Neil Shaffer

Neil Shaffer (born February 14, 1989 in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania) is a retired American soccer player. Shaffer currently plays for amateur Pittsburgh side Tartan Devils Oak Avalon.

Neil Shaffer
Personal information
Full name Neil Shaffer
Date of birth (1989-02-14) February 14, 1989
Place of birth Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Tartan Devils Oak Avalon
Youth career
2007–2010 Robert Morris Colonials
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Erie Admirals
2011–2012 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 31 (1)
2013 Kitsap Pumas 14 (5)
2014–2015 Harrisburg City Islanders 49 (1)
2016 Indy Eleven 2 (0)
2016 → Harrisburg City Islanders (loan) 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 3, 2016

Career

College and amateur

Shaffer attended Beaver High School and played four years of college soccer at the Robert Morris University. Following his senior season, Shaffer was named to the NSCAA Men's Division I All-North Atlantic Region Third Team and to the All-Northeast Conference Second Team. He finished his college career with 13 goals and nine assists for 35 career points.

During his college years, Shaffer also played for Erie Admirals in the National Premier Soccer League.

Professional

Undrafted out of college, Shaffer turned professional in 2011 when he signed for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL Professional Division.[1] He made his professional debut on May 21, 2011 in a game against F.C. New York.[2]

Kitsap Pumas

In 2013 Shaffer scored 5 goals in 14 appearances for the USL PDL side.

Harrisburg City Islanders

After a productive 2013 season Shaffer signed with the USL side and helped the team make it to the USL-PRO Championship Game. During his time in Harrisburg Neil made large strides toward helping the local humane society. In fact, he donated his entire salary to science in effort to research k9 behavior and cognitive abilities. He currently owns two guinea pigs Sam and Jackson.

Neil was a fan favorite during his time at City Island. His technical ability was so fantastic that fans never knew whether he was left footed or right footed. I do not think any still knows to this day......

Indy Eleven

On December 23, 2015, Shaffer signed with the NASL side, Indy Eleven[3]

On 6 May 2016, Shaffer was loaned back to Harrisburg City Islanders for their weekend series of games against FC Cincinnati and Charleston Battery on 7th and 9 May.[4]

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gollark: *This* problem actually seems to be to do with my wireless network and/or WiFi card, as it didn't happen when I connected my laptop over wired briefly.
gollark: Google's DNS servers, it's easy to remember.
gollark: I admittedly haven't checked very hard, but `ping 8.8.8.8` says `(DUP!)` a lot sometimes and sometimes receives the same sequence number twice.
gollark: Apparently my internet connection is even more broken now. It seems to somehow be duplicating packets and having wildly variable latency.

References
  1. Robert Morris Soccer Player Neil Shaffer Signs Professional Contract With Pittsburgh Riverhounds
  2. http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/scripts/runisa.dll?M2:gp::72013+Elements/Display+E+47107+Stats/+2175634%5B%5D
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-26. Retrieved 2016-01-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Indy Eleven Loan Former Islander Neil Shaffer for Weekend Series". cityislanders.com. Harrisburg City Islanders. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.


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