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name: Bobby Burling
position: D height: 6-5 weight:195 Birthdate: October 15, 1984 Hometown: Monument, CO last club: |
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| Regular Season Stats | full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights |
| year | club | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2009 | San Jose | 7 | 6 | 562 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chivas USA | 3 | 1 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career | 30 | 25 | 2,372 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 0 | |
QuickFacts
• Originally drafted by the Galaxy in the 4th round of the 2007 SuperDraft, Burling is a second year player on Chivas USA, on a Senior Developmental Contract• Joined the team from Loyola Marymount University, where he was a captain and four-year starter, playing in 80 matches (75 starts), recording 15 goals and 16 assists
• A former forward, has made the transition to defense
Bobby Burling joined Chivas USA as a Developmental Player on April 11, 2007, and played 9 games for the reserve team during the year, including five as a starter. In those games he played a total of 478 minutes and scored 2 goals. Born October 15, 1984, in Clear Lake City, Texas, Burling grew up in many locations but went to high school in Monument, Colorado. At LMU, he majored in Business Marketing and graduated in 3.5 years.
UNIVERSITY
After four years at nearby Loyola Marymount University, Burling finished an accomplished career ranked in the top six of the LMU records in goals, assists, and points, and led the team in scoring as a senior despite having switched to central defender from his usual forward position. His final year on the team he was a captain and was named team MVP. He was named three times to the All-West Coast Conference teams, and was on the NSCAA All-Far West second team in 2006, and third team in 2004.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated in 2003 from Lewis-Palmer High School in Monument, Colo., and was a four year letterwinner in soccer and basketball, captaining both teams. Earned a number of state honors for his accomplishments in both sports, and was selected to the Colorado coaches' all-star game in his final three years at Lewis-Palmer.
IN HIS OWN WORDS
Beginnings: I started playing when I was four years old, on an Air Force base. My dad was in the military; we were stationed in Texas and I was playing on my brother's team. Then we moved to Alaska, Alabama, back to Texas, to Colorado, to England, stayed in England for two years and then back to Colorado, and then I went to L.A. for college.Chivas USA: There's a lot of tradition, with what Chivas has done in Mexico. The chance to go down and play in Guadalajara at the end of last season was really eye-opening, as far as what it's like down there and what it will be like here someday.
Food: Mexican food, in general. They just put a Chipotle in not a mile from my house, and I've probably been there three times a week since it went in.
If you weren't a professional soccer player… I have a college degree in business, and I'd eventually like to do something in sports marketing, maybe real estate on the side as well.
