Lance Friesz

Lance Friesz

Personal information
Full name	Lance Friesz
Date of birth	September 16, 1983 (1983-09-16)
Place of birth	Mission Viejo, California, United States
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Pateadores
Youth career
	University of San Diego
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005	Boulder Rapids Reserve	3	(0)
2006	Los Angeles Storm	14	(0)
2007	Los Angeles Galaxy	0	(0)
2008	St. Patrick's Athletic	4	(0)
2010-	Pateadores
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Lance Friesz (born September 16, 1983 in Mission Viejo, California) is a football (soccer) goalkeeper, currently playing for amateur team Pateadores in the United States.

Early life and career

Friesz grew up in Laguna Niguel, California with his parents and younger sister, attended Dana Hills High School, and played college soccer at the University of San Diego. During his college years he played in the USL Premier Development League for both Boulder Rapids Reserve and Los Angeles Storm.

Friesz was drafted to play for Los Angeles Galaxy, where he was second reserve goalkeeper behind Joe Cannon and Steve Cronin, but he never saw any first team playing time and was waived at the end of 2007. Friesz made headlines during his time with Galaxy for being the team's lowest wage earner. According to a BBC report his then-teammate David Beckham earned 503.9 times more than him.

Friesz moved to the Republic of Ireland in 2008, and played for St. Patrick's Athletic, but was released at the end of the season having made just four first team appearances.

Friesz returned to the United States; in 2010 he was playing for Yorba Linda, California-based amateur team Pateadores in the USASA Coast Soccer League.

Friesz ended his professional soccer career in 2008 and went to work for AeroCom, a telecommunications agency based in Costa Mesa, California. He quickly became an integral part of the company, bringing in the 2 biggest customers AeroCom has, Stamps.com and NTD & Associates. You can view his LinkedIn page http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=13605293&trk=tab_pro

External links

• St. Patrick's Athletic bio