Lance Friesz (born September 16, 1983, in

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) is a former

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player.

Early life and soccer career

Friesz grew up in

Laguna Niguel, California Laguna Niguel () is a city in Orange County, California, United States. The name Laguna Niguel is derived from the words "Laguna" (Spanish for "lagoon") and "Niguili" (the name of a Native American village once located near Aliso Creek). As of ...

with his parents and younger sister, attended

Dana Hills High School Dana Hills High School is a high school in Dana Point, California opened in 1973. The school's enrollment of nearly 3,000 students is drawn from the nearby communities of Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, Capistrano Beach, and San Juan Capistrano. When ...

, and played college soccer at the

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. During his college years he played in the

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

for both

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and

Los Angeles Storm LA Laguna FC was an American soccer team based in the Los Angeles area, United States. Founded in 2010, the team played in the Premier Development League (PDL) (now USL League Two), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Sou ...

. Friesz was drafted to play for

Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy, also known as the Los Angeles Galaxy, are an American professional soccer club based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Galaxy competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), as a member of the Western Conference. The club began play ...

, where he was second reserve goalkeeper behind Joe Cannon and

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, but he never saw any first team playing time and was waived at the end of 2007. Friesz made headlines during his time with Galaxy for being the team's lowest wage earner. According to a

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report his then-teammate

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earned 503.9 times more than him. Friesz moved to the

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in 2008, and played for St. Patrick's Athletic, but was released at the end of the season having made just four first team appearances. Friesz returned to the United States; since 2010 he has been playing for the

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-based amateur team Pateadores SC in the

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Coast Soccer League.

References

External links

St. Patrick's Athletic bio
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