Topic: Brian Edwards

Brian Edwards (born October 6, 1984, in Summit, New Jersey) is an American soccer player currently playing for Degerfors IF.

Edwards attended Providence High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, played club soccer for the Charlotte Soccer Club, and played college soccer at Wake Forest University. In his four-year playing career at Wake Forest, Edwards put up a career 0.78 GA average, 44 career shutouts, and led the Demon Deacons to victory in the 2007 Division I Men's College Cup, defeating Ohio State University in the final. Edwards was named the Final Four's defensive MVP. During his college years he also played with Carolina Dynamo of the USL Premier Development League.

Edwards was drafted in the second round (twenty-eighth overall) of the 2008 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC, which intended to use Edwards as a back-up goalkeeper behind Greg Sutton. He made his MLS debut on March 29, 2008, in a 2-0 defeat to Columbus Crew. On 25 March 2010 Toronto FC released the American goalkeeper by mutual consent, the 25-year-old became a free agent. After a trial at Seattle Sounders FC in April 2010, he signed with the Charlotte Eagles of the USL Second Division.