Justen Thomas Glad (born February 28, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake.
_(cropped).jpg) Glad playing for Real Salt Lake in 2021 | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Justen Thomas Glad | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | February 28, 1997 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pasadena, California, United States | ||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Real Salt Lake | ||||||||||
| Number | 15 | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Real Salt Lake AZ | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2014– | Real Salt Lake | 272 | (13) | ||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Real Monarchs | 9 | (1) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2013 | United States U17 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2014–2015 | United States U18 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2015–2017 | United States U20 | 15 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2019–2021 | United States U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of November 25, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of June 4, 2017 | |||||||||||
Youth soccer
editBorn in Pasadena, California, Glad moved with his family to Seattle before finally settling in Tucson, Arizona, where he grew up playing soccer.[2] He joined the Real Salt Lake Arizona Academy in 2012. He was part of RSL's first national championship Academy team, scoring the winning goal in the championship match. He was then named to the USSDA Western Conference “Starting XI” and was named as an NSCAA High School All-American for the 2012-13 Academy season.
Club career
editReal Salt Lake
editOn April 7, 2014, Glad signed a homegrown contract with Real Salt Lake, making him the seventh homegrown signing in club history.[3] He made his professional debut in April 2015 for USL affiliate club Real Monarchs SLC and scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw against Portland Timbers 2.[4] Glad made his Major League Soccer debut at the age of 18 with Real Salt Lake in June 2015. Glad became a regular starter with Real Salt Lake in 2016, starting 27 MLS matches, and was named the RSL 2016 defender of the year.[citation needed] He is currently third all-time in terms of games and minutes played for Real Salt Lake, behind club legends Nick Rimando and Kyle Beckerman. He was voted the team's most valuable player in 2022.
International career
editGlad was a member of the U.S. under-17 squad that competed in the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. He also represented the U.S. in the under-18 level. Glad was one of numerous young uncapped players called into the United States men's national soccer team January 2018 training camp in advance of a friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[5] Glad was named to the final 20-player United States under-23 roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in March 2021.[6] While playing for US Youth National teams, Glad was also given “Best 11” honors in both the CONCACAF U-20 (2017) and U-23 (2020) tournaments, and he played a major role on the first U-20 team to ever win the CONCACAF championship.[citation needed]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | National cup | Playoffs | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Salt Lake | 2014 | MLS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | MLS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | MLS | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2017 | MLS | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | MLS | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | MLS | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | MLS | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| 2021 | MLS | 31 | 2 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 2 | ||||
| 2022 | MLS | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2023 | MLS | 32 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 42 | 5 | ||
| 2024 | MLS | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | MLS | 31 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| Total | 272 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 304 | 14 | ||
| Real Monarchs (loan) | 2015[9] | USL Championship | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| Real Monarchs (loan) | 2016[10] | USL Championship | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Real Monarchs (loan) | 2019 | USL Championship | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 281 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 313 | 15 | ||
- 1 2 Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League/CONCACAF Champions Cup
- 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup
Honors
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Justen Glad". Real Salt Lake. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
- ↑ Peppe, Nick (February 19, 2016). "Former local poduct glad to be in real deal". Tucson.com. Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ↑ "Real Salt Lake signs Justen Glad to Homegrown contract". RealSaltLake.com. RSL Communications. April 7, 2014. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Historic night ends in a draw for Real Monarchs". RealSaltLake.com. RSL Communications. April 8, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Sarachan Calls 30 Player Roster to National Training Center for 2018 January Camp". ussoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. January 8, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ↑ "U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team Head Coach Jason Kreis Names Roster for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship". www.ussoccer.com. March 11, 2021.
- ↑ Justen Glad at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- ↑ "Justen Glad". MLS Soccer. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
- ↑ "Monarchs made progress in inaugural season". Real Salt Lake. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
- ↑ "Real Monarchs Top St. Louis FC 1-0 in 2016 USL Opener". Real Salt Lake. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
- ↑ "U-20 MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM CLAIMS FIRST CONCACAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH SHOOTOUT WIN VS. HONDURAS". ussoccer.com. March 5, 2017.
External links
edit- Justen Glad at Major League Soccer
- Justen Glad at Soccerway
- USSF Development Academy bio
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