Logan Ketterer (born November 9, 1993) is an American professional
soccer player who plays as a
goalkeeper
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for
Major League Soccer club
CF Montréal.
Ketterer was a three-sport athlete in high school, playing basketball and tennis before turning his focus solely to soccer. He played collegiately at
Bradley
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, appearing more than 50 times for the Braves after not playing a game through his first two seasons. During the collegiate offseason, Ketterer spent time with Ocean City Nor'easters. He was selected by Columbus Crew SC in the fourth round of the
2017 MLS SuperDraft
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and made his professional debut in the
2018 U.S. Open Cup
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.
Early life
Born in
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...
, Ketterer attended
The Prairie School in
Racine, Wisconsin, where he led the Hawks to back-to-back
WIAA Division 3 state championships in 2010 and 2011. His junior season, Ketterer was the first goalkeeper in state history to shut out all opponents in every playoff and state tournament match. As a senior, Ketterer was voted the All-
Racine County
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boys soccer Player of the Year, was named to the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association All-State team and was the Midwest Classic Conference South Division defensive player of the year. He also played basketball and tennis before turning his focus to soccer.
College and amateur
Ketterer played college soccer at
Bradley
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Like many English surnames Bradley can also be used as a given name and as such has become popular.
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. He redshirted coming out of high school in 2012, then didn't make an appearance in
2013
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. Ketterer entered the
2014 season, his sophomore year, as the second-string goalkeeper, but took over the starting job after an injury to starter Shay Niemeyer. He made his first appearance for the Braves on September 15, but gave up a goal in overtime to fall 1–0 to
Cal State Northridge
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. He would pick up his first collegiate victory just four days later, however, making three saves in a 4–0 victory over
Marshall
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. Ketterer was named the Defensive MVP of the ProRehab Aces Soccer Classic and was honored twice as the
Missouri Valley Conference
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Defensive Player of the Week. He finished the season having allowed 14 goals in 14 games.
As a
junior
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, Ketterer notched the only point of his collegiate career. Against
Evansville
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on October 10, 2015, a Ketterer long ball was chipped over the Evansville keeper by Grant Bell in the 6th minute, handing Ketterer the only assist from his years at Bradley. Ketterer was named a Second Team NSCAA Scholar All-North/Central Region and earned a place on the MVC Honor Roll for the second consecutive season. He had a career-high five shutouts, but also conceded 24 goals. Ketterer closed his career in
2016
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with a second consecutive Honorable Mention All-MVC honor and was named to the ProRehab Aces Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team. However, he also was sent off in his final collegiate game, getting shown a red card in the final minute of a 2–0 loss against
Drake
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in the
MVC Tourney play-in game. Ketterer ended his college career having made 51 appearances over three seasons and kept 12 clean sheets.
Ocean City Nor'easters
After his junior season at Bradley, Ketterer appeared for
Premier Development League club
Ocean City Nor'easters
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The team plays their home games at Carey Stadium wh ...
. He played in just two games: a season-opening victory against
Baltimore Bohemians
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, and three days later a defeat against
Jersey Express
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Inaugural season (2005–06)
The Express ended the r ...
.
Club career
Columbus Crew SC
On January 17, 2017 Ketterer was drafted by
Columbus Crew SC
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in the fourth round (71st overall) of the
2017 MLS SuperDraft
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. He officially signed for the club on February 20, after taking part in preseason with the team. Ketterer opened his first professional season as the third-string goalkeeper for Columbus, behind
Zack Steffen
Zackary Thomas Steffen (born April 2, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Middlesbrough, on loan from Premier League club Manchester City, and the United States national team.
Ste ...
and
Brad Stuver
Bradley Stuver (born April 16, 1991) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Austin FC.
Youth and college
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. He made the bench for seven consecutive matches early in the
season
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, with Stuver nursing an injury, but saw no time in any of the matches.
Ketterer finished the season having been named to the bench for eight matches, all in
MLS
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play, but never made an appearance for Crew SC. On December 1, 2017, Columbus declined his contract option, but Ketterer re-signed for the club a little more than a month later. His return to Crew SC was confirmed on January 11, 2018, meaning that all four players drafted by the club in 2017 would return for the 2018 season.
Although Stuver departed the club ahead of the
2018 season, Ketterer remained as the third-string goalkeeper for Columbus after
Jon Kempin
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was acquired in a trade from
LA Galaxy. Just as in 2017, he made the bench multiple times early in the season with Kempin recovering from injury, but saw no time behind Steffen.
[ Unlike in 2017, however, Ketterer received an opportunity for playing time midway through the season. With Steffen off on international duty, Ketterer was handed his professional debut on June 6, 2018: he got the nod for a ]fourth round
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U.S. Open Cup fixture against Chicago Fire. At the end of the season, his contract option was declined by the club; Ketterer departed Columbus with just one appearance in two seasons.
El Paso Locomotive FC
On January 18, 2019, Ketterer joined USL Championship
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team El Paso Locomotive FC
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ahead of their inaugural season. Following the 2021 season, Ketterer and El Paso mutually agreed to terminate his contract with the club.
Loan to Portland Timbers
On May 13, 2021, Ketterer joined MLS
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side Portland Timbers on loan for the remainder of the season following a season-ending injury to their goalkeeper Jeff Attinella
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Career College and amateur
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. On May 15, 2021, Ketterer made his debut in a 2-0 win over the San Jose Earthquakes. He kept a clean sheet, saving a penalty kick from Chris Wondolowski
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.
CF Montréal
On February 16, 2022, Ketterer signed a one year contract with CF Montréal which included two option years to further extend the contract. Ketterer made his debut for CF Montréal with a clean sheet on April 18, 2023, in a 2-0 home win against Vaughan Azzurri
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in a Canadian Championship match.
Career statistics
References
External links
Bradley profile
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Living people
1993 births
American men's soccer players
Soccer players from Wisconsin
Sportspeople from Madison, Wisconsin
Men's association football goalkeepers
Bradley Braves men's soccer players
Ocean City Nor'easters players
Columbus Crew draft picks
Columbus Crew players
USL League Two players
El Paso Locomotive FC players
Portland Timbers players
USL Championship players
Major League Soccer players
CF Montréal players
Ligue1 Québec players
CF Montréal U23 players