Jake Ruby
Ruby with HFX Wanderers in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-06-04) June 4, 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Full-back
Youth career
Lynn Valley SA
Mountain United FC
2016–2018 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Trinity Western Spartans 17 (3)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Victoria Highlanders 9 (0)
2020–2023 HFX Wanderers 42 (1)
International career‡
2016–2017 Canada U17 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 6, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 15, 2020

Jake Ruby (born June 4, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a full-back.

Early life

Ruby began playing youth soccer at age seven with Lynn Valley SA.[1] Afterwards, he played for Mountain United FC, before joining the Vancouver Whitecaps Academy in 2016.[2] In 2018, he participated in the first team's 2018 pre-season, as well as other first team training sessions.[3][4] He departed the Whitecaps Academy in 2018, heading to Germany, where he had a month-long trial with 1. FC Nürnberg.[5] He then began playing at the senior amateur level with NVFC Norvan in the Vancouver Metro Soccer League.[4]

University career

In 2019, he began attending Trinity Western University, where he played for the men's soccer team.[6] He scored his first goal on October 11, 2019 against the UFV Cascades.[7] In his rookie season, he was named the TWU's Male Rookie of the Year, across all sports.[8] He was also named a Canada West Second Team All-Star, as well as being named to the Canada West All-Rookie Team and the U SPORTS All-Rookie Team.[9][10]

Club career

In April 2019, he signed with the Victoria Highlanders in USL League Two.[11]

In November 2019, Ruby was selected 14th overall by HFX Wanderers in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft.[12][13] In July 2020, he signed a U Sports contract with the Wanderers, which would allow him to maintain his university eligibility.[14] In his debut season, he helped the Wanderers reach the CPL finals, where they were defeated by Forge FC.[15] In February 2021, he returned to the Wanderers on a fully professional contract for 2021, with club options for an additional two seasons,[16][17] planning to finish his post-secondary education in Halifax.[18] He scored his first goal on August 7, 2021 against York United.[19] In January 2022, the Wanderers picked up his option for the 2022 season.[20] In January 2023, after having previously exercised his contract option for 2023, the club signed him to a new extension for the 2023 season, with options for 2024 and 2025.[21][22] In December 2023, the Wanderers declined his option for 2024.[23]

International career

In October 2016, Ruby made his debut in the Canadian national program, participating in a Canadian under-17 team camp and a month later played in a friendly series with the team in Jamaica.[24][25] He made his international debut on November 27, 2016 against Jamaica U17, earning man of the match honours.[26][27] In May 2017, he was named to the roster for the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, where he started all three of the team's matches.[28] In 2018, he was named to the Canada U21 team for the 2018 Toulon Tournament, but he was forced to withdraw due to injury.[29]

Career statistics

As of October 14, 2023[30]
Club Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Victoria Highlanders FC 2019[31] USL League Two 9 0 — — — 9 0
HFX Wanderers FC 2020 Canadian Premier League 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
2021 16 1 — 1 0 — 17 1
2022 10 0 — 0 0 — 10 0
2023 8 0 1 0 0 0 — 9 0
Total 42 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 44 1
Career total 51 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 53 1

References

  1. ^ Jake Ruby at the Canadian Soccer Association
  2. ^ "Jake Ruby from Langley's Trinity Western University signs with professional team". Langley Advance Times. February 22, 2021.
  3. ^ Pandher, Steve (June 25, 2018). "AFTN's Vancouver Whitecaps Residency 'Ones To Watch' 2018 (Part Two – the U19s)". Away from the Numbers.
  4. ^ a b McColl, Michael (January 23, 2019). "Pacific Prospects: VMSL players worth a look from Pacific FC and the rest of the CPL". Away from the Numbers.
  5. ^ Jacques, John (March 7, 2021). "Ruby Ready For Wanderers Return: 'Now People Know What To Expect From Us'". Northern Tribune.
  6. ^ "Jake Ruby TWU profile". Trinity Western Spartans.
  7. ^ "Cascades rally in second half to beat Spartans". Trinity Western Spartans. October 11, 2019.
  8. ^ "Ruby named Spartans Male Rookie of the Year". Trinity Western Spartans. April 7, 2020.
  9. ^ "Ruby signs pro deal with HFX Wanderers FC". Trinity Western Spartans. February 17, 2021.
  10. ^ "Ruby named to U Sports All-Rookie Team". Trinity Western Spartans. November 6, 2019.
  11. ^ "Highlanders Sign Defender Jake Ruby". Victoria Highlanders. April 30, 2019.
  12. ^ "Bent, Campanile, Waters and Ruby selected in 2019 CPL-U Sports Draft". Victoria Highlanders. November 12, 2019.
  13. ^ "Ruby selected by HFX Wanderers FC in 2nd round of CPL Draft". Trinity Western Spartans. November 12, 2019.
  14. ^ "HFX Wanderers FC add youth with signing of defenders Jake Ruby and Luke Green". Canadian Premier League. July 31, 2020.
  15. ^ Prest, Andy (February 24, 2021). "North Vancouver's Jake Ruby signs pro soccer contract with HFX Wanderers FC". Langley Advance Times.
  16. ^ Thompson, Marty (February 17, 2021). "HFX Wanderers FC sign CPL-U SPORTS Draft standout Jake Ruby to pro deal". Canadian Premier League.
  17. ^ Spurr, Bill (February 17, 2021). "Jake Ruby re-signs with Wanderers". Saltwire Network.
  18. ^ Lawrence, Dylan (March 1, 2021). "Jake Ruby ready for bigger role with HFX Wanderers FC in 2021". Canadian Premier League.
  19. ^ "York United edge HFX Wanderers with late goal, Pacific battles Edmonton to draw". CBC Sports. August 7, 2021.
  20. ^ "Halifax Wanderers 2022 Roster Update". HFX Wanderers FC. January 5, 2022.
  21. ^ "Wanderers sign Aidan Daniels and Jake Ruby to new contracts". HFX Wanderers FC. January 9, 2023.
  22. ^ Jacques, John (January 9, 2023). "Wanderers Sign Daniels, Ruby To New Deals". Northern Tribune.
  23. ^ "Wanderers trigger options on three players as part of year-end roster moves". HFX Wanderers FC. December 19, 2023.
  24. ^ "North Van's Ruby runs with national U17 soccer team". North Shore News. October 25, 2016.
  25. ^ "Canada U17 roster named for camp, Jamaica friendlies". CONCACAF. November 18, 2016.
  26. ^ @CanadaSoccerEN (November 27, 2016). "From Canada's 3:0 win over Jamaica, congrats to José Hernández, Matthew Roberts & Jake Ruby who all made their international youth debuts" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. ^ "North Vancouver's Jake Ruby a gem for Canada Soccer". North Shore News. December 6, 2016.
  28. ^ "Jake Ruby". Celtic Elite Vancouver.
  29. ^ "Four 'Caps called up for Toulon Tournament in France at the end of May". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. May 17, 2018. Archived from the original on May 19, 2019.
  30. ^ Jake Ruby at Soccerway
  31. ^ "Jake Ruby 2019 USL2 Stats". USL League Two.

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2019 CPL–U Sports Draft selections
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