Stefan Frei was born in Altstätten, Switzerland, and moved to the United States as a teenager, playing college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley. He began his MLS career with Toronto FC.
He joined Seattle Sounders in 2014 and became one of the league’s most successful goalkeepers, winning the MLS Cup in 2016, when he was named MVP of the final after a famous save, and again in 2019, as well as the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League.
Career in numbers
Across 18 seasons of senior club football, beginning in 2009, Frei has played 528 matches for 2 clubs. His busiest campaign was 2016, when he played 41 matches for Seattle Sounders FC. So far in the 2026 season he has made 7 appearances for Seattle Sounders FC. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.