Steve Zerhusen

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Steve Zerhusen
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-08-20) August 20, 1957 (age 65)
Place of birth Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1975–1978 UMBC Retrievers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1980 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 8 (0)
1979–1980 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (indoor) 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Steve Zerhusen is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played two seasons in the North American Soccer League.

Zerhusen attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where he played on the men's soccer team from 1975 to 1978. He is a member of the UMBC Athletic Hall of Fame. [1] In 1979, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League drafted Zerhusen. He played one game during the 1979 season, then manned the nets for the 1979-1980 NASL indoor season. Zerhusen played another seven games during the 1980 outdoor season, then was released by the team.

Zerhusen later worked as a systems engineer for CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield in Baltimore. He was inducted into the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame in 2002. [2]

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