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Former Phoenix star Felix Stieglitz studied in the US and now plays football
Lübeck. Instead of Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein, Midland in the state of Michigan: Felix Stieglitz has been studying football in America since the summer. The 24-year-old played for FC Dornbreite and 1. FC Phönix Lübeck. For the past six weeks he’s laced up his boots far from European football: for the Northwood Timberwolves college team.
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Felix Stieglitz is aiming for a master’s degree
Steeglitz was drawn to America for research reasons. “In the next two years I will be doing a Masters in Business Administration, in the field of Business Administration,” says the central defender who studies at Northwood University. The university is about two hours from Detroit. Born in Lübeck, he lives in a house with three teammates near the university.
The former Phoenix loves a multicultural team in America
His first impressions were very positive. “I really like it. The people are all very kind and helpful. We have ten different nationalities in our team, which makes teamwork and life very exciting,” says the youngster, who trained at TSV Kücknitz, TSV Siems, JFV Hanse Lübeck, VfB Lübeck and again at JFV Hanse Lübeck. Stieglitz says. He then played two years in the first team at Phoenix Lübeck before moving to FC Dornbreit. From there he moved to Travmunder Allee in July 2020, where he joined Phoenixer’s second team.
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A lot of long balls in college football
What distinguishes college soccer from European soccer? “Football here is very physical. Many teams play very “easy” football with long balls. Since we have British coaches in our team, we try to play football as we know it from Europe,” says the defender, who plays with his team in NCAA Division II. I would say the league is between levels, although the level varies greatly.”
Contact with former teammates remains
He first had to adjust to life in America, “It’s a little different here. University hours and football are perfectly coordinated. Sometimes two overseas games combine and we sleep in hotels for two or three days. Even the shortest journey from home takes three hours. But it’s fun and I’m excited to see what else awaits me in the next two years,” says Stieglitz, who still keeps in regular contact with former teammates Tom Mayer (Eichholzer SV) and Lukas Lehwald-Kipp (Sereetzer SV). “Whenever I can, I I try to follow the games of the old team,” he says.
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