Steve Trittschuh
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| Full name | Stephen Trittschuh | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | April 24, 1965 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Granite City, Illinois, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (head coach) | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | St. Louis Steamers (indoor) | 37 | (5) | ||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Busch Seniors | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Sparta Prague | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 23 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | SVV Dordrecht | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 23 | (7) | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | St. Louis Ambush (indoor) | 31 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | Montreal Impact | 22 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Tampa Bay Terror (indoor) | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Colorado Rapids | 98 | (11) | ||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 64 | (7) | ||||||||||||
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| 1987–1995 | United States | 37 | (2) | ||||||||||||
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| 1989 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Colorado Rapids (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stephen "Steve" Trittschuh (born April 24, 1965) is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League and Major League Soccer. He also earned thirty-eight caps with the United States men's national soccer team including one game at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
He is currently head coach of the Colorado Springs Switchbacks.
Trittschuh is a native of Granite City, Illinois. He played at Granite City High School North for the Steelers under former U.S. national coach Bob Kehoe. He earned All State honors his junior and senior year and was a Parade Magazine All American as a senior. Coming out of high school, he was heavily recruited by several top schools, but selected Southern Illinois University Edwardsville which he attended on a full ride soccer scholarship. He played for four years for SIUE, scoring 12 goals and assisting 11 others. He earned second-team All-American honors his junior year and first team his senior year. He was a 2011 inductee into the SIUE Athletic Hall of Fame.
In 1987, the St. Louis Steamers selected Trittschuh in the second round of the Major Indoor Soccer League draft. He played one season with the Steamers, then filed for free agency in April 1987 when the Steamers ceased operations.
That summer, he played for the U.S. national team as it prepared for and then played at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In October 1988, the United States Soccer Federation signed American players to the national team. Trittschuh was among fourteen players signed by the USSF.
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