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Stefan Frei
Personal information
Full name Stefan Frei
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Toronto FC
Number 24
Youth career
2006–2008 California Golden Bears
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 San Francisco Seals 6 (0)
2007–2008 San Jose Frogs 18 (0)
2009– Toronto FC 68 (0)
International career
Switzerland U-15
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 4, 2011

Stefan Frei (born 20 April 1986 in Altstätten) is a Swiss footballer who currently plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.

Career

Youth and college

Frei moved from Switzerland to the United States in the late 1990s, attended De La Salle High School in Concord, California, and played college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2008, he was named to the All-Pac-10 first team and the NSCAA Far West All-Region team, and was also named to Top Drawer Soccer's Team of the Season.[1] During his college years, Frei also played with both San Francisco Seals and San Jose Frogs in the USL Premier Development League.

Professional

Frei was named MVP at the 2009 MLS Player Combine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, signed a Generation Adidas contract, and was drafted in the first round (13th overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC.[2]

He made his professional debut on 21 March 2009, in Toronto's first game of the 2009 MLS season against Kansas City Wizards,[3] and soon established himself as the team's first choice goalkeeper.[4] Shortly after Frei was named Toronto FC Esquire Player of the Month for April 2009. Frei also won MLS's Save of the Week for week 15 and then three times consecutively for week 24, 25 and 26 of the 2009 season.

He played in 3 games of the 2009 Canadian Championship going 3-0 and ultimately making key saves in the deciding game that ensured Toronto FC would win by at least 4 goals on goal differential and their first trophy. [5]

On 25 April 2010, Frei picked up his first clean sheet of the 2010 season in a 2-0 home win versus the Seattle Sounders FC.[6] Frei had another standout season as Toronto's first choice keeper. He finished the season with a 1.32 goals against average and a 70% save percentage, he improved all statistics from his rookie season. It was announced on 18 November 2010 that Frei would graduate from the MLS Generation Adidas program at the end of the 2010 season.[7]

January 2011 after the hire of Aron Winter as the clubs new coach stated in an interview that Julian De Guzman, Dwayne De Rosario and Stefan would be the key players of the upcoming season and was impressed with Frei's abilities.[8] Frei recorded his first clean sheet of the 2011 season in the second game of the year in a 2-0 home victory over Portland Timbers on March 26. Frei also earned his third assist since playing with Toronto setting up the second goal for Javier Martina, it was later awarded the Goal of the Week in MLS.[9][10] Following the departure of Toronto captain Dwayne De Rosario in early April, Coach Winter named Maicon Santos as the replacement captain while Frei would be come vice captain. On April 13 against Los Angeles Galaxy Frei wore the captain's armband for the first time with Toronto due to an injury to Santos, the game ended in a 0-0 home draw.[11]

International

Frei was a member of the Swiss U-15 National team. Despite interest from the U.S. national team program, Frei has said he is committed to the Swiss national team if called up in the future.

Personal life

Stefan is second-cousin to the present captain of, and all-time leading scorer for, the Swiss national football team, Alexander Frei, an accomplished striker twice voted Swiss player of the year, who currently plays for Axpo Super League club FC Basel.[12]

Honours

Toronto FC

Career stats

Team Season League Domestic
League 		Domestic
Playoffs 		Domestic
Cup1 		Concacaf
Competition2 		Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Toronto FC 2009 MLS 26 0 1 - - - 3 0 0 2 0 0 31 0 1
2010 MLS 28 0 1 - - - 2 0 0 3 0 0 33 0 1
2011 MLS 14 0 1 - - - 3 0 0 - - - 17 0 1
Total 68 0 3 - - - 8 0 0 5 0 0 81 0 3

Last update: June 4, 2011

1) Nutrilite Canadian Cup

2) Concacaf Champions League/Cup

See also

References

  1. ^ Wu, Anthony (20 July 2009). "Success Follows Former Cal Goalie After Leaving School Early for MLS". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Frei First Goalkeeper Drafted in MLS Super Draft". calbears.com. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  3. ^ http://web.mlsnet.com/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=03212009_TORKC
  4. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (11 July 2009). "Former De La Salle and Cal goalkeeper Stefan Frei, now with Toronto FC, is a contender for MLS rookie of the year". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  5. ^ {{cite news}}: Empty citation (help)
  6. ^ "De Rosario attack stuns Seattle". Torontofc.ca. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |trans_title=, |separator=, |month=, and |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/generation-adidas-players-graduate-seasons-end Generation adidas players to graduate at season's end
  8. ^ "Kelly: Sitting down with Toronto FC's new boss". thestar.com. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Martina Brace Leads The Way". Toronto FC. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  10. ^ "Martina's blast wins AT&T Goal of the Week". Major League Soccer. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  11. ^ "Another Point To Youthful TFC". Toronto FC. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  12. ^ Swiss striker Frei has a nose for goal


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