Jasper Löffelsend (born 10 September 1997) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for the Colorado Rapids in

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Career

Early career

Löffelsend played with various teams at youth level, including spells at

SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 is a German association football club from the city of Bergisch Gladbach in North Rhine-Westphalia. History The club was established in 1909 as ''Fußball Club Bergisch Gladbach'' and was joined that same year by the ...

, SV Union Rösrath and TV Herkenrath 09. Following his time at Herkenrath, he had short spells with

SV Straelen Sportverein 19 Straelen e.V., commonly known as simply SV 19 Straelen or SV Straelen, is a Football in Germany, German association football club from Straelen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was established in 1919 and today has nearly 2,400 m ...

Bonner SC Bonner SC is a German association football club based in Bonn. The club was formed in 1965 through the merger of ''Bonner FV'' and ''Tura Bonn''. Its former women's football department won the German national championship in 1975. History ''B ...

FC Hennef 05 The FC Hennef 05 is a German association football club from the town of Hennef, North Rhine-Westphalia. Apart from football the club also offers handball as a second sport. The club's greatest success has been to earn promotion to the tier four ...

and

FC Wegberg-Beeck FC Wegberg-Beeck is a German association football club from the town of Wegberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier four Regionalliga West three times since 2015. The club has also taken part in ...

, appearing for the teams in both the Regionalliga West and Mittelrheinliga. After signing with Wegberg-Beeck in July 2020, Löffelsend and the club mutually agreed to terminate his contract to allow him to accept a scholarship to play

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in the United States.

College

Löffelsend attended the

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in 2020, where he played two seasons, making a total of 36 appearances, scoring two goals and tallying 19 assists. In his two seasons with the Panthers, he was named All-

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First Team twice, ACC Defensive Player of the Year twice, was a

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semi-finalist twice, TopDrawerSoccer Best XI First Team, United Soccer Coaches South All-Region First Team twice, United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-America twice, and College Soccer News First Team All-America.

Real Salt Lake

On 11 January 2022, Löffelsend was selected 81st overall in the

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. On 22 February 2022, he signed with Salt Lake's MLS Next Pro side Real Monarchs. However, on 27 February 2022, it was announced that Löffelsend had signed a one-year deal with

's first team who compete in

. He made his debut for the club the same day, appearing as an injury-time substitute during a 0–0 draw with

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Colorado Rapids

On 10 January 2024, The Colorado Rapids signed Löffelsend from Real Salt Lake in exchange for Colorado’s natural second-round pick in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft pick and a 2024 International Roster Slot.

References

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Jasper Loeffelsend , Real Salt Lake
{{DEFAULTSORT:Loffelsend, Jasper 1997 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Bonner SC players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States FC Hennef 05 players FC Wegberg-Beeck players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in the United States German men's footballers Major League Soccer players Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer players Real Monarchs players Real Salt Lake draft picks Real Salt Lake players SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 players SV 19 Straelen players Footballers from Cologne Colorado Rapids players