Background
He was born in Braunschweig, West Germany.
He was born in Braunschweig, West Germany.
University of Rochester.
He holds the record for most shutouts in a season in the North American Soccer League with 15 in 1980. In 2008, Jack was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame
Brand began his senior club career with Hungaria of the National Soccer League. In 1974 he joined Toronto Metros of NASL and played 14 regular season games.
In "75, he played 2 regular season and 1 play-off game for the Toronto Metros-Croatia.
He returned to the NASL for "77, playing 26 regular season games and 5 play-off games for the Rochester Lancers. The following season after 7 games changed teams and played 4 regular season and 5 play-off games for the Tulsa Roughnecks.
1980 was Brand"s career year, playing with the Seattle Sounders. The following season though the team sputtered to a losing record.
Brand played in 23 games.
He concluded his NASL career playing 14 contests for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in 1982. In 1984, he played for F.C. Seattle in the F.C. Seattle Challenge Cup. He briefly served as coach of F.C. Seattle before being replaced by Bruce Rioch in February 1985.
Brand was earned his only senior "A" as a 21-year-old on 28 October 1974 in Budapest in a 1–1 draw.
He was Canada"s goalkeeper in their home 1976 Summer Olympics. The team was eliminated in the first stage of the tournament, losing 1–2 to the Soviet Union and 1–3 to North of Korea.
In addition, Brand played 7 "A" internationals in total for the Canadian national soccer team in 1974 and 1975. Canada drew with Hungary in Budapest on 28 October 1974.
The following year in 6 pre-Olympic friendlies played in Canada, Brand and the Canucks conceded a whopping 25 goals in 6 losing contests played against the Olympic teams of Poland, Hungary, and East Germany.
He earned a commerce and finance degree from the University of Rochester.