the end of the season, the Teamen moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where Mausser spent the next two seasons as part of the Jacksonville Tea Men. In the winter of 1983, he briefly returned to the Rowdies for the indoor Grand Prix, making one appearance. From there Mausser joined Team America, the short-lived USSF attempt to form the United States men's national soccer team into a quasi-professional team. In 1984, he played the NASL's last outdoor season back with the Rowdies. When the NASL folded, he briefly played with the Kansas City Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). He also played a season with the Buffalo Stallions of the MISL. Mauser moved to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, of the American Soccer League in 1988, then to the Albany Capitals of the American Professional Soccer League for the 1990 season. He ended his career back with the Strikers for another two seasons before retiring in 1992. National team Mausser's strong play earned him the starting goalkeeper position for the national team with which he earned 35 caps between 1975 and 1985, appearing in three World Cup qualifying campaigns. He generally played well for the national team, earning 10 shutouts. However, he had a hand in one of the biggest fiascos in US national soccer team history. In 1985, the US was a tie away from going to the second round of the 1985 CONCACAF Championship qualification for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. They had one game left, a home match with Costa Rica in Torrance, California. The US had beaten Costa Rica, 3–0, at the 1984 Summer Olympics and had tied them, 1–1, in Costa Rica five days before the match in Torrance. However, the US team played disjointedly, and in the 35th minute, Mausser weakly punched away a cross he could have caught. The ball flopped to the feet of Evaristo Coronado who easily scored the goal which eliminated the US from World Cup contention and sent Costa Rica to the second round instead. Mausser played one more game for the national team, a 5–0 thrashing by England on June 16, when he saved a penalty by Glenn Hoddle. Mausser continued to be part of the US national soccer team until the 1990 World Cup, though he never played again. There is some debate as to Mausser not being selected to the 1990 World Cup squad which was likely