Andrew Epstein (born January 14, 1996) is an American former

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player who last played for

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

. Epstein won the 2016

NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Most Outstanding Player At the conclusion of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament (the "College Cup" tournaments), United Soccer Coaches selects two Most Outstanding Players: one for the Offensive Most Outstanding Player and the Defensive Most Outstanding Player. T ...

Defensive MVP Award when the program won the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game. He majored in Electrical Engineering, and was known for his strong efforts on group projects.

Career

Youth and college

Epstein played for the

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youth academy prior to his collegiate career. Epstein played four years of college soccer for

. He was the program's starter for his sophomore through senior years, in which they won the 2015 and 2016 national titles. He finished with 65 appearances for Stanford. During his senior year he earned several regional and national accolades, including being named to the Pac-12 first team.

Senior

Epstein spent the

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playing with San Francisco City. He made four appearances with the team.

Personal life

After retiring from the game, Epstein began serving in the

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, specifically in the rural locality of

Sinendé Sinendé is a town, arrondissement, and commune in the Borgou Department of central Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in ...

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...

. His mission began in September 2017 and will end in September 2019. Epstein was known for his strong work in Electrical Engineering, especially on group projects in the grueling Green Electronics class taught by

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, even though it coincided with the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game. After retiring from the peace corps, he became a professional electrical engineer.

Honors

* NCAA College Cup Defensive MVP: 2016 * NSCAA Scholar First Team All-American: 2016 * NSCAA Second Team All-American: 2016 * CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American: 2016 * TopDrawerSoccer.com Best XI: 2016 * Pac-12 Best XI: 2016 * Pac-12 Second Team: 2014, 2015

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at Stanford Athletics * {{DEFAULTSORT:Epstein, Andrew 1994 births Living people American expatriates in Benin American men's soccer players Men's association football goalkeepers Engineers from Colorado Expatriate men's footballers in Benin Jewish American soccer players People from Fort Collins, Colorado San Francisco City FC players Soccer players from Colorado Stanford Cardinal men's soccer players USL League Two players 21st-century American Jews Jews from Colorado