 Stajduhar withOrlando City in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mason James Stajduhar[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-12-02)December 2, 1997 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Salem, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Real Salt Lake | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2015 | Orlando City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2025 | Orlando City | 16 | (0) |
| 2017–2023 | Orlando City B | 9 | (0) |
| 2016 | →Louisville City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | →Tulsa Roughnecks (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2020 | →New York City FC (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | Real Salt Lake | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | United States U18 | ||
| 2015–2016 | United States U20 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 15, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 4, 2016 | |||
Mason James Stajduhar (born December 2, 1997) is an American professionalsoccer player who plays as agoalkeeper forMajor League Soccer clubReal Salt Lake.
On November 9, 2015,Orlando City announced the signing of Stajduhar to aHomegrown contract. He became the club's fourth homegrown player.[3] Prior to his signing, Stajduhar had been part of the club's U.S. Soccer Development Academy Program and was named to the under-18 USSDA East Conference Best XI.[4]
Stajduhar was loaned toUSL sideLouisville City on April 30, 2016, but didn't make an appearance for the club.[5]
Stajduhar was loaned out again on March 15, 2019, toUSL Championship sideTulsa Roughnecks for their 2019 season.[6] He made his professional debut on March 29 in a 2–1 win overRGV Toros.[7] He was briefly recalled by Orlando City on June 24 owing toGreg Ranjitsingh's participation in the2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and an injury toAdam Grinwis before returning to Tulsa in July.[8] In July 2019, Stajduhar was selected to take part in theMLS Homegrown Game.[9] Having had his original contract option declined at the end of the season, Stajduhar renegotiated a new one-year deal with Orlando ahead of the2020 season.[10][11]
On December 14, 2020, it was announced Stajduhar had signed forNew York City FC on loan as an emergency backup goalkeeper with the team competing in the final stages of the2020 CONCACAF Champions League being held at Orlando'sExploria Stadium. Regular starterSean Johnson was not permitted to travel after being ruled a close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 while backupBrad Stuver left the club with his contract expiring that month.[12][13] Stajduhar was an unused substitute behind usual third-string goalkeeperLuis Barraza as New York City lost 4–0 toTigres UANL.[14]
On July 30, 2021, 2,090 days after signing his first senior contract with the club, Stajduhar made his Orlando City debut, starting in an MLS game againstAtlanta United. He was credited with one save during the game but notably conceded a goal toJosef Martínez in the opening 47 seconds and a long-range goal fromMarcelino Moreno during Orlando's come from behind 3–2 victory.[15][16]
On June 22, 2024, Stajduhar broke a club record for the most saves in a single match when he recorded 11 saves againstChicago Fire in a 4–2 win, breakingJoe Bendik's record of 10 saves againstSporting Kansas City in 2016.[17]
On June 28, 2024, in a match against New York City FC, Stajduhar broke his righttibia andfibula while challenging for the ball when he collided with NYCFC playerMalachi Jones, who also suffered a broken tibia and fibula. The NYCFC attack in which the players were injured began when Jones received the ball when he was in an offside position before running towards goal with the ball, prompting Stajduhar to slide out of the penalty box to try and intercept him, and both players broke their right legs when they collided.[18] Orlando City teammateDagur Dan Þórhallsson described how he heard a clicking sound when the players collided and then how he saw "his leg was just dangling" before going to the stands and closing his eyes. Stajduhar was replaced byJavier Otero, marking the goalkeeper's MLS debut, and required hospitalization.[19] Following the match Orlando City head coachÓscar Pareja criticized the current offsides rule saying that "they need to get better at this ruling" when the "offside is very obvious" in order to avoid unnecessary injuries like Stajduhar's.[20] Stajduhar's injuries resulted in him undergoing surgery and him being placed on the season-ending injury list.[18]
On January 15, 2025, Stajduhar was traded toReal Salt Lake in exchange for $50,000 inGeneral Allocation Money (GAM) and Real Salt Lake's natural second-round draft pick in the2026 MLS SuperDraft and up to $150,000 in further GAM if certain performance-based metrics were met.[21][22]
On April 22, 2015, Stajduhar was called up aU-18 training camp inBosnia and Herzegovina for two matches against the country'sunder-18 side and a match against Herzegovinian clubŠiroki Brijeg.[23]
Later that year in November, Stajduhar was called up to theU-20 squad byTab Ramos for the Four Nations Tournament inGermany againstGermany,Scotland, andMexico.[24][25] On January 4, 2016, Stajduhar joined another U-20 training camp, this time inMiami against local competition.[26]
On November 18, 2017, it was announced that Stajduhar had been diagnosed with localizedEwing sarcoma, a form of bone cancer, and had begun to undergo chemotherapy. Team doctors found a cancerous lesion during a routine exam.[27] Having continued to train throughout his treatment, Stajduhar completed his chemotherapy and returned to playing in full with Orlando City on June 20, 2018.[28]
On April 28, 2024, Stajduhar and his wife Tatiana were arrested on disorderly conduct charges after they allegedly refused to leave the Tier Nightclub inDowntown Orlando. Club bouncers alleged the pair were intoxicated and that they had yelled at a woman near the club entrance before the couple were removed. Stajduhar allegedly then tried to re-enter the club with him later claiming that the bouncers had struck Tatiana and he wanted to make sure that she was okay before the pair were handed over toOrlando Police Department officers and arrested, with Tatiana allegedly pushing an officer to the ground in the process.[29]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Playoffs | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Orlando City | 2016 | Major League Soccer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Louisville City (loan) | 2016 | USL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Orlando City B | 2017 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2020 | USL League One | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2022 | MLS Next Pro | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Tulsa Roughnecks (loan) | 2019 | USL Championship | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| New York City FC (loan) | 2020 | Major League Soccer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Real Salt Lake | 2025 | Major League Soccer | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 41 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
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