Walter Bustamante
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1994 | Long Island University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995 | Jersey Dragons | ||
| 1998–1999 | New Jersey Stallions | (5) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Walter Bustamante is an American retired soccer midfielder who played professionally in the USISL.
Bustamante attended Long Island University where he was a 1993 First Team All American soccer player and the 1994 Northeast Conference Player of the Year. He holds the university’s career record for assists.[1] In 1995, he played for the Jersey Dragons. In February 1996, the MetroStars selected Bustamante in the sixteenth round (156th overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft.[2] The MetroStars waived him on March 26, 1996.[3] In 1998 and 1999, he played for the New Jersey Stallions. After his career in soccer, he began teaching a middle school Spanish course at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic School in 2016, but left in June 2018.[4] He now works at Saint Michael Catholic School in Annandale, VA as a PE and Spanish teacher.
References[]
- ^ LIU men’s soccer records
- ^ "Metrostars Look to L.I.U.", New York Times, February 28, 1996
- ^ March 26, 1996 Transactions
- ^ Our Lady of Good Counsel School
- Living people
- American soccer players
- Jersey Dragons players
- LIU Sharks men's soccer players
- New Jersey Stallions players
- USISL players
- Association football midfielders