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{{short description|German-Canadian soccer player}}
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{{Infobox football biography
|name=Jack Brand
|image=Jack Brand Seattle Sounders fire safety trading cards, 1980 (24873742868) (cropped).jpg
|birth_date ={{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|4|4}}
| birth_place = [[Braunschweig]], [[West Germany]]
|position=[[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| years1 = 1973 | years2 = 1974 | years3 = 1975 | years4 = 1976 | years5 = 1977 | years6 = 1978 | years7 = 1979 | years8 = 1980–1982 | years9 = 1982 | years10 =1984
| clubs1 = [[Canadian National Soccer League|Toronto Hungaria]] | clubs2 = [[Toronto Metros]] | clubs3 = [[Toronto Metros-Croatia]] | clubs4 = [[Toronto Italia]] | clubs5 = [[Rochester Lancers (1967–80)|Rochester Lancers]] | clubs6 = [[New York Cosmos (1971–85)|New York Cosmos]] | clubs7 = [[Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–84)|Tulsa Roughnecks]] | clubs8 = [[Seattle Sounders (1974–83)|Seattle Sounders]] | clubs9 = [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] | clubs10 =[[F.C. Seattle]]
| caps1 = ? | goals1 = ? | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 0 | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = ? | goals4 = ? | caps5 = 31 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 22 | goals6 = 0 | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 0 | caps8 = 55 | goals8 = 0 | caps9 = 14 | goals9 = 0| caps10 =  | goals10 =
| nationalyears1 = 1974 | nationalyears2 =1975, 1976
| nationalteam1 = [[Canada national men's soccer team|Canada]] | nationalteam2 =Canadian Olympic (senior)
| nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalcaps2 = 10 | nationalgoals2 = 0
}}

'''Jack Brand''' (born 4 April 1953) is a Canadian retired professional soccer [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. He holds the record for most shutouts in a season in the [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|North American Soccer League]] with 15 in 1980. He was born in [[Braunschweig]], [[West Germany]].<ref name="S-R">[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/jack-brand-1.html Profile at sports-reference.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001135121/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/jack-brand-1.html |date= 1 October 2015 }}</ref> In 2008, Jack was inducted into the [[Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame]]

==Soccer career==
Brand began his senior club career with [[Canadian National Soccer League|Toronto Hungaria]] of the [[National Soccer League (Canada)|National Soccer League]] in 1973.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kernaghan|first=Jim|date=9 August 1973|title=Hungaria's philosophy leads to climb up soccer standings|page=C9|work=Toronto Star}}</ref> In 1974, he joined [[Toronto Metros]] of NASL and played 14 regular season games. In '75, he played 2 regular season and 1 play-off game for the [[Toronto Metros-Croatia]]. Brand returned to the NSL for 1976, helping [[Toronto Italia]] win the league championship.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|title=Italia beats White Eagles 1-0 on Roe's goal|date=8 June 1976|work=The Globe and Mail|page=37}}</ref> He returned to the NASL for '77, playing 26 regular season games and 5 play-off games for the [[Rochester Lancers (1967–80)|Rochester Lancers]]. With the [[New York Cosmos (1971–85)|New York Cosmos]] in 1978, Brand appeared in 10 regular season and 5 play-off games, and was in goal as the Cosmos won [[Soccer Bowl '78]] 3–1 over Tampa Bay. The following season after 7 games changed teams and played 4 regular season and 5 play-off games for the [[Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–84)|Tulsa Roughnecks]].

1980 was Brand's career year, playing with the [[Seattle Sounders (1974–83)|Seattle Sounders]]. The Sounders went on to post a 25–7 win-lose record, constituting a NASL record for wins in a season. Brand was voted North American Player of the Year and NASL Second Team All-Star in posting a 0.91 GAA and 15 shutouts, also a league record. The following season though the team sputtered to a losing record. Brand played in 23 games. He concluded his NASL career playing 14 contests for the [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] in 1982. In 1984, he played for [[F.C. Seattle]] in the F.C. Seattle Challenge Cup.<ref>[http://www.soundercentral.com/museum/1984_challenge_cup_rosters.htm Challenge Cup rosters] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050310232824/http://www.soundercentral.com/museum/1984_challenge_cup_rosters.htm |date=10 March 2005 }}</ref> He briefly served as coach of F.C. Seattle before being replaced by [[Bruce Rioch]] in February 1985.

Brand was earned his only senior 'A' as a 21-year-old on 28 October 1974 in [[Budapest]] in a 1–1 draw. He was Canada's goalkeeper in their home [[1976 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="S-R" /> The team was eliminated in the first stage of the tournament, losing 1–2 to the Soviet Union and 1–3 to [[North Korea]]. In 6 pre-Olympic friendlies played in Canada in 1975, Brand and the Canucks conceded a whopping 25 goals in 6 losing contests played against the Olympic teams of Poland, Hungary, and East Germany.  He also was a member of the Canadian squad at the [[Football at the 1975 Pan American Games|1975 Pan American Games]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/panam75det.html Pan-American Games 1975 (Mexico) – Match Details]</ref>

==Personal==
Brand comes from a sports family with his parents involved in track and field. He earned a commerce and finance degree from the [[University of Rochester]]. In 1978, Brand married his high school sweetheart, Birgit Leveloh.<ref name="People">{{cite magazine |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |title=Jack Is Nimble, Jack Is Quick; Nobody Beats Seattle Goalie Joachim Brand at Stopping a Good, Swift Kick |date=1 September 1980 |author=Jack Fincher |url=https://people.com/archive/jack-is-nimble-jack-is-quick-nobody-beats-seattle-goalie-joachim-brand-at-stopping-a-good-swift-kick-vol-14-no-9/}}</ref> He currently lives in Toronto, where he runs his family's industrial felt company.<ref name="SounderAtHeart">{{cite web |title=Brand him a Sounder |url=http://www.frankmacdonald.net/?p=2143 |author=Frank MacDonald |date=7 December 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}<!--added above External links/Sources by script-assisted edit-->http://www.sportbuzzer.de/gallerie/jack-brand-von-wurzen-zu-cosmos-new-york/

==External links==
*{{Canada Soccer player|id=485}} / [[Canada Soccer Hall of Fame]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110928003700/http://freeweb.supereva.com/nycosmos/brand.htm?p] (Inactive as of 15 December 2007)
*[http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/B/Brand.Jack.htm NASL stats]

{{1980 NASL All-Stars}}
{{Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame}}
{{Canada squad 1976 Summer Olympics}}

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