{{short description|American soccer player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Bryan Gaul |image = |fullname = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|08|10}} |birth_place = Naperville, Illinois, United States |height = {{height|ft=6|in=5}} |position = Defender, Midfielder |currentclub = |clubnumber = |youthyears1 = 2008–2011 |youthclubs1 = Bradley Braves |years1 = 2010 |clubs1 = GPS Portland Phoenix |caps1 = 14 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2012–2013 |clubs2 = LA Galaxy |caps2 = 14 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2013 |clubs4 = → Carolina RailHawks (loan) |caps4 = 7 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2015 |clubs5 = Saint Louis FC |caps5 = 27 |goals5 = 4 |years6 = 2016 |clubs6 = Bahlinger SC |caps6 = 10 |goals6 = 3 |years7 = 2016–2017 |clubs7 = Kickers Offenbach |caps7 = 34 |goals7 = 1 |years8 = 2017–2018 |clubs8 = SV Elversberg |caps8 = 30 |goals8 = 0 |years9 = 2018–2019 |clubs9 = FSV Zwickau |caps9 = 16 |goals9 = 0 |nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = |medaltemplates = |club-update = 21:55, 28 July 2019 (UTC) |nationalteam-update = }} '''Bryan Gaul''' (born August 10, 1989, in Naperville, Illinois) is an American soccer player who most recently played for FSV Zwickau in the 3. Liga.
==Career==
===College and amateur=== Gaul played college soccer for Bradley University between 2008 and 2011. During his time at Bradley, Gaul was named NSCAA All-Midwest Region and All-Missouri Valley Conference in 2011. In 2010 Gaul was named All-Missouri Valley Conference in his first year as a forward, after converting from a midfielder.<ref>[http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=1566076 Bryan Gaul] at bradleybraves.com</ref>
===Professional=== Gaul was selected by the LA Galaxy in the first round (19th overall) of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft.<ref>[http://www.lagconfidential.com/2012/1/17/2714095/la-galaxy-select-bryan-gaul-yuri-gorentzviag-and-more-in-mls LA Galaxy Select Bryan Gaul, Yuri Gorentzviag, and More In MLS Supplemental Draft], lagconfidential.com, January 17, 2012</ref> He made his debut for the club on May 2 against Seattle Sounders FC.<ref>[http://www.lagalaxy.com/post/2012/05/02/recap-galaxy-suffer-first-defeat-sounders-two-years Recap: Galaxy suffer first defeat to Sounders in two years], lagalaxy.com, May 2, 2012</ref> Gaul made 14 appearances in 2012, along with 7 starts and notched an assist.
After loan stints in 2013 with NASL clubs Fort Lauderdale Strikers and Carolina RailHawks,<ref>[http://www.stltoday.com/sports/soccer/gaul-reviving-career-with-st-louis-fc/article_88786ab8-9e06-5faf-84c9-699572db0911.html Gaul reviving career with St. Louis FC], stltoday.com, April 10, 2015</ref> Gaul was waived by the Galaxy on in the 2014 preseason.<ref>[http://www.lagalaxy.com/news/2014/02/la-galaxy-waive-bryan-gaul LA Galaxy waive Bryan Gaul] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304212419/http://www.lagalaxy.com/news/2014/02/la-galaxy-waive-bryan-gaul |date=March 4, 2014 }}, lagalaxy.com, February 28, 2014</ref>
Gaul had signed with USL club Saint Louis FC ahead of the 2015 season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://saintlouisfc.com/players2 |title=Saintluisfc.com |access-date=October 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120232554/http://saintlouisfc.com/players2 |archive-date=January 20, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He tied for the team high in both goals (4) and assists (4) during the 2015 regular season,<ref>[http://www.uslsoccer.com/ViewContent.dbml?CONTENT_ID=1213973&DB_OEM_ID=32800#team.ind Team] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208095523/http://www.uslsoccer.com/ViewContent.dbml?CONTENT_ID=1213973&DB_OEM_ID=32800#team.ind |date=December 8, 2015 }}</ref> and was the team's leading scorer overall that year with 6 goals, adding a pair of goals during U.S. Open Cup play.
====Germany==== In January 2016, Gaul moved to Germany and signed with Bahlinger SC of the Regionalliga Südwest.<ref>[http://www.regiotrends.de/de/sport/index.news.296265.fussball-bahlinger-sc-verpflichtet-bryan-gaul---zweiter-neuzugang-des-regionalligisten-fuer-die-rueckrunde---kaminski-und-gleichauf-gehen.html Fußball: Bahlinger SC verpflichtet Bryan Gaul], regiotrends.de, January 26, 2016</ref> He moved to Kickers Offenbach for the 2016–17 season before signing with SV Elversberg ahead of the 2017–18 campaign.<ref>{{cite web |title=BRYAN GAUL IST DER FÜNFTE OFC-NEUZUGANG |url=https://www.ofc.de/news/bryan-gaul-ist-der-fuenfte-ofc-neuzugang/#gallery[g580443]/0/ |website=OFC.com |publisher=OFC.com |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BRYAN GAUL SCHLIESST SICH IM SOMMER DER SVE AN |url=https://sv07elversberg.de/2017/bryan-gaul-schliesst-sich-im-sommer-der-sve-an/ |website=sv07elversberg.de |publisher=sv07elversberg.de |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
On May 29, 2018, it was announced that Gaul moved up to the 3. Liga, signing a two-year contract with FSV Zwickau on a free transfer.<ref>{{cite web |title=FSV Zwickau obliges Bryan Gaul and Matti Kamenz |url=http://www.fsv-zwickau.de/index.php/component/content/article/161-verein/saison-2018-2019/3-liga-2018-2019/1609-fsv-zwickau-verpflichtet-bryan-gaul-und-matti-kamenz |website=fsv-zwickau.de |publisher=FSV Zwickau |accessdate=May 31, 2018 |archive-date=May 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529203407/http://www.fsv-zwickau.de/index.php/component/content/article/161-verein/saison-2018-2019/3-liga-2018-2019/1609-fsv-zwickau-verpflichtet-bryan-gaul-und-matti-kamenz |url-status=dead }}</ref> He left the club at the end of the 2018/19 season.
==Honors==
===Club=== ;Los Angeles Galaxy * '''MLS Cup''' (1): 2012
==Personal life== In December 2018, he married Andreea Cristina Bolbea, a lifestyle blogger, model, and internet personality that has amassed over 900,000 followers on Instagram. She was born June 7, 1987, in Bucharest, Romania.
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{MLS player|bryan-gaul}} * {{Soccerway|bryan-gaul/231976}}
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