# Sean Totsch
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{{short description|American soccer player (born 1991)}}
{{use mdy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{use American English|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sean Totsch
| image = 20250426 ctc 36191 copy (cropped).jpg
| caption = Totsch playing for [Louisville City](/source/Louisville_City) in 2025
| fullname = Sean William Totsch
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|9|16}}
| birth_place = [Fargo, North Dakota](/source/Fargo%2C_North_Dakota), United States
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}
| position = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)), [Midfielder](/source/Midfielder_(association_football))
| currentclub = [Louisville City](/source/Louisville_City_FC)
| clubnumber = 4
| collegeyears1 = 2010–2013
| college1 = [Northern Illinois Huskies](/source/Northern_Illinois_Huskies_men's_soccer)
| collegecaps1 = 64
| collegegoals1 = 6
| years1 = 2012–2013
| clubs1 = [Chicago Fire U-23](/source/Chicago_Fire_U-23)
| caps1 = 18
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2015–2016
| clubs2 = [Rochester Rhinos](/source/Rochester_Rhinos)
| caps2 = 44
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2017–
| clubs3 = [Louisville City](/source/Louisville_City_FC)
| caps3 = 258
| goals3 = 28
| nationalyears1 =
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| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| medaltemplates =
| pcupdate = October 25, 2025
| ntupdate =
}}
'''Sean William Totsch''' ({{IPAc-en|t|oʊ|tʃ}} {{Respell|TOHCH}};[{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlhQxgvQfuM |title=Soccer Stories: Get to know LouCity's Sean Totsch |date=May 30, 2023 |publisher=LouCity FC |via=YouTube |accessdate=9 August 2025}}] born September 16, 1991) is an American [soccer](/source/association_football) player currently playing for [Louisville City](/source/Louisville_City_FC) in the [USL Championship](/source/USL_Championship). Sean previously played indoor soccer for the [Milwaukee Wave](/source/Milwaukee_Wave) in the [Major Arena Soccer League](/source/Major_Arena_Soccer_League).[{{Cite web |title=Sean Totsch |url=https://www.louisvillecityfc.com/totsch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418022600/https://www.louisvillecityfc.com/totsch |archive-date=2019-04-18 |access-date=2020-02-10 |website=Louisville City FC}}]
==Early life==
===Personal===
Sean Totsch was born in [Fargo, North Dakota](/source/Fargo%2C_North_Dakota) to parents Beverly and James Totsch. He has three siblings, an older sister, Jennifer, and two younger brothers, Elliot and Ryan. He would later move to [Oswego, Illinois](/source/Oswego%2C_Illinois), a suburb of [Chicago](/source/Chicago), and attend high school at [Oswego High School](/source/Oswego_High_School_(Illinois)).[{{cite web|url=http://www.niuhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1201|title=2012 Men's Soccer Roster; Sean Totsch|date=2013|website=www.niuhuskies.com|publisher=Northern Illinois University|access-date=November 24, 2017|location=Louisville, KY }}]
===College and youth===
Totsch graduated from high school early[ and played [college soccer](/source/College_soccer_in_the_United_States) at [Northern Illinois University](/source/Northern_Illinois_University) between 2010 and 2013. During his time there he would play in 64 matches while scoring 6 goals. During his senior season he was the only NIU player to start in every match.][{{cite web|url=http://soccerstats.us/bios/sean-totsch/|title=Sean Totsch|date=2013|website=SoccerStats.us|access-date=November 24, 2017}}]
==Club career==
===Rochester Rhinos===
====2015 season====
[[File:Jimmy McLaughlin heads one back up field (18731457228).jpg|thumb|right|Totsch playing for Rochester Rhinos as [Jimmy McLaughlin](/source/Jimmy_McLaughlin) of [Philadelphia Union](/source/Philadelphia_Union) makes a header in the [2015 U.S. Open Cup](/source/2015_U.S._Open_Cup)]]
Totsch signed with [United Soccer League](/source/United_Soccer_League) club [Rochester Rhinos](/source/Rochester_Rhinos) on March 13, 2015.[{{cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/rhinos-sign-defender-midfielder-sean-totsch/n-4937396|title=Rhinos Sign Defender/Midfielder Sean Totsch|date=March 13, 2015|website=www.oursportscentral.com|publisher=Our Sports Central|access-date=November 25, 2017|location=Rochester, NY}}] He would appear in 22 of Rochester's 28 regular season matches as well as one match in the [U.S. Open Cup](/source/U.S._Open_Cup). He first professional goal on September 19 in a 3–2 win against the [New York Red Bulls II](/source/New_York_Red_Bulls_II); his only goal of the season.[{{cite web|url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/soccer/2015/09/20/first-pro-goal-sean-totsch-gives-rochester-3-2-win/72389290/|title=First pro goal for Sean Totsch gives Rochester 3–2 win|date=September 19, 2015|website=www.democratandchronicle.com|publisher=Democrat & Chronicle|first=Jeff|last=DiVeronica|access-date=November 25, 2017|location=Rochester, NY}}] He would also play in two of Rochester's three USL Cup matches helping Rochester to both the USL Regular Season and USL Cup championships.[{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/game/show/13218468?subseason=280291&referrer=2356888|title=Rochester Rhinos at Harrisburg City Islanders - 2016 Regular Season|date=July 29, 2016|website=www.uslsoccer.com|publisher=USL|access-date=November 25, 2017}}] He would also play one match in the U.S. Open Cup as well as both of Rochester's USL Cup matches.
===Louisville City FC===
====2017 season====
On January 10 Totsch signed with [United Soccer League](/source/United_Soccer_League) club [Louisville City FC](/source/Louisville_City_FC)[{{cite web|url=http://www.louisvillecityfc.com/news_article/show/743117-loucity-signs-totsch-a-sleeper-with-usl-championship-experience|title=LouCity Signs Totsch, a 'Sleeper' with USL Championship Experience|date=January 10, 2017|website=www.louisvillecityfc.com|publisher=Louisville City FC|first=Jonathan|last=Lintner|access-date=November 25, 2017|location=Louisville, KY}}] and he made his debut on March 25 in Louisville's season opener against [Saint Louis](/source/Saint_Louis_FC).[{{cite web|url=http://www.louisvillecityfc.com/totsch|title=Sean Totsch|website=www.louisvillecityfc.com|publisher=Louisville City FC|access-date=November 25, 2017|quote= }}] He would play in 30 of Louisville's 32 regular season matches and score his lone league goal on August 23 against Harrisburg City Islanders.[{{cite web|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/soccer/louisville-city-fc/2017/08/23/louisville-city-fc-back-first-place-after-win-over-harrisburg/593451001/|title=Louisville City FC back in first place after win over Harrisburg|date=August 23, 2017|website=www.courier-journal.com|publisher=Courier Journal|first=Danielle|last=Lerner|access-date=November 25, 2017|location=Louisville, KY}}] He'd also play in one U.S. Open Cup match while scoring one goal[{{cite web|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/soccer/louisville-city-fc/2017/05/18/louisville-city-fc-dispatches-tartan-devils-u-s-open-cup-moves-face-fc-cincinnati/327828001/|title=Louisville City FC dispatches Tartan Devils in U.S. Open Cup, moves on to face FC Cincinnati|date=May 17, 2017|website=www.courier-journal.com|publisher=Courier Journal|first=Daniel|last=Karell|access-date=November 25, 2017|location=Louisville, KY}}] as well as all four of Louisville's USL Cup matches. Totsch and Louisville would go on to win the USL Cup Final against [Swope Park Rangers](/source/Swope_Park_Rangers).[{{cite web|url=https://www.louisvillecityfc.com/news_article/show/857889|title=Louisville City FC Announces Roster Changes|first=|last=|website=www.louisvillecityfc.com|publisher=LCFC|date=November 17, 2017|access-date=March 29, 2018|quote=|location=Louisville, KY|archive-date=December 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208122629/http://www.louisvillecityfc.com/news_article/show/857889|url-status=dead}}] and he made his season debut on March 17 against USL expansion side [Nashville SC](/source/Nashville_SC).[{{cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/2018/03/17/nashville-sc-opens-inaugural-usl-season-loss-louisville-city-fc/435184002/|title=Nashville SC opens inaugural USL season with loss at Louisville City FC|first=Erik|last=Bacharach|website=www.tennessean.com|publisher=Tennessean|date=March 17, 2018|access-date=March 29, 2018|quote=|location=Louisville, KY}}] He went on to appear in 27 of Louisville's 34 league matches without scoring a goal. He also appeared in all five of Louisville's [U.S. Open Cup](/source/U.S._Open_Cup) matches as Louisville reached the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time in its history.[{{cite web|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/soccer/louisville-city-fc/2018/07/18/louisville-city-fc-knocked-out-open-cup-loss-chicago-fire/791596002/|title=Louisville City FC knocked out of Open Cup with loss to Chicago Fire|first=Danielle|last=Lerner|website=www.courier-journal.com|publisher=The Courier Journal|date=July 18, 2018 |access-date=November 20, 2018|quote=|location=Bridgeview, IL|df=mdy-all}}] This included a 3–2 victory over the [New England Revolution](/source/New_England_Revolution) of [MLS](/source/Major_League_Soccer); Louisville's first victory over an MLS side.[{{cite web|url=https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/post/2018/06/05/recap-revs-eliminated-us-open-cup-3-2-loss-louisville-city-fc|title=RECAP: Revs eliminated from U.S. Open Cup with 3-2 loss to Louisville City FC|date=2018-06-05|website=www.revolutionsoccer.net|publisher=New England Revolution|access-date=19 November 2018|location=Louisville, KY|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120020552/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/post/2018/06/05/recap-revs-eliminated-us-open-cup-3-2-loss-louisville-city-fc|archive-date=20 November 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}] His only goal of the year came in the third round of the Open Cup against [Saint Louis](/source/Saint_Louis_FC) which would be his lone goal of the match.[{{cite web|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/soccer/louisville-city-fc/2018/05/23/louisville-city-fc-advances-u-s-open-cup/639590002/|title=Louisville City FC advances in US Open Cup, could face MLS team next|first=Gentry|last=Estes|website=www.courier-journal.com|publisher=The Courier Journal|date=May 23, 2018 |access-date=November 20, 2018|quote=Sean Totsch scored in the 68th minute to provide the difference between the two United Soccer League squads.|location=Louisville, KY|df=mdy-all}}] Totsch also appeared as a [substitute](/source/Substitute_(association_football)) in all four of Louisville's [USL Cup](/source/USL_Cup) playoff matches as he and Louisville went on to win the USL Cup Final against [Phoenix](/source/Phoenix_Rising_FC).[{{cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/10/16/rochester-rhinos-defeat-la-galaxy-ii-2-1-2015-usl-championship|title=Rochester Rhinos defeat LA Galaxy II 2-1 in 2015 USL Championship|last=Rodriguez|first=Alicia|date=October 16, 2015|website=www.mlssoccer.com|publisher=MLS|access-date=November 24, 2017}}]
'''[Louisville City FC](/source/Louisville_City_FC)'''
*[USL Cup](/source/United_Soccer_League) (2): [2017](/source/2017_USL_season),[{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/856196?referrer_id=2333971|title=Louisville's Late Winner Claims USL Cup Victory|last=Murray|first=Nicholas|date=14 November 2017|website=www.uslsoccer.com|publisher=USL|access-date=14 November 2017|df=mdy-all }}] [2018](/source/2018_USL_season)[{{cite web|url=https://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/966965|title=Spencer's Strike Leads Louisville to Second Straight USL Cup|last=Arlia|first=John|date=8 November 2018|website=www.uslsoccer.com|publisher=USL|access-date=8 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109043206/https://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/966965|archive-date=9 November 2018|url-status=live|location=Louisville, KY|df=mdy-all}}]
===Individual===
*USL Championship All League First Team (3): [2020](/source/2020_USL_Championship_season),[{{cite web |url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/soccer/louisville-city-fc/2020/10/28/louisville-city-fc-players-earn-all-league-first-team-honors/6061445002/ |url-access=limited |title=A record four Louisville City FC players earn All-League First Team honors |last=Yates |first=Dominique |date=2020-10-28 |website=www.courier-journal.com |publisher=Louisville Courier Journal |location=Louisville, KY |access-date=2020-10-29 |quote=Forward Cameron Lancaster, midfielder Devon “Speedy” Williams, defender Sean Totsch and goalkeeper Ben Lundt were named among the league’s best 11 players as voted on by club management and a league-wide media panel that included representation from every USL market}}] [2021](/source/2021_USL_Championship_season),[{{cite web |url=https://pittsburghsoccernow.com/2021/11/23/riverhounds-scs-veteran-midfielder-kenardo-forbes-named-to-all-usl-second-team/ |title=Riverhounds SC veteran midfielder Kenardo Forbes named to All-USL Second Team |last=Krysinsky |first=John |date=2021-11-23 |website=pittsburghsoccernow.com |publisher=Pittsburg Riverhounds |location=Pittsburg, PA |access-date=2021-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124072517/https://pittsburghsoccernow.com/2021/11/23/riverhounds-scs-veteran-midfielder-kenardo-forbes-named-to-all-usl-second-team/|archive-date=2021-11-24|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}] [2022](/source/2022_USL_Championship_season)[{{cite web |url=https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1245790 |title=USL Championship Announces 2022 All-League Teams |date=2022-11-01 |website=www.uslchampionship.com |publisher=USL |location=Tampa, FL|access-date=2022-11-01 |author= USLChampionship.com Staff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101175351/https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1245790 |archive-date=2022-11-01|df=mdy-all}}]
*USL Championship All League Second Team: [2023](/source/2023_USL_Championship_season),[{{cite web |url=https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1290545 |title=USL Championship Announces 2023 All-League Teams |author=USLChampionship.com Staff |date=2023-11-07 |website=www.uslchampionship.com |publisher=USL Championship |location=Tampa, FL |access-date=2023-11-07 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107153643/https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1290545 |archive-date=2023-11-07}}] [https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1323653 2024]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.louisvillecityfc.com/totsch Louisville City FC profile]
* [http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/totsch_sean00.html NIU Huskies profile]
{{Louisville City FC squad}}
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Category:American men's soccer players
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Category:Chicago Fire U-23 players
Category:Rochester Rhinos players
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Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Soccer players from Illinois
Category:Sportspeople from Kendall County, Illinois
Category:USL League Two players
Category:USL Championship players
Category:People from Oswego, Illinois
Category:Soccer players from North Dakota
Category:Sportspeople from Fargo, North Dakota
Category:Milwaukee Wave players
Category:Major Arena Soccer League players
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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