Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephen Andrew Petuskey | ||
Date of birth | July 16, 1961 | ||
Place of birth | United States | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1979–80 | Cosumnes River College | ||
1981–1982 | Sacramento State Hornets | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989 | Sacramento Senators | (5) | |
1990 | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks | ||
1993–1994 | Sacramento Knights (indoor) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Steve Petuskey is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the American Professional Soccer League and Continental Indoor Soccer League. He is widely considered to be the finest soccer player of his era from the Sacramento area.
Petuskey played most of his prime in the Central California Soccer League (CCSL), first with Celtic F.C., coached by Fr. Michael Carroll, and then with Turn Verein, winning numerous league titles and one State Cup with the latter. Unfortunately, despite the presence of a few perennially strong teams, the CCSL was considered a level below its San Francisco and Los Angeles counterparts and Petuskey was ignored in the U.S. Men's National Team selection process in the lead up to the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
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