Chad Marshall has had a long, successful career in soccer. He was born on August 22, 1984 in Riverside, California. The 31-year-old defender wears uniform #14. He stands at 6’4 tall and weighs 190 pounds. Marshall has been a well-known name in the soccer scene since high school. He went to school at Rubidoux High, where he was awarded several distinctive honors. Some of those included NCSAA All-American, Parade magazine’s Best Defender Award and Parade magazine All-American. Soccer America dubbed him the top pick for any soccer team.

Marshall started his soccer youth career on the Irvine Strikers team from 1999 to 2002. Then he played for the Stanford Cardinals from 2002 to 2003. In his senior career, Marshall played for Columbus Crew from 2004 to 2013. Since 2014, he’s been with the Sounders. Marshall has also had an extensive international career. He has played for various U.S. teams since 2000, with his last experience running from 2005 to 2010. As of 2012, Marshall’s salary is $310,000 USD. He has won MLS Defender of the Year three times: in 2008, 2009 and 2014. He has also won MLS Best XI three times: in 2008, 2009 and 2014.

In his regular season career, Marshall has played a total of 313 games, totaling 27,539 minutes on the field. He has started in nearly all of those games—a total of 309 starts. He has started in every game played for the Sounders except one. He’s only had a single red card in his regular season career, as well as a total of 14 yellow cards. He has scored a total of 17 goals in his regular season time played.

In addition to soccer, Marshall enjoyed horseback riding as a youth. He has a horse named Frank. His parents are Duane and Sandra Marshall. Fans can find him on Twitter as @ChadMarshall14. He posts various updates, news items and even photos of himself with his dog.

During the 2015, Marshall suffered a neck injury. Press speculated on the injury following his removal from the field, but it turned out to be a sprain. His spokespeople say that all precautions are being taken to ensure his full recovery as quickly as possible. The recovery timeline for a typical neck sprain is four to six weeks long. Marshall appears to be in good spirits on his Twitter feed, where he has been regularly posting following the injury. Marshall even uses his feed to help raise funds for people in medical need.

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