Zach Pfeffer

Zach Pfeffer

Pfeffer at 2011 preseason training with the Union
Personal information
Full name	Zachary Pfeffer
Date of birth	(1995-01-06) January 6, 1995
Place of birth	Dresher, Pennsylvania, United States
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Philadelphia Union
Number	27
Youth career
2005–2008	Montgomery United
2008–2009	YMS Celtic
2009–2010	FC DELCO
2010	IMG Soccer Academy
2010–	Philadelphia Union
2013	→ 1899 Hoffenheim (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2011–	Philadelphia Union	4	(0)
National team‡
2010–2011	United States U17	5	(0)
2012–	United States U18	9	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 5, 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of May 2, 2013

Zachary "Zach" Pfeffer (born January 6, 1995 in Dresher, Pennsylvania) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer.

Career

Pfeffer played for YMS Celtics, FC Delco along with Montgomery Maniacs as a young man in Pennsylvania before spending a semester at the U-17 national team residency in 2010.^[1] He then spent several months training with the Philadelphia Union first team and made an appearance for them in a friendly against C.D. Guadalajara on September 1, 2010.^[2] On December 22, 2010, the Philadelphia Union signed Pfeffer as their first ever "home-grown" player.^[3] Midfielder Zach Pfeffer was signed as the Union’s first Homegrown Player at the age of 15. Pfeffer became the first player to join the 2010 expansion team from the MLS Homegrown Player initiative, a program started in 2006 designed to provide increased opportunities for local players. Each MLS team may sign players from their respective youth development programs without subjecting those players to the MLS SuperDraft. Born January 6, 1995, Pfeffer is the fourth youngest player ever to sign an MLS contract, behind Freddy Adu, Fuad Ibrahim, and recently signed New England Revolution Homegrown Player Diego Fagundez.

Prior to signing with the Union, Pfeffer was a member of Philadelphia’s U-17 squad that competed in the MLS U-17 SUM Cup in Houston, Texas. While training with the first team, the youngster entered as a substitute in a friendly against Chivas Guadalajara on September 1.

Philadelphia Union

Pfeffer scored his first goal for the Union in a preseason friendly against UCF on February 14, 2011 off a brilliant, long-range effort.^[4]

Pfeffer made his Philadelphia Union debut on September 17 against Columbus Crew.

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (loan)

Pfeffer was loaned to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim for the whole of 2013, beginning on January 7, 2013.^[5] In the 2012-2013 campaign Pfeffer scored 2 goals in 9 matches playing for the Hoffenheim U-19 side.^[6]

International

Pfeffer has represented the United States at the U-14 and U-15 levels and trained at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fl., as part of U.S. Soccer’s U-17 residency program. The midfielder was a member of the U-15/U-16 USSF FC Delco Academy, as well as the Upper Dublin, Cheltenham, YMS, and Montgomery United youth clubs"(Philadelphia Union).

On April 18, Pfeffer was called up to the U-17 National Team to play in the Mondial Minimes Montaigu Tournament in Montaigu, France from April 18–26.^[7] Pfeffer was called into the first U-18 National Team camp of 2012 by then Manager Richie Williams.^[8] Pfeffer has been called up to numerous U-18 National Team camps in 2012, and most recently scored a goal in their November friendly against Canada.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

Updated October 27, 2012

See also

• List of current MLS players

References

External links

• MLS player profile
• U.S. Soccer Development Academy bio