David Schipper (born September 27, 1991) is an American

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coach and retired player.

Career

Early career

Schipper was born and raised in

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. He attended

Bonita Vista High School Bonita Vista High School (BVH) is a public, four-year (grade levels 9–12) high school located in the city of Chula Vista, California. It is part of the Sweetwater Union High School District, and offers both Advanced Placement and International ...

, and helped lead them to be ranked #2 in the County in his lone year of playing high school soccer, instead spending his youth at the club level with the La Jolla Nomads playing in the

U.S. Soccer Development Academy The U.S. Soccer Development Academy (DA) was an American soccer league. Formed in 2007, the league features youth academies and youth clubs from various organizations, including Major League Soccer and the United Soccer League. The DA's mission ...

(USSDA). While playing for the Nomads, Schipper was called up to multiple youth national team camps and was selected to the national team pool for the

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in November 2009. From 2010 to 2014, he played

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at the

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for the Wildcats. During his time at college Schipper also played for

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club FC Tucson during their 2011 season, and for

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in 2012 and 2013.

Professional

Schipper began his professional career in 2014, when he was invited to

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for trials with both

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and

Atlante FC Atlante Fútbol Club, is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. Founded in 1916, Atlante were original members of the Mexican Primera División when it began in 1943. Atlante has won three national league championships, t ...

, who both play in the

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but was released during pre-season without a contract.

Seattle Impact FC

On November 28, 2014, Schipper signed his first professional contract with the

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of the

Major Arena Soccer League The Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) is a North American professional indoor soccer league. The MASL features teams playing coast-to-coast in the United States and Mexico. MASL is the highest level of arena soccer in North America. MASL players ...

for its inaugural season. In 6 games played during the 2014 season Schipper scored 3 goals on 9 shots. His goals came on 12/7/14 vs.

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on a 6–5 victory and scoring the game-winning goal. Schipper's other 2 goals came on 12/14/14 vs.

Ontario Fury The Empire Strykers are an American professional indoor soccer team based in Ontario, California. Founded in 2013, the team made its debut in the Professional Arena Soccer League at the start of the 2013–14 season. The team plays its home gam ...

in a 13–10 defeat.

FC Force

He went on to play a season with FC Force in the

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in 2014, that won the Southwest Conference in the West Region and reached the regional semifinals that season.

York Region Shooters

In April 2015, Schipper went on a trial with

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of the

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and after impressing the club, he signed a three-year deal. In 2015, the Shooters secured a postseason berth by finishing third in the standings with the second-best offensive record. The Shooters faced Burlington SC in the quarterfinals and advanced to the next round after a 4–2 victory. Their playoff journey came to a conclusion after losing 3–2 to

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in the semi-finals who ended up winning the

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. At the end of the 2015 CSL season,

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who play in the third division of the

Campeonato Goiano The Campeonato Goiano is the football league of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Format First Division First stage *Teams are divided in two groups of six teams. *Double round-robin, in which all teams home-and-away games against the team fro ...

announced that Schipper would join the club during the summer

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in July 2015 for 6 months. He then was invited into pre-season with

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who play in the top flight of the

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and made a brief stint until suffering an injury. Schipper returned to the Shooters in 2016 for the second year of his contract. The season marked another achievement for the York Region club as they captured their fifth regular season championship, thus establishing a CSL record for most regular season titles. They also achieved a team milestone by recording their best defensive record allowing only 10 goals all season, a record not matched since the

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in the 2003 CPSL season. In their playoff run the Maple-based club defeated

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5–0 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinal the Shooters suffered a crushing 2–1 defeat in a penalty shootout to

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. He played 56 games and scored 17 goals through the 2017 season. He played for Team USA at the

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in Israel.

Albatroz SC

Schipper opted out of his third and final year of contract with the Shooters to pursue a career playing overseas in Europe. He received offers from

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of the

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in the Södra Svealand region, Ibiza Sant Rafel FC of the

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who play in Group XI in the Balearic Islands, and Albatroz SC of the

Latvian Second League The Latvian Second League ( lv, 2. līga) is the third tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation The Latvian Football Federation (LFF) ( lv, Latvijas Futbola federācija) is the governing body of football ...

. On August 24, 2017, he agreed to terms with the Latvian Club who play in the Riga Region and debuted with the club on August 25 in a 0-0- draw with Ogre Regional Sports Center. On September 5, 2017 Schipper scored his first two goals in a 2–0 victory against Ogre Regional Sports Center. Albatroz SC finished the season as champions of their region and was awarded the Rigas Futbola Cempionats. At the end of the season, Schipper joined

FK Jūrnieks FK Jūrnieks is a Latvian football club based in Riga. It became defunct in 1997. In 2017, the club got reinstated in Latvia's Second League. History Most of football clubs in the Soviet Union were attached to factories and the footballers w ...

of the Second League for friendly games vs

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opponents

FK Liepāja FK Liepāja/Mogo is a Latvian football club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the Daugava Stadium in Liepāja. FK Liepāja plays in the Latvian Higher League. In their first season they finished 4th in the 2014 Latvian Higher League. Hi ...

FK Ventspils FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. The club played in the Latvian Virsliga since 1997. It was abolished in 2020, but h ...

, and

FK Spartaks Jūrmala FK Spartaks is a Latvian football club that is based in Sloka, Jūrmala. In 2012, they finished 3rd in the Latvian First League championship and after winning the play-offs against JFK Olimps were promoted to the Latvian Higher League. The clu ...

Southern United FC

On February 23, 2018 Schipper inked a two-year deal with

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side

Southern United FC Southern United, previously known as Otago United, is a semi-professional football club based in Dunedin, New Zealand. Founded in 2004, they play their home games at the Logan Park and Forsyth Barr Stadium. It is the southernmost football club ...

. He immediately got loaned out and joined

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side Southland United for the winter league who compete in the

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. His first goal for the club came on March 24, 2018 in a friendly match, a 3–1 victory over

Caversham AFC Caversham is an association football club based in Dunedin, New Zealand. They compete in the ODT FootballSouth Premier League. They are named for the suburb of Caversham to the southwest of Dunedin's city centre, best known for its former int ...

. Southland United secured themselves a top 3 finish in the FootballSouth Premier League with a 5-1-2 record after 9 rounds of play which confirmed their qualification spot in the newly formed South Island League which features eight teams, the top 3 teams from

and the top 5 teams from

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to compete in one full round of games.

Honors

FC Force

Southwest Conference Champions (1): 2014

York Region Shooters

regular season champions (1): 2016

Albatroz SC

Rīgas Futbola Čempionāts (1): 2017

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schipper, David 1991 births American men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Expatriate association footballers in New Zealand Expatriate footballers in Brazil Expatriate footballers in Latvia Expatriate soccer players in Canada FC Tucson players Living people Major Arena Soccer League players Seattle Impact Southern United F.C. (England) players Soccer players from San Diego University of Arizona alumni USL League Two players York Region Shooters players Competitors at the 2017 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games competitors for the United States Maccabiah Games footballers 21st-century American Jews American expatriate soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand American expatriate sportspeople in Brazil American expatriate sportspeople in Latvia American expatriate sportspeople in Canada Bonita Vista High School alumni

Career

Early career

Professional

Seattle Impact FC

FC Force

York Region Shooters

Albatroz SC

Southern United FC

Honors

FC Force

York Region Shooters

Albatroz SC

See also

References

External links