Steve stepping shoe
| Steve stepping shoe | ||
 Step Shoe (1994)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Stephen stepping shoe | |
| birthday | April 24, 1965 | |
| place of birth | Granite City , Illinois , United States | |
| size | 183 cm | |
| position | Defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1983-1986 | SI University Edwardsville | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1988-1989 | Busch Seniors | |
| 1989-1990 | Tampa Bay rowdies | |
| 1990-1991 | Sparta Prague | 13 (1) |
| 1991-1992 | Tampa Bay rowdies | 23 (2) |
| 1992-1993 | FC Dordrecht | 7 (0) |
| 1993 | Tampa Bay rowdies | 23 (7) |
| 1994 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | |
| 1995 | Montreal Impact | 22 (3) |
| 1996-1999 | Colorado Rapids | 91 (11) |
| 1999-2001 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 62 (7) |
| Indoor | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1987-1988 | St. Louis Steamers | 37 (5) |
| 1994-1995 | St. Louis Ambush | |
| 1995-1996 | Tampa Bay Terror | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1987-1995 | United States | 38 (2) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1989 | SI University Edwardsville (Assistant) | |
| 2002-2006 | Colorado Rapids (Assistant) | |
| 2013– | Colorado Storm (Youth Technical Director) | |
| 2015– | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Stephen "Steve" step shoe (born April 24, 1965 in Granite City , Illinois ) is a former American football player . Trittschuh played 38 times for the United States national soccer team .
Career
society
Stephen Trittschuh was born in Granite City , Illinois and attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville between 1983 and 1986 . He was selected by the St. Louis Steamers in the second round of the MSL draft. After a season there, the club was dissolved in April 1988 and Trittschuh became a free agent. During this time he was just finishing his first international match and was part of the squad for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul . In October 1988 the USSF signed contracts with American players, Trittschuh was the 14th player to sign with the United States Soccer Federation . Between the spring of 1988 and 1989 he played with the Amateurs Busch Seniors in St. Louis , while he was not in action for the national team. On May 4, 1989, he moved to the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the American Soccer League . In the next season he stayed with the rowdies and played with them in the then newly founded American Professional Soccer League . In 1990 his career took an unexpected turn. In the 1990 World Cup , the US boys clearly lost 1: 5 against Czechoslovakia. But the assistant coach of Czechoslovakia was also head coach at Sparta Prague , recognized Trittschuh's untapped talent and offered him a contract there, which he accepted. Since the Eastern Bloc had dissolved and its states all wanted to take a step towards democracy, this transfer worked. From this point in time, the Eastern European countries also began talent scouting in the United States. Although he only played one season in Prague , he helped them win the 1991 Czechoslovak Championship and was the first US player to play in the European Cup Winners' Cup at the time . But after a year he returned to the rowdies and played two more seasons for them. In autumn 1992 he moved to the Netherlands for FC Dordrecht . There, according to his own statements, he had to assert himself against two Finns in order to maintain his regular place. Trittschuh became a regular for the team, but when the club ran out of money at the end of the season and couldn't pay the players' salaries, Trittschuh returned to Tampa Bay . On April 6, 1994, he moved to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers , who were then playing in the American Professional Soccer League. But on November 30 of the same year he went to St. Louis Ambush to play in the National Professional Soccer League . In the final of the NPSL they defeated Harrisburg Beat 4-0 in a best-of-seven series that year. In 1995 he moved to Montreal Impact in the APSL. After the Major League Soccer was founded in 1994 , Trittschuh was about to switch to the MLS. So he bought himself out of his contract for $ 10,000. But instead of MLS, he moved to Tampa Bay Terror in December 1995 to play indoor one last time. In 1996 he moved to the MLS club Colorado Rapids . In 1997 he reached the final of the MLS Cup with his team , but lost 2-1 to the then defending champions DC United . After three solid seasons in sixth, coach Glenn Myernick relied on Marcelo Balboa in sixth in the 1999 season . After he was not allowed to leave the bank for the first eight games, he moved to Tampa Bay Mutiny on June 14, 1999 and the Rapids got the striker Guillermo Jara as a swap player . After 62 league games and seven goals, he ended his active football career in 2001.
National team
Trittschuh had a long and successful national team career. In 1987 he played his first international match in the US boys' jersey against Egypt . He also took part in the Pan American Games in 1987. He was also part of the roster at the 1988 Summer Olympics , but did not play a single game. At the Futsal World Cup in 1989 , he finished third with the USA. In the opening game of the 1990 World Cup in Italy, he completed the full 90 minutes against Czechoslovakia . In 1995 he played his last international match against Saudi Arabia . He played 38 international matches and scored two goals.
Trainer
After his career as a player, Trittschuh worked as an assistant coach at his old university in 1989. In 2002 he hired his former MLS club Colorado Rapids as an assistant coach and stayed there until 2006.
He has been the Colorado Storm Youth Technical Director since 2013 . In 2015 he took over the coaching position of the Colorado Springs Switchbacks , which start in the USL Professional Division .
titles and achievements
- Czechoslovakian champion: 1991
- National Professional Soccer League : 1994/95
Web links
- Statistics for the St. Louis Steamers
- Steve Trittschuh in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Steve Trittschuh in the database of MLSSoccer.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ SEVEN STEAMERS FILE FOR FREE AGENCY SPECIAL TO THE POST-DISPATCH St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) - Wednesday, April 27, 1988
- ↑ TRITTSCHUH EARNS BERTH St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) - Friday, August 5, 1988
- ↑ US forms permanent national soccer team St. Petersburg Times - Friday, October 28, 1988
- ^ Rowdies find help, sign three veteran players St. Petersburg Times - Friday, May 5, 1989
- ↑ 1989 Tampa Bay Rowdies
- ↑ 1990 Tampa Bay Rowdies
- ↑ Second Chance… Czechs Didn't Give Up On Trittschuh St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Saturday, August 18, 1990
- ↑ 1991 Tampa Bay Rowdies
- ↑ 1992 Tampa Bay Rowdies
- ↑ STRIKERS SIGN SIX PLAYERS Miami Herald, The (FL) - Thursday, April 7, 1994
- ↑ VETERAN DEFENDER TRITTSCHUH SIGNS WITH AMBUSH St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Thursday, December 1, 1994
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS 1994–1995
- ↑ NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS 1995–1996 ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Bill Ward: Mutiny revive step shoe's career . In: The Tampa Tribune , June 19, 1999. Retrieved September 22, 2009. ( Page no longer available , search web archives )
- ↑ Steve Trittschuh in the database of FIFA (English)
- ↑ Profile on national-football-teams.com
- ^ National Players Help Collegians St. Louis Post-Dispatch - October 21, 1989
- ↑ What Ever Happened To: Steve Trittschuh , ussoccerplayers.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Step shoe, Steve |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Step Shoe, Stephen (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Granite City , Illinois , United States |