Corey Baird Biography

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#10 Corey Baird

Position:	Midfielder
Height:	5'11"
Weight:	165
Year:	Sophomore
Hometown:	Escondido, Calif.
High School:	Vista Grande
Club:	Real Salt Lake - Arizona Academy
Major:	Undeclared

U.S. Soccer

Called by U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team head coach Andi Herzog for the first College Identification Training Camp in early August 2015
Assisted on the first goal for the U.S. in its 3-1 win over Club Tijuana's Segunda Premier Team, which wrapped camp on August 7
Has been involved with U.S. Youth National Teams from the U-14 to U-20 age range
Called into camp with the U-20 National Team in January 2014
Saw action with the U-18 National Team in France in October 2013
Part of the U-17 Residency Program and started for the national team at the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Also started for the squad at the 2011 Nike International Friendlies and tournaments in Europe and Costa Rica
Scored lone goal in 1-0 group-play win over Guatemala at the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

As a Sophomore (2015) | Game-by-Game Stats

College Cup All-Tournament Team
All-Pac-12 Second Team
Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Dec. 8)
Started all 23 matches
Tied for the team lead in assists (13) and was second in points (19) while adding three goals
Tied for second in the country in assists with teammate Eric Verso and sixth in assists per game (0.57)
Baird and Verso became the first Cardinal teammates with at least 13 assists in a season since 1978 (Ted Rafalovich/Dan McNevin)
Tied for fifth in Stanford single-season history in assists
Stanford was the only team in the country that had two players in double digits in assists
Assist total was the highest for Stanford since 2002 and the most in the Pac-12 since 2010
Converted the winning kick in Stanford's penalty shootout victory against Akron in the NCAA semifinals (12/11)
Had two assist games in the NCAA title match against Clemson (12/13) and the NCAA quarterfinals at Wake Forest (12/5)
Five assists came in a four-match stretch against VCU (9/6), San Jose State (9/10), SMU (9/13) and San Francisco (9/18)
First time tallying a career-high two assists came off corners in a 3-1 win over San Francisco (9/18)
Scored his first career postseason goal against Ohio State (11/29)
Tallied his second career brace in Stanford's 3-1 victory at San Diego State (10/18)

As a Freshman (2014) | Game-by-Game Stats

NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Far West Region Second Team
All-Pac-12 Second Team
Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Freshman Second Team
Soccer America Men's All-Freshman First Team
College Soccer News First Team Freshman All-American
Pac-12 Player of the Week (Nov. 3 and Nov. 10)
Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Nov. 18)
College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Nov. 3)
Appeared in all 19 games, making 14 starts in the midfield
Finished tied for third on the team with four goals to go along with four assists
Goals came against Delaware (9/21), UCLA [2] (10/30) and Oregon State (11/9)
Responsible for Stanford's only multi-goal game of the year, putting home both for the Cardinal in its 2-2 draw at No. 1 UCLA (10/30)
Assists came against UC Santa Barbara (9/9), UCLA (10/12), Oregon State (11/9) and California (11/16)
Assisted Austin Meyer's overtime winner in the 103rd minute at California (11/16), which clinched Stanford's first Pac-12 Championship since 2001
Tallied eight points on three goals and two assists in the Cardinal’s last five regular-season matches

High School/Club

A 2014 graduate of Vista Grande High School in Casa Grande, Ariz.
Played one season of soccer
Named league rookie of the year and to the second team
Played for San Diego Surf and Real Salt Lake Academy
Member of the academy’s U-18 team
Helped RSL squad to US Development Academy League playoff berth
With San Diego Surf, helped the club’s U-15 team to titles at the Surf Thanksgiving Tournament and the Presidio League in 2010

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