Snip: The 17-year-old Kentucky native was the youngest member of the U.S. national futsal team that competed at the CONCACAF Futsal Championship down in Guatemala in July.He followed that up by traveling over to the Netherlands in August for a series of trials with three Dutch clubs: Vitesse, FC Twente and De Graafschap....With regards to Stauffer future plans, that remains unclear. While he waits to hear back from the Dutch clubs, Stauffer is heading back to school for his senior year at Shattuck St. Mary’s, the Minnesota boarding school where he’ll also play for the U18 team in the upcoming Development Academy season.And he’s not sure what lies ahead of him after the season ends up, he’s heavily involved in the college process (he was featured in our Recruiting Insider series earlier this year) and will continue to follow up with that.http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/arti...=teenage-futsal-star-gets-european-experience
Always nice to hear about a fellow Kentuckian making an impact!! I've been away from the soccer scene in KY for a few years, as I've moved, but I wonder if I've crossed paths with Lucas as a coach. Futsal, before I moved, was really starting to take off in KY and many, many kids were transitioning from playing indoor to trying Futsal. I'm difinately an advocate for the game and it sounds like it's served Lucas well. I hope something pops up for Lucas in the pro game, now or in the future, as KY has been short on producing professionals despite halfway decent talent -- most of which hasn't been unearthed.
Lucas Stauffer has just signed with Vejie Boldklub, of the Danish 1st Division. http://owhentheyanks.com/2013/07/26/95-usynt-us-futsal-wiz-lucas-stauffer-joins-vejle-boldklub/ He was committed to Creighton University and was going to be playing with the Sporting KC u18s next season.
Here's a snippet from the club site: Amerikanske Lukas Stauffer, der i den kommende sæson, bliver en del af VB’s U/19-hold spiller tidligt i morgen dansk tid finale om det amerikanske mesterskab for U19 mod New York Red Bulls. Kampen streames via www.ussoccer.comKampen spilles på Houston Dynamos hjemmebane, BBVA Compass stadium.It looks like they are promoting his upcoming appearance for a USA youth club. As noted, this seems to confirm that he's joining VBK's U19s in the fall. It looks like he's a '95.
I think that sentence is a reference to SSM u18s playing against the Red Bull u18s in the USSDA finals a little while back in Houston.
As of February, he was in Nebraska. (For that to work, I guess he would've had to not been a pro wile in Denmark.) U.S. Futsal has him there too. http://www.gocreighton.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209403343 http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/05/09/14/38/140509-futsal-nt-4-nations-newcastle-fra-x2
Is #Schalke's #TeamUSA getting an addition? At #U23 team practice today: Lucas #Stauffer, formerly with teams like Vancouver and #NY #RedBull's II. The Kentucky-born defender seemed to enjoy the experience 👍 #S04 #soccer #USsoccer #football pic.twitter.com/Vwmwoz030b— Volker Barth (@barthvolker) February 5, 2019 Lucas Stauffer Position: Fullback Height: 5-06 Weight: 165 pounds Date of Birth: April 21, 1995 Hometown: Owensboro, Kentucky Citizenship: United States Last Club: Creighton University (NCAA ‘14 to ‘17) Transaction: Signed to NYRB II on a USL contract.
Old thread -- which I mention mainly because it shows that he's had his eye on/spent some time in Europe before... https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/dutch-opportunities-for-lucas-stauffer.1975922/
I think this article says he's close to a deal with fourth-division Rot-Weiss Erfurt. https://www.thueringer-allgemeine.d...-beginnen-saisonvorbereitung-id226220195.html The club recently published some kind of preliminary roster he wasn't on. https://www.rot-weiss-erfurt.de/Aktuelles-News/Aktuelles/Vorlaeufiger-Kader-2019-20.html
Gets the start as Wacker Nordhausen host Erzgebrige Aue in the first round of the German Cup today. He has an assist in 2 starts (167 minutes) in the Regionalliga Nordost to date. The club has 4 points from 2 games. @TheFalseNine @bungadiri Lucas Stauffer at FSV Wacker Nordhausen
Went the distance as they give up an early led to lose 4-1. Wacker Nordhausen went down to 10 men with the score 2-1 in the 74th minute.
@falsenine, @bundadiri There are hundreds of Americans on low level Canadian teams. Should they all be here?
They should have threads only if people are interested in talking about them (which is the same rationale for starting any thread) and if they have threads they should be here. The YA forum has never been about creating an exhaustive database containing all the US-connected players in clubs outside the US. I'm sure someone has a spreadsheet for that somewhere.
Here's a recent (German) feature on Stauffer: https://www.thueringer-allgemeine.d...der-mutige-mann-aus-kentucky-id227653959.html
I think this article means he's on trial at Chemnitzer FC. https://www.tag24.de/sport/fussball...-minute-tor-und-beklagt-zwei-verletzt-1598178
Signed with Carl Zeiss Jena, who were just relegated to the Regionalliga Nordost. Willkommen im Club - Lucas #Stauffer! Der 25-jährige US-Amerikaner unterschrieb heute einen zunächst bis Sommer 2021 laufenden Vertrag - mit Option auf ein weiteres Jahr. Herzlich willkommen und viel Erfolg 💙💛🤍! Die Meldung 👉 https://t.co/w3cykEujlx#FCC #MehrAlsFussball pic.twitter.com/kJ10JY8vNW— FC Carl Zeiss Jena (@fccarlzeissjena) August 3, 2020
What kinda financial package do you think he got? Apartment, use of car, a few hundred euros a month or more?