Walter Bustamante

Walter Bustamante is an American retired soccer midfielder who played professionally in the USISL.

Walter Bustamante
Personal information
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1994 Long Island University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995 Jersey Dragons
1998–1999 New Jersey Stallions (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Bustamante attended Long Island University where he was a 1993 First Team All American soccer player and the 1994 Northeast Conference Player of the Year. He holds the university’s career record for assists.[1] In 1995, he played for the Jersey Dragons. In February 1996, the MetroStars selected Bustamante in the sixteenth round (156th overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft.[2] The MetroStars waived him on March 26, 1996.[3] In 1998 and 1999, he played for the New Jersey Stallions. After his career in soccer, he began teaching a middle school Spanish course at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic School in 2016, but left in June 2018.[4]

References
  1. LIU men’s soccer records
  2. "Metrostars Look to L.I.U.", New York Times, February 28, 1996
  3. March 26, 1996 Transactions
  4. Our Lady of Good Counsel School
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