Austin FC announced today that they have agreed to a contract extension with goalkeeper Brad Stuver.
Stuver signed a new two-year deal guaranteed through the end of the 2027 season with an option for 2028.
Stuver signed with Austin FC as a free agent on December 28, 2020, prior to the team’s inaugural season. Since then, he has appeared in all but seven Austin FC games and is Austin FC’s all-time leader in matches played with 176.
Stuver was selected to the MLS All-Star Team in 2025. He led the league in saves in both 2023 and 2024.
Brad Stuver has made 615 saves in MLS regular season play during his five seasons in Verde & Black, keeping 35 clean sheets. He needs six more saves before the end of the 2025 season to set a new MLS record for the most saves by a goalkeeper in a five-year span.
Stuver earned Austin FC’s Defensive Player of the Year honor in 2021, 2022, and 2024. He saved two penalty kicks in each of the shootouts in which Austin has previously been involved: a win over Real Salt Lake in Austin FC’s first-ever MLS Cup Playoff match in October 2022, and a win over San Jose Earthquakes in a U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal in July 2025.
Stuver has been an exemplary community-engaged athlete throughout his time in Austin. In 2022 he became the first-ever MLS player to be named a nominee for the ESPN Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award at the ESPYs before being nominated for the award again in 2023. Stuver has also been a multiple-time finalist for MLS Works Humanitarian of the Year for his community-based advocacy and fundraising across Central Texas.