STANFORD, Calif. – Foster Langsdorf has signed as an MLS Homegrown Player with the Portland Timbers.
Langsdorf is the latest in a slew of Stanford graduates to solidify his professional plans. Corey Baird signed a Homegrown deal with Real Salt Lake on Jan. 5, Nico Corti finalized his contract yesterday with Rio Grande Valley FC of the USL and Cardinal co-captains Tomas Hilliard-Arce and Drew Skundrich were selected by the LA Galaxy in Friday's MLS SuperDraft.
The only two-time Pac-12 Player of the Year in conference history, Langsdorf and the Cardinal won three consecutive national championships, four conference titles and posted a 65-10-13 overall record (.813) during his time at Stanford.
Langsdorf finished his career as the Pac-12's all-time scoring leader with 37 goals, the most for a Stanford player in 34 years. His 14 goals as a senior were ninth in the nation as were is 34 points and his six game-winning goals were second. Fifth nationally with 15 goals as a junior, he became the first Cardinal with back-to-back, double-digit goal campaigns since 1990 and 1991 and was also the country's second-leading goal scorer over his final two seasons with 29.
Langsdorf had 18 career game-winning goals, including 14 the past two seasons, to go along with 12 career assists. He was a first team All-American and MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist as a senior.
The second Homegrown signing in Timbers history, Langsdorf played for the Portland Timbers Academy from 2012-14 and was named the Academy Player of the Year in 2013. He also played three seasons for the Portland Timbers U-23s in the PDL.
