Davis Paul
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Davis Paul | ||
| Date of birth | October 12, 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | San Diego, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Positions | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | California Golden Bears | 75 | (18) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008 | Los Angeles Legends | 12 | (10) |
| 2011 | Chicago Fire | 7 | (2) |
| 2011 | Chicago Fire Premier | 3 | (3) |
| 2012 | Strømsgodset Toppfotball | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of March 1st, 2013 | |||
Davis Paul (born October 12, 1988) is and American former professional soccer player who last played for the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.
Career
[edit]Amateur and college
[edit]Davis attended Damien High School where he was recognized as a multi-sport Youth All-American, leading the school to back-to-back CIF Division One Championships while receiving first team All-CIF, Sierra League and San Gabriel Valley Honors.[citation needed] He played club soccer for Arsenal FC of the Premier Coast Soccer League, becoming the first ever 3-Peat US Youth Soccer National Champion and earning Gold Boot honors in 2006 as Player of the Tournament.[citation needed]
Selected to Generation Adidas Elite Soccer Program (ESP) in 2006, Paul earned an All-Star Game selection, scoring the game winning goal. As a member of the US Olympic National Team pool, Paul led Cal South ODP to a National Championship, tied as the top scorer of the tournament and garnering his 2nd Gold Boot Award. He was later selected by College Soccer News to the "100 Freshmen From Coast To Coast To Keep An Eye On" before committing to UC Berkeley his senior year.[citation needed]
Paul played college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley, where he scored 18 goals and 21 assists in 75 appearances for the team.[citation needed]
During the regular season, he led the Pac-10 in points (28), goals (8) assists (13) and game-winners (4). Along with many other accolades including Athlete of the Year at UC Berkeley, he claimed four Pac-10 Player of the Week honors.[1]
During college, Paul played several summer seasons with the Los Angeles Legends in the USL Premier Development League, scoring 10 goals and notching 5 assists in 12 games.[2] He graduated a semester early in 2010 to pursue a professional soccer career, being invited to the January 2011 Major League Soccer combine in Florida.
Professional
[edit]On January 14, 2011, Paul was drafted #51 overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft by the Chicago Fire.[3] He made his professional debut on March 30, 2011, starting in a Lamar Hunt US Open Cup game against the Colorado Rapids,[4] and made his MLS debut on April 17 against Los Angeles Galaxy.[5]
Paul was waived by Chicago[6] and subsequently re-signed to their U23 team until joining the Seattle Sounders[7] until the end of the season. He had a short stint with Sporting Kansas City before moving to Norwegian First Division[8] on a temporary visa.
Upon his return, he played in the Lamar Hunt Open Cup with PSA Elite, where he helped the team advance to the round of 16 with two goals over Major League Soccer's Portland Timbers [9]
Non-football career
[edit]Paul co-founded Lovely Day Studios in 2018 with Kia Dahl.[10] He was credited as director and director of photography on the Telly Award-winning project Adidas Samba | "Going Nowhere",[11] and was credited as a creative producer on the Webby Award-winning Atlanta Falcons project Records Are Made to Be Broken: Falcons Mascot Soars Into Record Books.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Player Bio: Davis Paul - The University of California Official Athletic Site". www.calbears.com. Archived from the original on November 15, 2011.
- ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
- ↑ "MLS Draft: Meet Davis Paul, one of the Chicago Fire's draft picks". January 17, 2011.
- ↑ Chicago Fire one win away from Open Cup after beating Colorado Rapids
- ↑ "Barrett, Gonzalez lift shorthanded Galaxy past Fire". Archived from the original on April 20, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Fire Waive Davis Paul | Chicago Fire Soccer Club". www.chicago-fire.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2011.
- ↑ "Davis Paul on Trial with Seattle Sounders".
- ↑ https://www.dt.no/godset/godset-app/sport/naborivaler-gar-sammen/s/2-2.1748-1.6815051
- ↑ "Portland Timbers U23s are defeated by PSA Elite? WTF?". May 18, 2012.
- ↑ "About". Lovely Day Studios. Retrieved June 22, 2026.
- ↑ https://www.tellyawards.com/winners/2024/branded-content/general-sports/adidas-samba-going-nowhere/310892/
- ↑ https://winners.webbyawards.com/2025/social/social-video-short-form/sports-video/334572/records-are-made-to-be-broken-falcons-mascot-soars-into-record-books
External links
[edit]- Davis Paul at Major League Soccer
- UCB profile Archived November 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- 1988 births
- Living people
- American men's soccer players
- California Golden Bears men's soccer players
- LA Laguna FC players
- Chicago Fire FC players
- Chicago Fire U-23 players
- USL League Two players
- Major League Soccer players
- Sportspeople from Upland, California
- Soccer players from San Bernardino County, California
- Chicago Fire FC draft picks
- Men's association football midfielders