Zach Pfeffer

Zachary "Zach" Pfeffer (born January 6, 1995) is an American former professional soccer player. In 2010 at the age of 15 he became the fourth-youngest player ever to sign a Major League Soccer contract. He retired from soccer in 2016 at 21 years of age.

Early life Pfeffer is Jewish and was born in Dresher, Pennsylvania. He attended Upper Dublin High School, finishing on time as he played soccer for Union.

After retiring from soccer in 2016 at 21 years of age, as of January 2017, he was a junior at the Fox School of Business and Management department of Temple University; he became an investment banker thereafter.

Career Philadelphia Union Pfeffer then spent several months training with the Philadelphia Union first team and made an appearance for them in a friendly against C.D. Guadalajara on September 1, 2010. Pfeffer was a member of Philadelphia's U-17 squad that competed in the MLS U-17 SUM Cup in Houston, Texas.

On December 22, 2010, the Union signed Pfeffer at the age of 15 as their first-ever homegrown player. He made his regular season Philadelphia Union debut on September 17 against Columbus Crew, at 16 years of age. In the 2012–2013 campaign, Pfeffer scored 2 goals in 9 matches playing for the Hoffenheim U-19 side.

Colorado Rapids Pfeffer was traded to the Colorado Rapids in January 2016 in exchange for the overall second pick in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft, which was used to draft defender Josh Yaro. In 2014 and 2015 he played in the Major League Soccer Homegrown Game.

He decided to leave soccer, to go to college and then pursue a career in finance.

Pfeffer was called into the first U-18 National Team camp of 2012 by then-Manager Richie Williams. He was also called up to numerous U-18 National Team camps in 2012. He scored a goal in their November friendly against Canada.

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Updated January 15, 2016

Career after soccer

Pfeffer had taken Penn State online courses during his soccer career, and completed over three semesters of college before he stopped playing soccer. He as of 2020 was an investment banking analyst for Goldman Sachs.