Brad Stuver

Bradley Stuver (born April 16, 1991) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Austin FC.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Stuver attended Twinsburg High School in Twinsburg, Ohio.

He played soccer all four years for the Tigers, appearing as a goalkeeper and midfielder.

As a senior, he was named to the 2008 Plain Dealer All-State team and was named First Team All-Ohio by the OSSCA.

He finished his prep career having kept 24 shutouts, and tallied 12 goals and three assists out of the midfield.

Stuver played college soccer for the Vikings of Cleveland State University.

His freshman season overlapped with the senior season of Josh Williams, who Stuver would later be teammates with at Columbus Crew SC.

He started the season as the backup keeper behind Nick Harpel, but became the number one goalkeeper by the end of the season.

He made his collegiate debut on September 5, 2009, against Santa Clara, making four saves in a 3–2 defeat at the UC Irvine College Classic.

Stuver would finish the season with four clean sheets in 14 appearances, starting 10 matches.

His .817 save percentage led the team, and the 10 saves he tallied in a 0–0 double overtime draw at Milwaukee were tied for the most in the league in a single game.

Stuver took over the starting job full-time as a sophomore, starting 19 of 20 games in 2010.

He kept three shutouts, including holding No. 6 Butler to a 0–0 draw on November 5.

He was named as the Horizon League Goalkeeper of the Year and named to the All-HL First Team Stuver also earned three Horizon League Player of the Week nods, most of any player in the conference.

After his sophomore season at Cleveland State, Stuver joined Cleveland Internationals in the USL PDL for the 2010 PDL season.

The Internationals struggled to a last-place finish in the Great Lakes Division, finishing 2–2–12 with a -26 goal differential.

At the end of the season, the Internationals folded after seven years of operation, but continued to exist as a youth club.

Although Stuver split time with Anthony Ponikvar, he finished the season with nine appearances for Cleveland in the club's final season.

Stuver continued as the unquestioned starting goalkeeper his junior season, starting 18 games and keeping five clean sheets in 2011.

He made 11 saves in a 2–1 victory over UIC, a performance good enough to earn him recognition as Horizon League Player of the Week.

After finishing the season with 66 saves, Stuver was named to the All-Horizon League Second Team.

For a second consecutive offseason, Stuver appeared for a USL PDL club, signing on to expansion club Akron Summit Assault for the 2011 PDL season.

Stuver started exactly half of the club's games, alternating time with Carl Contrasciere and Richard Ott.

The Summit Assault finished the season at 5–3–8, 11 points outside the playoff positions in the Great Lakes Division.

At the end of the season, the club folded for "undisclosed reasons".

Stuver finished the season having made eight appearances for Akron in the franchise's lone season.

As a senior in 2012, Stuver started all 20 games and was the only Vikings goalkeeper to play on the season.

He kept nine shutouts in 20 games, while making 81 saves.

He made six of those saves on October 3 versus Belmont, a performance that earned him recognition as the HL Defensive Player of the Week.

For a second consecutive season, Stuver was named to the All-HL Second Team.

He capped his career with a Horizon League Tournament title and a first career appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

The Vikings were defeated in the First round, falling 2–1 to Michigan State to end Stuver's collegiate career.

He finished his collegiate career with 71 appearances over four seasons.

After his senior season of college, Stuver was invited to the 2013 MLS Combine.

He was the only Horizon League player selected to the combine, and was one of seven collegiate goalkeepers to earn a spot.

On January 17, 2013, Stuver was drafted in the second round (32nd overall) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft by Montreal Impact.

He was the first goalkeeper chosen in the draft.

However, he was not signed by the Impact, as the club instead chose to keep Maxime Crépeau, an academy graduate, as their third-string keeper.

Stuver was signed by MLS as a pool goalkeeper for the 2013 season, allowing him to be called up by any team in the league "in the event of an emergency."

Although Stuver spent the majority of the season training with Columbus Crew, he made his first appearance on a MLS gameday roster with Chivas USA.