Logan Pause
Personal information
Full name Logan Allen Pause
Date of birth (1981-08-22) August 22, 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2000–2002 North Carolina Tar Heels
2002 Raleigh CASL Elite
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2014 Chicago Fire 286 (4)
International career‡
2004 United States U23 4 (0)
2009–2010 United States 6 (0)
Managerial career
2015 Chicago Fire (interim assistant)
2016 Chicago Fire U-23
2017 Orange County SC
2019 Chicago FC United
Medal record
Representing  United States
Runner-up CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009
Men's Soccer
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 24, 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 23, 2011

Logan Pause (born August 22, 1981) is an American former soccer player and coach who spent his entire twelve-year professional career with the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.

Playing career

College and amateur

After attending Jordan High School in Durham, North Carolina, Pause played college soccer at the University of North Carolina from 2000 to 2002. After a 2002 season in which he co-captained the Tar Heels and played everywhere from central defense to attacking midfield due to injuries, Pause signed a Project-40 contract with MLS. During the 2002 collegiate off-season, Pause played for the Raleigh CASL Elite of the fourth division Premier Development League.[1]

Professional

Pause was selected 24th overall in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft by The Fire. He surprised many by seeing immediate time with the team, finishing the season with 21 appearances and 15 starts for a Fire team that won the MLS Supporters' Shield and the U.S. Open Cup. Pause played the same role for the Fire in 2004, filling in for Jesse Marsch and Chris Armas, starting 19 games and adding two assists.

Pause served primarily as the club's defensive midfielder after Armas retired.[2] He made his 200th league appearance for the Fire on March 26, 2011 in a 3-2 win over Sporting Kansas City.[3]

With the additions of Arévalo Ríos and Jeff Larentowicz in the 2013 MLS season, Pause saw a reduction in playing time, appearing in only 15 matches and starting 11 of those. Following the season's conclusion Pause was made available in the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft but eventually agreed to new a contract ahead of the 2014 season.[4][5]

Logan Pause has retired at the end of 2014 MLS season. He has spent his entire 12-year professional career playing for Chicago Fire.[6][7][8]

On November 3, 2014 Pause was announced the Vice President of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club and will begin his new role as of December 1, 2014.[9]

International

Pause played for a range of United States youth national teams, including the Under-23's during Olympic Qualifying.

Pause was called up for the United States National Team for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup held in the United States, his first call up to the United States full squad.[10] On July 4, 2009 Pause received his first cap playing the entire 90 minutes against Grenada while also registering an assist on Robbie Rogers' goal.

Career statistics

Club Season MLS MLS Playoffs U.S. Open Cup CONCACAF SuperLiga Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chicago Fire 2003 Major League Soccer 23 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
2004 21 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 29 0
2005 27 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
2006 25 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
2007 23 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 1
2008 27 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
2009 26 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 33 0
2010 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 1
2011 29 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 34 0
2012 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 1
2013 15 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
2014 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Career total 286 4 14 0 29 0 4 0 4 0 337 4

Chicago Fire Player Registry[11]

Coaching career

In 2017, Pause was named Head Coach for Orange County SC[12] playing in USL Championship.[13] Following the 2017 USL Season, Pause and OCSC parted ways, announced November 2017.[14]

In 2019 Pause became the head coach of Chicago FC United.[15]

Coaching Record
Year Team Division W D L
2017 Orange County SC USL Championship 11 10 11
2019[16] Chicago FC United USL League 2 8 1 3
Total 19 11 14

Post soccer life

In 2018 Pause joined the Northwestern Medical Group as a program director where he coordinates wellness programs for the group's physicians.[17]

Honors

Chicago Fire

Individual

References

  1. ^ 2002 Open Cup
  2. ^ Logan Pause Profile
  3. ^ Fire outlast Kansas City after Bravo sees red Archived 2011-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Logan Pause | Chicago Fire FC".
  5. ^ "Chicago Fire's Logan Pause "blessed" to return to Men in Red for 12th season | Chicago Fire". www.chicago-fire.com. Archived from the original on January 27, 2014.
  6. ^ "As Logan Pause announces retirement, Chicago Fire lose another link to the past". mlssoccer.com. September 5, 2014.
  7. ^ "Logan Pause Retirement Press Conference". chicago-fire.com. September 5, 2014.
  8. ^ "Pause walks away from the field with a message to all Fire supporters". chicago-fire.com. October 25, 2014.
  9. ^ "The Legend Continues: Logan Pause named Vice President of Chicago Fire Soccer Club". chicago-fire.com. November 3, 2014.
  10. ^ www.ussoccer.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090626215457/http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_14942228.html. Archived from the original on June 26, 2009. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ "Logan Pause | Chicago Fire". Archived from the original on December 18, 2014.
  12. ^ Salmieri, Kelly (January 12, 2017). "Orange County Gets Their Man: Logan Pause Named Blues Head Coach". Orange County Soccer Club. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  13. ^ Salmieri, Kelly (January 12, 2017). "Orange County Gets Their Man: Logan Pause Named Blues Head Coach". Orange County Soccer Club. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  14. ^ Staff, OrangeCountySoccer com (November 27, 2017). "Former FC Barcelona and Manchester United Coach Frans Hoek Named Orange County SC's Technical Director and Senior Advisor". Orange County Soccer Club. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  15. ^ @ChicagoFCU_USL (April 26, 2019). "Very excited to officially announce appointment of Logan Pause as our Head Coach for the 2019 season. A #cf97 legen…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "Standings | uslleaguetwo.com". www.uslleaguetwo.com. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  17. ^ "Meet the Former Professional Soccer Players Who Supports NM Physicians' Well-Being".

External links

Sporting positions Preceded byBrian McBride Chicago Fire captain 2011–2014 Succeeded byJeff Larentowicz
MLS Fair Play Award
United States squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup runners-up
Orange County SC – Head coaches
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