Steve Zerhusen is a retired American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

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who played two seasons in the

North American Soccer League The North American Soccer League may refer to: *North American Soccer League (1968–1984), a former Division I league *North American Soccer League (2011–2017) The North American Soccer League (NASL) was a professional men's soccer league b ...

. Zerhusen attended the

University of Maryland, Baltimore County The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Baltimore County, Maryland. It has a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 undergraduate majors, over 92 graduate programs (38 master, 25 doctoral, ...

where he played on the men's soccer team from 1975 to 1978. He is a member of the UMBC Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1979, the

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of the

drafted Zerhusen. He played one game during the 1979 season, then manned the nets for the 1979-1980 NASL indoor season. Zerhusen played another seven games during the 1980 outdoor season, then was released by the team. Zerhusen later worked as a systems engineer for CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield in Baltimore. He was inducted into the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame in 2002.Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zerhusen, Steve 1957 births Living people American men's soccer players Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–1983) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players UMBC Retrievers men's soccer players Men's association football goalkeepers