Updated November 13, 2023
BOBBY WOOD AT A GLANCE:
MLS CAREER: Signed with Real Salt Lake on April 2, 2021, inking a contract initially effective on July 1…Joined club in April after terminating his contract with Hamburger SV…Over 60 appearances in MLS, with 39 starts, has tallied 12 goals and seven assists…Netted five goals in 31 games for Real Salt Lake from 2021-22…In 2021, scored two goals and added an assist in 17 regular season matches…Also tallied a goal in three 2021 Audi MLS Cup Playoff matches…In second MLS season, made 14 appearances in an injury-shortened season, notching three goals and an assist...Had club option declined by Real Salt Lake following the 2022 season…Selected with the first overall pick in Stage 2 of the 2022 MLS Re-Entry Draft by the New England Revolution on November 22, 2022…Signed with the Revolution to a one-year contract through 2023 with an additional one-year club option for 2024…Made 29 appearances with 19 starts, scoring seven goals and adding five assists.
2023: Made 29 appearances with 19 starts, scoring seven goals and adding five  assists…(2/25) at CLT: Made club debut with a 26-minute shift off the bench…(3/4) vs. HOU: Marked first Revolution start with a goal-and-assist performance, his first in MLS…(4/1) vs. NYC: Notched second assist of the season, matching previous total over two MLS campaigns…(4/8) vs. MTL: Tallied second goal of the campaign, surpassing 2,000 minutes in MLS career…Also set MLS career high with five shots…(5/6) at TOR: Tallied game-winning goal, his third of the year… (6/10) at MIA: Netted sixth goal of the season… (6/24) vs. TOR: logged one goal and one assist, his third goal-and-assist performance of the season. (7/15) vs. DC: Tallied fifth assist of the season…Postseason: (10/28) at PHI: Played 67 minutes off the bench in first postseason appearance for the club.
2022 (with Real Salt Lake): In second MLS season, made 14 appearances in an injury-shortened season, notching three goals and an assist...Had club option declined by Real Salt Lake following the 2022 season…(3/5) vs. SEA: Scored game-winning goal with an 85-minute effort…(3/12) at NE: Tallied first assist of the season in a comeback victory, playing 90 minutes…(3/19) vs. NSH: Scored opening goal, his second of the season, in a 63-minute performance…(5/28) at HOU: Netted game-winning goal, his third of the season…(6/18) vs. SJ: Played 19 minutes in final appearance for the club, departing early with injury…Missed remainder of the season with a torn abductor muscle.
2021 (with Real Salt Lake): In debut season, scored two goals and added an assist in 17 regular season matches…Also tallied a goal in three 2021 Audi MLS Cup Playoff matches…(6/23) at SEA: Made club debut playing 23 minutes off the bench…(7/7) at VAN: Made first MLS start, logging 58 minutes…(7/24) vs. COL: Scored first goal for the club in a 55-minute effort…(8/14) vs. ATX: Notched second goal of the season, a game-winner, in a 73-minute shift…(8/18) vs. HOU: Recorded first MLS assist before coming off injured…would miss two months injured…(10/23) at CHI: Made return from injury with a brief substitute appearance…Postseason: (11/28) at SKC: Scored late game-winner as a substitute to help club advance to the Western Conference Finals.
CLUB CAREER OUTSIDE OF MLS: Spent most of professional career in Germany playing in the Bundesliga and the 2.Bundesliga…Developed in 1860 Munich youth academy and made 54 appearances for the German club from 2011-15, registering three goals and six assists…Added 46 appearances for 1860 Munich II, recording 12 goals and six assists… Spent second half of 2014-15 2.Bundesliga season on loan with Erzgebirge Aue, tallying three goals and an assist in nine appearances… First professional appearance came on May 12, 2010 for 1860 Munich II against Eintracht Frankfurt II…Joined the first team roster for the 2010-11 season, making five appearances…Also logged eight appearances for 1860 Munich II in 2010-11, scoring two goals…Made professional debut for the first team on January 29, 2011 as a substitute against MSV Duisburg…Only made three first-team appearances in the 2.Bundesliga during the 2011-12 campaign, battling a knee injury that sidelined him for multiple months…Had two goals and an assist in 10 games for 1860 Munich II in 2011-12 Regionalliga Sud action…Saw action in 15 matches during the 2012-13 2.Bundesliga season, notching three goals and an assist…Also tallied eight goals and five assists for 1860 Munich II in Regionalliga Bayern action in 2012-13… Logged career-high 21 appearances in the 2013-14 2.Bundesliga season, recording two assists…Spent second half of 2014-15 2.Bundesliga season on loan with Erzgebirge Aue, tallying three goals and an assist in nine appearances…Signed a three-year contract with Union Berlin ahead of the 2015-16 2.Bundesliga season…In first season with the club, set record for goals scored by an American in a single season in Germany's top two flights with 17 goals for Union Berlin in the 2.Bundesliga… Inked a four-year deal with Hamburger SV ahead of the 2016-17 Bundesliga season – his first in the German top flight…Tallied 13 goals and three assists in 80 games across all competitions for the club…In debut campaign, scored five goals and added two assists in 28 league matches, also tallying four goals in as many games in the DFB Pokal…Scored two goals in 24 games during the 2017-18 Bundesliga campaign…Scored in his lone 2017-18 DFB Pokal appearance…Joined Hannover 96 on loan for the 2018-19 Bundesliga season with an option to buy…Made 20 appearances in Bundesliga play and an additional two appearances in DFB Pokal play, compiling three goals and two assists across all competitions…Returned to Hamburg for the 2019-20 2.Bundesliga campaign after spending a year on loan, making six appearances in the pandemic-shortened season…In 2020-21 during final season for the club, appeared in 16 matches in the 2.Bundesliga and one DFB Pokal contest, compiling one goal and one assist across all competitions.
1860 Munich (GER): Developed in 1860 Munich youth academy and made 54 appearances for the German club from 2011-15, registering three goals and six assists…Added 46 appearances for 1860 Munich II, recording 12 goals and six assists…First professional appearance came on May 12, 2010 for 1860 Munich II against Eintracht Frankfurt II…Joined the first team roster for the 2010-11 season, making five appearances…Also logged eight appearances for 1860 Munich II in 2010-11, scoring two goals…Made professional debut for the first team on January 29, 2011 as a substitute against MSV Duisburg…Only made three first-team appearances in the 2.Bundesliga during the 2011-12 campaign, battling a knee injury that sidelined him for multiple months…Had two goals and an assist in 10 games for 1860 Munich II in 2011-12 Regionalliga Sud action…Saw action in 15 matches during the 2012-13 2.Bundesliga season, notching three goals and an assist…Also tallied eight goals and five assists for 1860 Munich II in Regionalliga Bayern action in 2012-13…In first appearance of the season for 1860 Munich II, tallied his first professional brace on July 20, 2012 against TSV Buchbach…Notched first start for the club on November 27, 2012 against SC Paderborn, having returned from a long spell sidelined with a knee injury…Scored first 2.Bundesliga goal on November 30, 2012 against VfR Aalen…Notched a goal and an assist, his first helper for the club, on February 9, 2013 against Duisburg…Logged career-high 21 appearances in the 2013-14 2.Bundesliga season, recording two assists…Made 25th appearance for the club on July 28, 2013 against FSV Frankfurt, playing 63 minutes…Had the game-winning assist on May 4, 2014 against VfL Bochum…Saw action in six matches during the 2014-15 campaign for 1860 Munich, notching two assists…Made 50th league appearance, his final for the club, on October 19, 2014 against Erzgebirge Aue.
Erzgebirge Aue (GER): Spent second half of 2014-15 2.Bundesliga season on loan with Erzgebirge Aue, tallying three goals and an assist in nine appearances…Debuted for the club on February 6, 2015, starting and playing 69 minutes against RB Leipzig…Tallied two goals in a 77-minute effort against Fortuna Dusseldorf on February 13, 2015…Netted third goal of the season on April 27, 2015 against Eintracht Braunschweig in his second game since returning from a knee injury…Notched first assist for the club on May 9, 2015 against Union Berlin.
Union Berlin (GER): Signed a three-year contract with Union Berlin ahead of the 2015-16 2.Bundesliga season…In first season with the club, set record for goals scored by an American in a single season in Germany's top two flights with 17 goals for Union Berlin in the 2.Bundesliga…Made club debut July 26, 2015 playing 61 minutes against Fortuna Dusseldorf…Tallied first assist for the club on August 2, 2015 against SV Sandhausen…Notched first goal on August 16, 2015 against Kaiserslautern…Scored in consecutive matches on September 23, 2015 against FSV Frankfurt and September 26 vs. MSV Duisburg…Had first goal and assist performance on November 7, 2015 against FC Nurnberg…Bagged a brace on December 12, 2015 against Dusseldorf…Scored 10 goals in eight consecutive appearances between February 5 and April 17, 2016.
Hannover 96 (GER): Joined Hannover 96 on loan for the 2018-19 Bundesliga season with an option to buy, making 20 appearances in league play and an additional two appearances in DFB Pokal play, compiling three goals and two assists…Made club debut in a DFB Pokal match against Karlsruher SC on August 19, 2018, notching an assist…Made first league appearance with Hannover on August 31, 2018 against Borussia Dortmund, a 45-minute effort…Recorded an assist on September 30, 2018 against Eintracht Frankfurt…Scored two goals in a 3-1 win over VfB Stuttgart on October 6, 2018…Notched third goal of the season on November 25, 2018 at Borussia Monchengladbach…Missed final two months of season with a knee injury as club was relegated.
Hamburger SV (GER): Inked a four-year deal with Hamburger SV ahead of the 2016-17 Bundesliga season – his first in the German top flight…Tallied 13 goals and three assists in 80 games across all competitions for the club…In debut campaign, scored five goals and added two assists in 28 league matches, also tallying four goals in as many games in the DFB Pokal…Scored in club debut on August 27, 2016 against FC Ingolstadt…Also notched a goal in second appearance on September 10, 2016 against Bayer Leverkusen…Bagged a brace in DFB Pokal action on October 25, 2016 at Hallescher FC…Tallied goals in final two matches of the 2016 Hinrunde on December 17 at FSV Mainz and December 20 vs. FC Schalke…Scored in consecutive DFB Pokal matches against FC Koln on February 7, 2017 in the Round of 16 and against Borussia Monchengladbach on March 1, 2017 in the Quarterfinals…Scored game-winner on March 12, 2017 against Borussia Monchengladbach…Notched game-winning assist on April 8, 2017 against TSV Hoffenheim…Scored two goals in 24 games during the 2017-18 Bundesliga campaign…Scored in his lone 2017-18 DFB Pokal appearance…Tallied a goal on August 13, 2017 against VfL Osnarbruck in the DFB Pokal…Scored first league goal of the season on August 25, 2017 against FC Koln…Missed four matches during the first half of the season with a knee injury…Notched second goal of the season on April 28, 2018 against VfL Wolfsburg…Returned to Hamburg for the 2019-20 2.Bundesliga campaign after spending a year on loan, making six appearances in the pandemic-shortened season…In 2020-21 during final season for the club, appeared in 16 matches in the 2.Bundesliga and one DFB Pokal contest, compiling one goal and one assist across all competitions…Registered final assist for the club on
December 15, 2020 against SV Sandhausen…Scored final goal for Hamburg on February 21, 2021 against Würzburger Kickers…Mutually agreed to part ways with club on April 13, 2021 ahead of move to Real Salt Lake.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER (United States): Capped 45 times by the United States Men’s National Team, tallying 13 goals and five assists…Made his senior international debut on August 14, 2013 as a substitute playing three minutes in a friendly against Bosnia & Herzegovina…Scored his first international goal on June 5, 2015 in a friendly against the Netherlands, an 89th-minute game-winning goal…Five days later, scored an 87th-minute winner in a friendly at Germany…Scored tying goal in the 2015 Concacaf Cup on October 11, 2015…Had a goal and an assist in a World Cup qualifying match against St. Vincent & the Grenadines on November 14, 2015…Found the scoresheet in three straight friendly matches ahead of the 2016 Copa America Centenario, netting a goal against Puerto Rico on May 22, 2016 before tallying assists against Ecuador on May 26 and Bolivia on May 29…Had a goal and an assist in the second group stage match of the 2016 Copa America Centenario against Costa Rica on June 8, 2016…Marked his 25th international appearance with a goal in a World Cup qualifying match against St. Vincent & the Grenadines on September 2, 2016…Notched 10th international goal and his fifth international assist in a World Cup qualifying match against Panama on October 7, 2017…Scored last international goal in a friendly against Colombia on October 12, 2018.
PERSONAL: Full name is Bobby Shou Wood…Born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Japanese mother and an African American father…Began playing youth soccer in 1999 with Powder Edge SC in Hawaii…Moved to California in 2005 to join the Irvine Strikers academy program…In 2007, moved to Germany to play for the 1860 Munich Academy…Made seven appearances for the U.S. Under-20 and Under-23 Nationals Teams, scoring four goals…Represents the United States at the international level, having played under Bruce Arena from 2016-17.
