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Steven Curfman
Personal information
Full name	Steven Curfman
Date of birth	October 8, 1986 (age 23)
Place of birth	Manassas, Virginia, United States
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Wilmington Hammerheads
Number	12
Youth career
2003–2006	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 October, 2009.; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October, 2009

Steven Curfman (born October 8, 1986 in Manassas, Virginia) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Wilmington Hammerheads in the USL Second Division.

[edit] Career

[edit] College and Amateur

Curfman grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, attended Athens Drive High School and played club soccer with the Capital Area Soccer League before being selected to the U.S. Soccer U-17 Residency Program in Brandenton, Florida in 2002. He was also selected as a McDonald's and Parade Magazine All-American in 2003.

Curfman played college soccer at Wake Forest University, where he was a four-year letterman under coach Jay Vidovich. In 2003, his freshman season, he started 13 games and appeared in 20, and scored nine goals and 13 assists, which earned him a spot on the All-ACC Freshman team. In his sophomore season, he started 17 games and appeared in 18 and scored 1 goal and four assists. In 2005, he started 20 games and scored 5 goals and 3 assists before suffering a knee injury prior to the NCAA Tournament. He was named to the All-ACC Tournament team and All-ACC Academic Team. During his senior season, he led the squad in games played (23), assists (8), point (20), and shots (50), and 2nd in goals (6), in helping his team reach the #1 ranking, the ACC regular season co-championship, and the school's first-ever appearance in the Men's NCAA College Cup.

During his college years he also played with Raleigh CASL Elite in the USL Premier Development League.

[edit] Professional

Curfman was drafted in the third round (30th overall) of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft by Real Salt Lake, whose coach John Ellinger had been his coach during the U-17 residency program. Curfman saw no playing time with Salt Lake, and was released at the end of the season.

On March 7, 2008, it was announced that Curfman had been signed by his hometown USL First Division team, the Carolina Railhawks. He scored in his first game with the RailHawks, a 1-1 tie with the Atlanta Silverbacks on April 19, 2008, and went on to make 30 appearances before being released in March 2009.^[1] He then signed with the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Second Division in April 2009.^[2]

[edit] International

Curfman was selected to U.S. roster for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland, where he started three matches, and scored his first international goal against South Korea on August 14, 2003.^[3] In 2004, he earned three caps, starting one game, with the United States U-20 men's national soccer team.

[edit] Honors

[edit] Wilmington Hammerheads

USL Second Division Regular Season Champions (1): 2009

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[0] Curfman gone from RailHawks

[1] Curfman Joins Hammerheads Squad

[2] Video

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