list. At the time that Krautzun was fired, Wolfsburg stood at the top of the German Second Division. By the end of the season, it had slipped to fourth and failed to win promotion to the First Division. Lapper requested a transfer and in 1995, the team sent him to British Second Division club Southend United for £100,000. At the time, Southend was pushing for promotion to the Premiership, but when it actually faced demotion to the second division in 1997, Lapper left Southend to sign with Major League Soccer (MLS). However, he did have a final stint within English soccer, when Halifax Town signed him on a rolling contract in late 1999. His time at the club proved unsuccessful and he soon returned to the U.S. Major League Soccer When Lapper signed with MLS, the league allocated him in June 1997 to the Columbus Crew. While with that team, he played 110 games, starting 99, until his retirement in 2002. Additionally, he scored five goals and assisted on 10 more. Post-playing career After retiring from playing, he joined the Columbus Crew's front office as the Director of Soccer Business Development, which focuses on the growth of the Crew's camps, clinics and soccer academies. During the 2005, season he officially joined the coaching staff. Following the 2013 MLS season, Lapper parted ways with the Crew and became a member of the West Virginia University men's soccer staff. References External links 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Redondo Beach, California Western Soccer Alliance players Los Angeles Heat players All-American men's college soccer players American soccer players American expatriate soccer players Columbus Crew players Southend United F.C. players VfL Wolfsburg players 2. Bundesliga players UCLA Bruins men's soccer players Olympic soccer players of the United States Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1992 King Fahd Cup players 1993 Copa América players 1994 FIFA World Cup players 1995 Copa América players United States men's international soccer players Soccer players from California American expatriate sportspeople in England American expatriate soccer players in Germany Major League Soccer players United States men's under-23 international soccer players Columbus Crew non-playing staff Association football defenders Expatriate footballers in England West Virginia Mountaineers men's soccer coaches Footballers at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in football