Zak Ibsen
Zak Ibsen is an American retired soccer player.Career
Ibsen played college soccer at UCLA. He was a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team and the U.S. National Team. He played in Germany and in the National Professional Soccer League for the Baltimore Spirit as a midfielder before he was traded to the Tampa Bay Terror on January 17, 1996 in exchange for John Garvey. He then joined Major League Soccer in 1996. Selected by New England in the 1996 MLS Supplemental Draft, he also later played for Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Jose,
He won MLS titles with the Chicago Fire in 1998 and the San Jose Earthquakes in 2001.
During his MLS career Ibsen played in 140 games, scored 6 goals, and had 10 assists.
Long active in beach soccer, Ibsen played for the United States national beach soccer team at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in 2006 and 2007. He now coaches for the US Soccer Development Academy with the Santa Cruz Breakers team based in Woodside, California, practicing out of Canada College.
