caption youthclubs years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals image_size height position birth_date article_title name
ross , april , 2004 . paule seen here playing for the columbus crew creighton 1994-1996 1997 2001-2002 2003-2005 1994-1996 creighton crew → colorado foxes -lrb- loan -rrb- metrostars columbus 111 4 31 50 memphis , tennessee , united states 18 3 2 11 220 5 10 midfielder 4 april 1976 ross paule
 ross paule
ross paule

ross paule -lrb- born april 4 , 1976 -rrb- is an american former soccer midfielder , who last played for the columbus crew of major league soccer .
paule moved from dallas , tx as a youth and joined the memphis futbol club in memphis , tennessee .
paule also starred for houston high school in germantown , tennessee where he was awarded the commercial appeal 's best of the preps title .
paule played college soccer at creighton university , but left only after three seasons , becoming one of the first players to leave college early for a jump to mls .
he was drafted 11th overall by the colorado rapids in the 1997 mls college draft , and became a regular right away , a starter by his second season , appearing in 19 games and starting seven .
paule 's best year with the rapids came in 1998 , when he tallied ten goals and six assists .
he stayed with the team through 2001 , running the team 's midfield , and was atop the league 's assist charts at midseason , when the rapids traded for midfield maestro carlos valderrama .
with no place for paule on the squad , he was dealt to the metrostars for steve shak and a draft pick .
paule spent the rest of 2001 and all of 2002 with the metros , usually playing -- in a new out-of-position role of defensive midfielder , as mandated by metro coach octavio zambrano .
ross was traded to columbus prior to the 2003 season for chris leitch and jeff matteo and spent the next two seasons there , scoring seven goals in 2004 , including a hat-trick against los angeles galaxy .
in eight years in mls , his totals are 31 goals and 41 assists .
paule retired early into the 2005 season because of post-concussion syndrome .
he then went on to coach a local club , wasa , for the u12a girls team .
after his first season with them he moved back to memphis and is now the executive director of the fellowship of christian athletes soccer where he is producing a soccer themed new testament with high profile professional soccer player testimonies inserted into the new testament .
each testimony is unique as paule is connecting the players character trait to a person of faith throughout the bible .
he also is the executive director of newly formed arlington soccer academy in tn .
