Professional
The New England Revolution of Major League Soccer (MLS) picked Asad in the third round (31st overall) in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft. He saw minimal time in 2000 as the Revs loaned him to the MLS Project 40 team. In 2001, Asad played in nineteen games before being traded on August 15, 2001, along with Johnny Torres, to the Miami Fusion in exchange for Leo Cullin. He played only one game with the Fusion, which folded at the end of the season. On January 11, 2002, the Revolution drafted Asad for a second time, this time in the third round (22nd overall) of the 2002 MLS Dispersal Draft. He played in only six games with the Revolution which loaned him to the Charleston Battery of the USL First Division. In August 2002, he was injured while playing on loan to the Kansas City Wizards in an exhibition game with the Rochester Raging Rhinos. The Revs waived him on November 4, 2002 and Asad moved to the Atlanta Silverbacks of the USL for the 2003 season. He is not recorded as playing after that.
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