Wallis Lapsley was born in Seattle, Washington and played his collegiate soccer at UC Davis, where he was named 2019 Big West Conference Goalkeeper of the Year. After living in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas for about a year, he fluently speaks Spanish. During the first week of preseason, he’s using his free time to learn Italian through Duolingo. He’s always looking for ways to gather information, whether that has to do with soccer or other topics that interest him.
Question: When you started playing football was goalkeeping your first choice?
Wallis Lapsley: Actually, when I was little I played like the little kid soccer, so three on three, where there are no goalkeepers.