Tarek Morad

Tarek Morad (Arabic: طارق مراد; born August 21, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who last played for Oakland Roots in the USL Championship.

Early life Personal Tarek was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Chino Hills, California to Egyptian parents and has two older brothers. He attended Chino Hills High School where he would twice win the Sierra League and be named the Sierra League MVP as a Junior.

College and Youth Morad was to originally play college soccer at UC Riverside as a midfielder but his scholarship offer was rescinded. Instead he enrolled at Mt. San Antonio College in 2010. While at Mt. San Antonio he led the Mounties to the South Coast Conference Title as well the California Junior College State Championship. He was also named to the All-Conference team.

In 2011 Morad would transfer to UC Irvine where he would be converted to a defender.

In 2013 Morad also play with the Chivas USA U23 team. Chivas would finish the year unbeaten on their way to the Coast Soccer League Championship where Morad would score the final goal of Championship match. He would appear in 13 of Oklahoma's 28 regular season matches without scoring a goal.

Louisville City FC 2015 season On February 19 Morad would sign with another USL expansion team; Louisville City FC. He would make his debut on March 28 against Saint Louis and appear in 26 of Louisville's 28 regular season matches; scoring 2 goals. He'd also play in two of Louisville's three US Open Cup matches and both of their USL Cup matches.

2016 season Morad would play in 20 of Louisville's 30 regular season matches and make his season debut on April 2 against Orlando City B. He scored his lone goal on June 21 against Toronto and would also contribute 2 assists. He would also score a brace in the first half of Louisville's opening USL Cup match against Bethlehem. He left Louisville as their all-time leader in both league and overall appearances with 75 and 88 appearances respectively.

Tampa Bay Rowdies 2018 season On August 8 Morad signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the USL and made his Tampa debut on the day, helping the Rowdies earn a clean sheet against Charleston.

2019 season The 2019 season saw Morad become a crucial player for the Tampa Bay Rowdies, making 34 appearances as his team finished 5th in the Eastern Conference, before losing the Conference Quarter Final 2–1 to his old team Louisville City on October 27, 2019. On November 19, 2019, Morad announced on his Twitter account that he was leaving the Tampa Bay Rowdies.

San Diego Loyal SC 2020 season On September 1, 2020, Morad joined USL Championship side San Diego Loyal for the remainder of the season.

Oakland Roots On December 21, 2020, it was announced that Morad would join USL Championship side Oakland Roots ahead of their inaugural season in the league. After three seasons with the club, he was not re-signed for the 2024 season.

Career statistics Professional appearances – correct as of November 25, 2020.

Honors Louisville City FC USL Cup: 2017