Walter Schlothauer

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playername= Walter Schlothauer
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position = Forward Defender
youthyears = 1976-1979
youthclubs = Cleveland State
years = 1980
1981
1983
-1993
clubs = Cleveland Cobras
Detroit Express
Pennsylvania Stoners
Cleveland Force
Cleveland Crunch (indoor)
caps(goals) = 22 (7)
26 (9)
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Walter Schlothauer is a retired U.S. soccer player and coach. He played at least three seasons in the American Soccer League and an unknown number in the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1980, he was the American Soccer League Rookie of the Year.

Schlothauer attended Mentor High School where he holds the school’s single game (5), season (23) and career (39) scoring records. He was a two time All State soccer player in 1976, was named a High School All American. [ [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1091076/index.htm May 10, 1976 Faces in the Crowd] ] While in high school, he was selected to the first U.S. U-19 team which went on a tour of Germany in October 1975. Schlothauer entered Cleveland State University in 1976, playing on the men’s soccer team until 1979. He is third on the team’s career assists leaders. [ [http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/clst/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/2007MSOCGuide.pdf Cleveland State Soccer] ] In 1980, he signed with the Cleveland Cobras of the American Soccer League. Playing as a forward, he scored seven goals in twenty-two games, earning Rookie of the Year honors. [ [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1980.html The Year in American Soccer – 1980] ] In 1981, he moved to the Detroit Express [ [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1981.html The Year in American Soccer – 1981] ] and in 1983, he played for the Pennsylvania Stoners. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E3D81738F931A15757C0A965948260 April 22, 1983 Transactions] ] Schlothauer is also listed as playing for the Cleveland Force in Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1986, Hungary hosted an eight team FIFA futsal tournament. The tournament, which included the United States, served as a test bed for FIFA’s futsal rules. It laid the groundwork for the first FIFA Futsal World Cup in 1986. [ [http://www.fifa.com/futsalworldcup/destination/history/ History of FIFA Futsal] ] Schlothauer was part of the U.S. team at the 1986 test tournament, but took no part in the 1989 tournament. [ [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=106/edition=3360/teams/team=1890409.html 1989 Futsal roster] ] In 1992-1993, Schlothauer played 17 games for the Cleveland Crunch in the National Professional Soccer League. [ [http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/misl93.txt NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS -- 1992-1993] ] That appears to be his last season of professional soccer. However in 2006, he is listed on a team roster in Beck’s National Soccer League, a four team indoor league in Cleveland, Ohio.

Over the years, Schlothauer has held numerous youth soccer coaching positions including the North Olmstead High School girls team and Excalibur Premier Soccer Club.

Scholothauer is a member of the Mentor High School Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Ohio Youth Soccer Association Hall of Fame in 2007.

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* [http://www.oysan.org/walter_schlothauer.htm Walter Scholthauer]