2019-20 Men's Soccer Roster

1 Tom Wallenstein

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 176
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Leipzig, Germany
  • Highschool Secondary School For Sports Leipzig

Biography

2019: Played 14 scoreless minutes in goal in the victory at Central Connecticut. Provided outstanding depth and leadership to the goalkeepers.

2018: Fifth in the Ivy League in both goals against average (1.16) and saves (46)… Started 12 of the 13 games he appeared in… Posted shutouts vs. Niagara in the season opener, at Bryant when he made six saves and in the season finale vs. Princeton.

2017: Started five games... Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week after helping Bulldogs earn a tie with Dartmouth in his first career start... First shutout came in a 1-0 victory over Cornell.

Club: Played for RasenBallsport Leipzig Club in Germany… Played all 26 league games and U17 club to Youth Bundesliga North/Northeast title… Helped club capture U17 and U19 Saxon Cup… In U18 DFB talent scouting tournament, club placed second.

Personal: Son of John-Oliver and Maren Wallenstein

3 QUESTIONS FOR WALLENSTEIN

Biggest soccer influences and why? “My biggest soccer influences are my goalkeeper coaches who taught me all my skills and support me in bad times and my mental coach who helps me to deal with setbacks.”

Do you have an idol or hero? “Soccer: Marc Andre Ter Stegen, Manuel Neuer, Bernd Leno
Other: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs” 

Why Yale? “I decided to go to Yale because it is once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to earn one of the best college educations in the world and I really appreciated the effort Coach Stannard made to recruit me. Moreover, I want to help bringing the soccer program back to the top again so that we can compete for the Ivy League Championship in the coming years.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2017-18First Year

    GK
    6'1" 176 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2018-19Sophomore

    GK
    6'1" 176 lbs
    1
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    2019-20Junior

    GK
    6'1" 176 lbs
    1