Steward Ceus

Steward Ceus
	Steward Ceus in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Steward Ceus
Date of birth	March 26, 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	West Haverstraw, New York, United States
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
2005–2008	Albany Great Danes
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2013	Colorado Rapids
2009	→ Charlotte Eagles (loan)
2010	→ Charlotte Eagles (loan)
2014	Närpes Kraft
2015	Atlanta Silverbacks
2016	Minnesota United
2017	San Francisco Deltas
2018–2019	Colorado Springs Switchbacks
2020	New York Cosmos
International career‡
2010–	Haiti
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 25, 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 7, 2018

Steward Ceus (born March 26, 1987) is a Haitian footballer who most recently played as a goalkeeper for New York Cosmos in the National Independent Soccer Association.

Career

Youth and college

Ceus attended North Rockland High School, where he lettered in soccer all four years (as well as tennis for three years and basketball), posted a county and school-record 36 career shutouts as a junior, earned all-league laurels all four years, all-section accolades three times and all-county honors on two occasions.

He played four years of college soccer at the University at Albany, where he was named to the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll and ranked second in America East with 66 saves as a freshman, made the America East All-Academic Team and was named to the America East Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll as a sophomore, and garnered America East All-Academic Team honors as a junior in 2007.

Professional

Ceus was drafted in the third round (37th overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by the Colorado Rapids.^[1] However, he did play in the 2nd half of the Community Shield against the Sounders at CenturyLink Field. The Rapids lost 3–1. Ceus let in two goals.

He was loaned to the Charlotte Eagles of the USL Second Division in June 2009, to gain experience and maintain fitness levels; he made his debut for them on June 20, 2009, in a game against Richmond Kickers.^[2] He renewed this loan with the Eagles in March 2010.

Ceus was released by Colorado on December 6, 2013, after five seasons with the club.^[3] On March 21, 2014, he arrived in Finland to try out for the Finnish club Närpes Kraft Fotbollsförening for the starting goalkeeper position. On April 11, he signed a one-year contract.

On January 14, 2015, Ceus returned to the United States, signing with NASL club Atlanta Silverbacks.^[4]

International

Ceus made his debut for Haiti in 2010.

References

^ "Albany's Steward Ceus Selected 37th Overall in MLS Draft". America East Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
^ "Rapids decline option on goalkeeper Stew Ceus". MLS. December 6, 2013. Archived from the original on August 30, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
^ "Atlanta Silverbacks FC". www.atlantasilverbacksfc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.

External links

Steward Ceus at Major League Soccer
University at Albany bio
Steward Ceus at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] "Albany's Steward Ceus Selected 37th Overall in MLS Draft". America East Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

[2] "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-10-04.

[3] "Rapids decline option on goalkeeper Stew Ceus". MLS. December 6, 2013. Archived from the original on August 30, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

[4] "Atlanta Silverbacks FC". www.atlantasilverbacksfc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.

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