Jake Ruby (born June 4, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a full-back.
Ruby began playing youth soccer at age seven with Lynn Valley SA.[1] Afterwards, he played for Mountain United FC, before joining the Vancouver Whitecaps Academy in 2016.[2] In 2018, he participated in the first team's 2018 pre-season, as well as other first team training sessions.[3][4] He departed the Whitecaps Academy in 2018, heading to Germany, where he had a month-long trial with 1. FC Nürnberg.[5] He then began playing at the senior amateur level with NVFC Norvan in the Vancouver Metro Soccer League.[4]
In 2019, he began attending Trinity Western University, where he played for the men's soccer team.[6] He scored his first goal on October 11, 2019 against the UFV Cascades.[7] In his rookie season, he was named the TWU's Male Rookie of the Year, across all sports.[8] He was also named a Canada West Second Team All-Star, as well as being named to the Canada West All-Rookie Team and the U SPORTS All-Rookie Team.[9][10]
In April 2019, he signed with the Victoria Highlanders in USL League Two.[11]
In November 2019, Ruby was selected 14th overall by HFX Wanderers in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft.[12][13] In July 2020, he signed a U Sports contract with the Wanderers, which would allow him to maintain his university eligibility.[14] In his debut season, he helped the Wanderers reach the CPL finals, where they were defeated by Forge FC.[15] In February 2021, he returned to the Wanderers on a fully professional contract for 2021, with club options for an additional two seasons,[16][17] planning to finish his post-secondary education in Halifax.[18] He scored his first goal on August 7, 2021 against York United.[19] In January 2022, the Wanderers picked up his option for the 2022 season.[20] In January 2023, after having previously exercised his contract option for 2023, the club signed him to a new extension for the 2023 season, with options for 2024 and 2025.[21][22] In December 2023, the Wanderers declined his option for 2024.[23]
In October 2016, Ruby made his debut in the Canadian national program, participating in a Canadian under-17 team camp and a month later played in a friendly series with the team in Jamaica.[24][25] He made his international debut on November 27, 2016 against Jamaica U17, earning man of the match honours.[26][27] In May 2017, he was named to the roster for the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, where he started all three of the team's matches.[28] In 2018, he was named to the Canada U21 team for the 2018 Toulon Tournament, but he was forced to withdraw due to injury.[29]
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Victoria Highlanders FC | 2019[31] | USL League Two | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| HFX Wanderers FC | 2020 | Canadian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 16 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | ||||
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | ||
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