Arnie Mausser
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Arnold Mausser | ||
| Date of birth | February 28, 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Brooklyn, New York, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
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Current team
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Retired | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Brooklyn Technical High School | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974 | Rhode Island Oceaneers | ||
| 1975 | Hartford Bicentennials | 22 | (0) |
| 1976 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 24 | (0) |
| 1976–77 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) | 5 | (0) |
| 1977 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 26 | (0) |
| 1978 | Colorado Caribous | 28 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 36 | (0) |
| 1980 | New England Tea Men | 2 | (0) |
| 1980–1982 | Jacksonville Tea Men (indoor) | 20 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | Jacksonville Tea Men | 50 | (0) |
| 1983 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) | 1 | (0) |
| 1983 | Team America | 12 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) | 8 | (0) |
| 1984 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 23 | (0) |
| 1985 | Kansas City Comets (indoor) | 1 | (0) |
| 1985–1986 | Buffalo Stallions (indoor) | ||
| 1986–1987 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) | ||
| 1988–1989 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | ||
| 1990 | Albany Capitals | ||
| 1990–1992 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | ||
| National team | |||
| 1975–1985 | United States | 35 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Arnold "Arnie" Mausser (born February 28, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played with eight different NASL teams from 1975-1984. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Mausser may be considered one of the finest goalkeepers the United States has ever produced. He is known as the trailblazer for future US goalkeepers such as Kasey Keller, Tim Howard, and Brad Friedel. He was a big man (standing 6' 5") who threw with his right hand, but kicked with his left foot.
Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, with two younger brothers, Mausser played numerous sports, his favorite being basketball. However, in the eighth grade, he began playing goalkeeper because of his size. He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School. As Mausser got older, he trained with numerous local teams, eventually catching the eye of the coach of the Rhode Island Oceaneers of the American Soccer League (ASL). He signed with the team in 1974 and played a single season before moving to the NASL.
In 1975, Mausser joined the Hartford Bicentennials of the North American Soccer League (NASL). He remained with the team for only a single season before moving to the Tampa Bay Rowdies before the start of the 1976 indoor season. He led the Rowdies to the 1976 indoor title, winning all of his starts. Outdoors in 1976, his excellent play with the Rowdies (six shutouts and 28 goals scored against him in 24 games) led to his selection as a first team NASL All Star and the North American player of the year. Despite his success with the Rowdies, the Tampa Bay coach Eddie Firmani preferred English goalkeeper Paul Hammond who had spent the 1975 season with the Rowdies. As a result, Firmani traded Mausser in 1977 to the Vancouver Whitecaps after the Rowdies signed Hammond.
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