Bradley Ray Evans (born April 20, 1985) is an American retired professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.

[2] The midfielder attended the University of California, Irvine and majored in social sciences with a minor in education while playing college soccer.

[12] The midfielder made his MLS debut on April 7 against the New York Red Bulls,[13] and appeared for 3 more matches without scoring a goal in the 2007 season.

[2][20][21] Three days after winning the MLS Cup, Evans was selected by Seattle Sounders FC with the tenth pick in the Expansion Draft,[22] later being reunited with coach Sigi Schmid.

[24][25] Evans became a regular starter for the first-year Sounders, starting 27 of his 29 MLS appearances and scored two more goals, against San Jose in April and FC Dallas in October,[26][27] to finish as the team's 4th top goalscorer, behind Montero, Nate Jaqua, and Steve Zakuani.

[28][30][31] Evans began the 2010 season by scoring in a 2–0 win over the expansion team Philadelphia Union in the 12th minute from a pass from Steve Zakuani.

[41] Evans contributed his fourth league goal, his third from a penalty, in a 3–1 win at Vancouver Whitecaps FC to clinch the Cascadia Cup.

[42] Evans assisted an Álvaro Fernández goal against Chivas USA before playing both games of the MLS Cup playoffs, where the Sounders lost 3–2 on aggregate to Real Salt Lake.

[45] Evans began the 2012 season by scoring in the Champions League quarterfinals in a 2–1 win over Santos Laguna,[46] later losing 7–3 on aggregate and being eliminated from the tournament.

[55][56] Evans earned his first "Player of the Week" award for playing as a defender after Zach Scott's red card 30 minutes into an eventual 0–0 draw with Real Salt Lake and 2 goals in a 3–1 win over Dallas.

[57][58][59] He played 90 minutes in all 4 MLS Cup Playoff matches as the Sounders advanced to the Conference Final for the first time in franchise history, but lost 3–2 on aggregate to eventual champions Los Angeles Galaxy.

[79][80] Evans was named to the January 2013 training camp for the national team and played in a 0–0 friendly against Canada at BBVA Compass Stadium.

[83] United States coach Jürgen Klinsmann added Evans to his camp roster for May and June,[84][85] where he used the Sounders midfielder as a late-game substitute in a loss to Belgium and let Evans start against Germany during the centennial celebrations for the United States Soccer Federation, a 4–3 win in Washington, D.C.[86][87] Klinsmann started Evans during a friendly against Germany and a qualification match against Jamaica as a right back instead of his usual midfield positions, which proved beneficial as he scored his first international goal in the latter match, a 2–1 win for the United States in stoppage time.