Norway, [[Major League Soccer]] and [[Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008)|Major Indoor Soccer League]]. He earned eighteen [[Cap (sports)|caps]] with the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States national team]] including one game in the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]].

==Club career==
===Youth and early career===
Deering grew up in [[Plano, Texas]], a suburb of [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], where he attended [[Plano Senior High School]]. He was twice selected as a ''[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]'' high school [[All-American]] and was the 1988 Texas high school player of the year his senior year. While in high school, he debuted with the U.S. U-16 national team for whom he played at the [[1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship]]. During that tournament, Deering scored a goal in a 4–2 loss to South Korea.

Deering was highly recruited out of high school and elected to play with [[Indiana University]] which had just won the [[NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament|NCAA Men's Soccer Championship]]. However, he left Indiana after only two seasons in order to pursue a professional career in Germany, having scored twelve goals and assisted on twelve others. He earned [[NCAA]] [[Division I First-Team All-American (soccer)|First-Team All-American]] honors his second, and final season, with Indiana. That year he was also the NCAA's post-season tournament's points leader with three goals and one assist.

===Germany===
Deering began his professional career with the [[SV Werder Bremen]] reserve team. After three years and no chance of playing for the Bremen first team, Deering moved to [[FC Schalke 04]] in 1993 where he continued to languish playing for Schalke's amateur squad. In 1994, Deering played a single season with [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]] of the [[Norwegian Premier League]]. He returned to Germany the next year, becoming the first of several Americans to sign with [[Regionalliga]] team [[Kickers Emden]]. In 1996, he moved from Emden to German [[2. Bundesliga|Second Division]] club [[VfL Wolfsburg]] and finally found a top German team which would play him. That season, he helped Wolfsburg gain promotion to the [[Bundesliga]]. The next year, Deering played fifteen games for Wolfsburg in its first year in the German top division.

===MLS===
In 1998, Deering expressed an interest in returning to the U.S. to play in [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS). He subsequently signed with the league, and on July 2, 1998, MLS [[Allocation (MLS)|allocated]] Deering to the [[Dallas Burn]] where he became a regular for the next seven years.

===MISL===
On January 24, 2004, Deering signed with the [[Dallas Sidekicks (1984-2004)|Dallas Sidekicks]] of Major Indoor Soccer League. The 2003–2004 season was nearly over and Deering played only nine games with the Sidekicks.

===U.S. Minor Leagues===
In 2004, he played with the [[DFW Tornados]] of the minor league [[Premier Development League]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2004/roster/934453.html | title = DFW Tornado 2004 | accessdate = April 1, 2011 | publisher = uslsoccer.com | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110610142408/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2004/roster/934453.html | archivedate = June 10, 2011 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> On December 30, 2004, the [[Charleston Battery]] of the [[USL First Division]] signed Deering.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/89441.html | title = Battery sign Deering | publisher = uslsoccer.com | date = December 30, 2004 | accessdate = August 10, 2013 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120212104540/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/89441.html | archivedate = February 12, 2012 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> On March 16, 2005, Deering announced his retirement from professional soccer and his intention to return to Plano, Texas, to pursue a coaching career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlestonbattery.com/news.asp?y=2005&page=1&id=167 |title=Charleston Battery |accessdate=April 1, 2011 |date=March 16, 2005 |publisher=charlestonbattery.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201713/http://www.charlestonbattery.com/news.asp?y=2005&page=1&id=167 |archivedate=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> He 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.

==International career==
Deering earned his first cap when he came on for [[Hugo Pérez (soccer)|Hugo Perez]] in a December 18, 1993 loss to [[German national football team|Germany]]. Deering would go on to play eighteen games for the [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. national team]], scoring his only national team goal in a March 14, 1998, 2–2 tie with [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]. When U.S. coach [[Steve Sampson]] sacked [[John Harkes]], the team's primary defensive midfielder prior to the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]], Sampson moved Deering into that position.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/teams/united.states/player_profiles.html | title = Player Profiles | accessdate = April 1, 2011 | publisher = sportsillustrated.cnn.com | archive-date = October 20, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121020004528/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/teams/united.states/player_profiles.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> However, Deering played only a single game, a 0–2 loss to Germany, in the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]].

==Post-playing career==
Deering was the director of coaching for the Blackwatch Soccer Club in [[McKinney, Texas]] which merged with Solar Soccer Club in Dallas. He was the Director of coaching for Solar in McKinney and coached the Solar 98 and 96 Girls Gold teams. Currently (2014) he is the President and Director of Coaching for Dallas Rush FC in McKinney, TX.

Deering now coaches club at DKSC in Dallas, TX, which is a merger of D’Feeters and Kicks.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.kicksfan.com/players/deering/index.htm Dallas Sidekicks profile]

{{United States squad 1998 FIFA World Cup}}

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