In the United States: Jasper Lovelsend’s dream of becoming a professional soccer player has come true!

24-year-old Jasper Lovelsend from Cologne gets a chance in the NFL.

New York / Cologne – Suddenly a professional: the 24-year-old Cologne Jasper Löffelsend gets a chance in the NFL.

Jasper Lovelsend (24) has completed a total of 21 matches in the regional league in Germany. © Photo montage: Instagram / Screenshot / pitt_msoc

Real Salt Lake earned the rights to the right-back in the third round of the North American Pro League draft on Tuesday (local time), who was the only one of six players registered with a German passport to be selected by a player. a team.

I last played Löffelsend with the Panthers at the University of Pittsburgh. The season in Major League Soccer begins on February 26.

In the league, teams are allowed access to young players registered one by one in the annual draft, and who have previously played for a university.

The blond boy received a scholarship from the University of Pittsburgh in 2020. Prior to that, he played for several clubs in Germany in the fourth division Regionalliga West and in the Middle Rhine League (Division V), including Bonner SC and SV Straelen.

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