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    13  Josh Beard
    Josh Beard

    Class:
    RS Senior

    Hometown:
    Schaumburg, Ill.

    High School:
    Schaumburg

    Height / Weight:
    5-8 / 155

    Position:
    Forward/Midfielder/Back

    Club Team:
    Sockers FC Chicago


    06/12/2013

    `Forty Flames to Follow' in 2013-14: Josh Beard

    Senior-to-be played on all three lines for UIC last season

    05/29/2013

    Men's Soccer Releases 2013 Schedule

    First four regular season matches to be played at Flames Field

    05/22/2013

    Men's Soccer Receives Academic Recognition at Annual `Night of Champions'

    Lagowski named Student-Athlete of the Year, Beard and Aleksov receive pair of scholarships

    05/01/2013

    Academic Achievement Celebrated at 2013 `Night of Champions'

    Team of the Year, Student-Athletes of the Year named

    04/03/2013

    Spring Preview: UIC Men's Soccer Begins Spring Season Saturday

    UIC will travel to Northern Illinois Saturday afternoon

    2012: Saw action in all 17 matches, with 12 starts ... Played three different positions throughout the season ... Named Second-Team All-Horizon League ... Collected three points ... Scored UIC's third goal in a 3-1 win over rival Loyola (10/10/12) at Flames Field ... Assisted on Joel Salmeron's equalizer in a 2-2 draw against IUPUI (9/15/12) in the UIC Soccer Classic ... Took 19 shots, including seven shots on goal ... Contributed to a back line that collected five total clean sheets.

    2011: Played in and started 15 matches on the back line ... Took 15 shots (1.0 spg), including five shots-on-goal ... Attempted a season-high three shots in UIC's 3-2 win over Drake (9/18/11), and two each at Michigan State (9/27/11) and versus Cleveland State (10/14/11) and Nebraska-Omaha (10/16/11).

    2010: Sat out the season as a medical redshirt, preserving three years of eligibility.


    2009

  • Horizon League All-Newcomer Team
  • Started 17 of 18 games he appeared in
  • Played primarily on the back line
  • Scored first career goal against UAB on Sept. 4

    Prep/Personal

  • 2009 U.S. U-18 Men's National Team camp player
  • Lettered four years as a forward, midfielder and defender for Schaumburg
  • 2007 and 2008 all-state
  • 2007 and 2008 All-Midwest Suburban League
  • Two-time Chicago Sun-Times All-Area First Team
  • Two-time Daily Herald All-Area First Team
  • Part of two regional championships, a sectional championship and a Midwest Suburban League crown with the Saxons
  • Led team with 19 goals and a school-record 21 assists as a senior
  • Scored team-high 17 goals as a junior
  • Spent eight years with Sockers FC Chicago and coach Dave Richardson
  • Part of Sockers' 2007 state title-winning side
  • Born May 23, 1991
  • Son of James and Diane Beard
  • Majoring in business entrepreneurship