Wally is a retired U.S. soccer player and coach. He played in several outdoor and indoor leagues. In 1980, he was the American Soccer League Rookie of the Year with the

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. Schlothauer attended

Mentor High School Mentor High School is a public high school located in Mentor, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Mentor Exempted Village School District (informally, "Mentor Schools"). At one time, it was the largest high school in Ohio ba ...

where he holds the school's single game (5), season (23) and career (39) scoring records. He was a two time All State soccer player in 1976, was named a High School All American. While in high school, he was selected to the first U.S. U-19 team which went on a tour of Germany in October 1975. Schlothauer entered

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in 1976, playing on the men's soccer team until 1979. He is third on the team's list of career assists leaders. In 1980, he signed with the

of the American Soccer League. Playing as a forward, he scored seven goals in 22 games, earning Rookie of the Year honors. In the fall of 1980, he signed with the Cleveland Force in the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1981, he moved back to the ASL with the

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for two seasons and spent the intervening winter of 1981–82 playing a season of NASL indoor for the Tulsa Roughnecks. In 1983, he played for the Pennsylvania Stoners of the ASL. In 1984 and 1985, he played for the

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in the

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, and again spent the winter off-season playing indoors. This time for the

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's Columbus Capitals. Schlothauer next joined the

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also of the AISA beginning in late 1985. In 1986, Hungary hosted an eight team FIFA

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tournament. The tournament, which included the United States, served as a test bed for FIFA's futsal rules. It laid the groundwork for the first

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in 1986. Schlothauer was part of the U.S. team at the 1986 test tournament, but took no part in the 1989 tournament. On January 29, 1993, Schlothauer signed with the

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in the National Professional Soccer League. He played out the remainder of the season, seeing time in 17 games.NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS – 1992–1993
That was his last season of professional soccer. However in 2006, he is listed on a team roster in Beck's National Soccer League, a four team indoor league in

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, Ohio. Over the years, Wally has held numerous youth soccer coaching positions including the

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girls team, Olmsted Falls High School Women’s team (2019- present), North FC, and Excalibur Premier Soccer Club. Scholothauer is a member of the Mentor High School Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Ohio Youth Soccer Association Hall of Fame in 2007.

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Walter Scholthauer

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