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Garret Kusch
Personal information
Full name	Garret Andrew Kusch
Date of birth	26 September 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth	Richmond, Canada
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1997	Vancouver 86ers
1997–1998	Oostende
1998–1999	RAEC Mons
1999–2000	KV Mechelen
2000	Mjällby
2001	Hønefoss
2007	Columbus Clan FC
International career
1991	Canada U20
1994–1996	Canada U23
1997–2001	Canada
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Garret Andrew Kusch (born 26 September 1973) is a Canadian former soccer player who played at both professional and international levels as a striker. After retiring as a player, Kusch became a Chiropractor.^{[citation needed]}

Club career

Born in Richmond, British Columbia, Kusch started his career at local side Vancouver 86ers and then played successfully in a Belgian lower division with Mons. Injury-hit, he then only featured twice for Mechelen in the Belgian First Division in the 1999/2000 season. He revived his career after a foot injury at Swedish second division side Mjällby only to finish the first of his two years-contract at Norwegian second division outfit Hønefoss to quit professional soccer aged just 28 in 2001 to continue his studies.^[1]^[2]

Kusch briefly came out of retirement in 2007 to play for Columbus Clan FC; earning a silver medal in the Open Canada Cup.^[3]

International career

Kusch made his debut for Canada in an April 1997 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador and earned a total of 21 caps, scoring 1 goal. The shaven-headed striker has represented Canada in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and participated in the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup,^[4] where he played his final international against Cameroon.

Personal life

Kusch currently works for the Canadian national team as a chiropractor.

References

^ "Cdn soccer striker Garret Kusch calls it quits". CTV. 19 December 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
^ "Kusch Announces His Retirement". Canada Soccer. 19 December 2001. Archived from the original on 22 October 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Columbus Clan FC take home the Silver Medal in 2007
^ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA

External links

Player profile – CanadaSoccer
Garret Kusch at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] "Cdn soccer striker Garret Kusch calls it quits". CTV. 19 December 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2008.

[2] "Kusch Announces His Retirement". Canada Soccer. 19 December 2001. Archived from the original on 22 October 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] Columbus Clan FC take home the Silver Medal in 2007

[4] Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA

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 ==Club career==
-Born in [[Richmond, British Columbia]], Kusch started his career at local side [[Vancouver Whitecaps (USL)|Vancouver 86ers]] and then played successfully in a Belgian lower division with [[R.A.E.C. Mons|Mons]]. Injury-hit, he then only featured twice for [[Y.R. K.V. Mechelen|Mechelen]] in the [[Belgian First Division]] in the 1999/2000 season. He revived his career after a foot injury at Swedish second division side [[Mjällby AIF|Mjällby]] only to finish the first of his two years-contract at Norwegian second division outfit [[Hønefoss BK|Hønefoss]] to quit professional soccer aged just 28 in 2001 to continue his studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025060089443_20469289//|title=Cdn soccer striker Garret Kusch calls it quits|accessdate=15 April 2008|date=19 December 2001|publisher=CTV}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/media/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=588|title=Kusch Announces His Retirement|accessdate=15 April 2008|date=19 December 2001|publisher=Canada Soccer}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
+Born in [[Richmond, British Columbia]], Kusch started his career at local side [[Vancouver Whitecaps (USL)|Vancouver 86ers]] and then played successfully in a Belgian lower division with [[R.A.E.C. Mons|Mons]]. Injury-hit, he then only featured twice for [[Y.R. K.V. Mechelen|Mechelen]] in the [[Belgian First Division]] in the 1999/2000 season. He revived his career after a foot injury at Swedish second division side [[Mjällby AIF|Mjällby]] only to finish the first of his two years-contract at Norwegian second division outfit [[Hønefoss BK|Hønefoss]] to quit professional soccer aged just 28 in 2001 to continue his studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025060089443_20469289//|title=Cdn soccer striker Garret Kusch calls it quits|accessdate=15 April 2008|date=19 December 2001|publisher=CTV}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/media/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=588 |title=Kusch Announces His Retirement |accessdate=15 April 2008 |date=19 December 2001 |publisher=Canada Soccer |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20061022050843/http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/media/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=588 |archivedate=22 October 2006 }}</ref>
 Kusch briefly came out of retirement in 2007 to play for [[Columbus Clan FC]]; earning a silver medal in the [[Open Canada Cup]].<ref>[http://soccerpaper.com/edition/?p=233 Columbus Clan FC take home the Silver Medal in 2007]</ref>