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Stefan Frei
Swiss footballerSTASUBGYRPCurrent Season25100125Stefan Frei is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer. He started his career in Switzerland and moved to the US as a teenager, playing for Toronto FC and winning the 2009 Canadian Championship.
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2022 (Seattle):Frei was voted Sounders FC Team MVP for the second time in 2022, recording 85 saves with a 69.1 save percentage in 27 regular season starts. The goalkeeper notably moved into third place in MLS history with 91 regular-season shutouts, sitting only behind Nick Rimando (154) and Kevin Hartman (112). He was named 2022 Concacaf Champions...
As a senior at California, Frei made 82 saves for a GAA of 0.77 in 21 games played. He was on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List and earned recognition as a College Soccer News Third Team All-American selection. In addition, Frei was on the Top Drawer Soccer First Team and named First Team All-Pac 10 and NSCAA First Team Far West All-Region. In his ...
Frei is the son of Marlies and Erwin, and has one brother Michael. He lives with his wife and his two miniature shar peis. He attended De La Salle High School and was named 2005 Athlete of the Year. He also speaks German, and his childhood hero is German Keeper Oliver Kahn, and the player he’d most like to face in a game is Edwin van der Saar. He a...
Acquired from Toronto FC via trade on December 10, 2013 in exchange for 2015 conditional first round SuperDraft pick.
The Seattle Sounders announced on Tuesday that longtime goalkeeper Stefan Frei has been signed to a new two-year contract, keeping him with the Rave Green through the 2025 season.
Dec 22, 2023 · Stefan Frei is poised to continue one of the most distinguished careers in Seattle Sounders history. The longtime Rave Green backstop inked a new contract late in the 2023 season that will keep him between the posts as the club enters a new era following its 50th anniversary and 2024 move into the new state-of-the-art Longacres training facility.
Stefan Frei is a 38-year-old goalkeeper from Switzerland who plays for Seattle Sounders FC in MLS. He has Swiss and American citizenship and was born in Altstätten on April 20, 1986.
Dec 5, 2023 · The veteran goalkeeper, who has won two MLS Cups and one Concacaf Champions Cup with Seattle, has extended his contract through 2025. Frei, 37, led the league with 14 clean sheets in 2023 and is one of the most accomplished goalkeepers in MLS history.
May 7, 2022 · Stefan Frei has made countless match-defining plays during his illustrious career with the Seattle Sounders, so it’s no surprise that the veteran goalkeeper was central to two of the most pivotal moments of Wednesday’s historic Concacaf Champions League-clinching result against Pumas UNAM.
