Easily one of the biggest surprises of the 2022 season, Jasper Löffelsend emerged from late round draft-pick, to featuring in 32 competitive matches with RSL. Few, if any, expected him to feature so prevalently with the first team, but not only did Jasper play, he played really darn well.
Having been deployed at right back for the University of Pittsburg, Löffelsend was drafted by RSL near the very end of the MLS Super Draft – the 81st overall pick. He was quickly tested in that position during pre-season, but failed to impress. It appeared at that point that Jasper would be spending the year with Real Monarchs, and signed a contract with the MLS Next Pro team to further support this.