Walter Schlothauer

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Personal information
Full name Walter Schlothauer
Date of birth (1958-09-24) September 24, 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth Mentor, Ohio, United States
Position(s) Forward Defender
Youth career
1975–1976 Mentor High School
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1976–1979 Cleveland State
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980 Cleveland Cobras 22 (7)
1980–1981 Cleveland Force (indoor) 28 (6)
1981–1982 Detroit Express 30 (8)
1981–1982 Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor) 18 (6)
1983 Pennsylvania Stoners
1984–1985 Houston Dynamos
1984–1985 Columbus Capitals (indoor)
1985–1988 Canton Invaders (indoor) 91 (38)
1992–1993 Cleveland Crunch (indoor) 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wally is a retired U.S. soccer player and coach. He played in several outdoor and indoor leagues. In 1980, he was the American Soccer League Rookie of the Year with the Cleveland Cobras.

Schlothauer attended Mentor High School where he holds the school's single game (5), season (23) and career (39) scoring records. He was a two time All State soccer player in 1976, was named a High School All American. [1] While in high school, he was selected to the first U.S. U-19 team which went on a tour of Germany in October 1975. Schlothauer entered Cleveland State University in 1976, playing on the men's soccer team until 1979. He is third on the team's list of career assists leaders. [2] In 1980, he signed with the Cleveland Cobras of the American Soccer League. Playing as a forward, he scored seven goals in 22 games, earning Rookie of the Year honors. [3] In the fall of 1980, he signed with the Cleveland Force in the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1981, he moved back to the ASL with the Detroit Express [4] for two seasons and spent the intervening winter of 1981–82 playing a season of NASL indoor for the Tulsa Roughnecks. [5] In 1983, he played for the Pennsylvania Stoners of the ASL. [6] In 1984 and 1985, he played for the Houston Dynamos in the United Soccer League, and again spent the winter off-season playing indoors. This time for the American Indoor Soccer Association's Columbus Capitals. Schlothauer next joined the Canton Invaders also of the AISA beginning in late 1985. [7] In 1986, Hungary hosted an eight team FIFA futsal tournament. The tournament, which included the United States, served as a test bed for FIFA's futsal rules. It laid the groundwork for the first FIFA Futsal World Cup in 1986. [8] Schlothauer was part of the U.S. team at the 1986 test tournament, but took no part in the 1989 tournament. [9] On January 29, 1993, Schlothauer signed with the Cleveland Crunch in the National Professional Soccer League. He played out the remainder of the season, seeing time in 17 games. [10] That was his last season of professional soccer. However in 2006, he is listed on a team roster in Beck's National Soccer League, a four team indoor league in Cleveland, Ohio.

Over the years, Wally has held numerous youth soccer coaching positions including the North Olmsted High School girls team, Olmsted Falls High School Women’s team (2019- present), North FC, and Excalibur Premier Soccer Club.

Scholothauer is a member of the Mentor High School Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Ohio Youth Soccer Association Hall of Fame in 2007.

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