Travis Cantrell

Travis Cantrell (born January 25, 1991) is an American professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vasa IFK in Finland.

Cantrell attended Downingtown High School West and was a four-year varsity starter. As a junior, he helped the Whippets reach the state finals and was named second team all-area. However, as a senior, they captured the Ches-Mont League, District I and AAA state championships, and Cantrell was named all-Ches-Mont League, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily Local first-team all-area.

Cantrell decided to play for University of Pennsylvania Men's Soccer. In his collegiate debut, he registered an assist. Overall, he appeared in 67 games from 2009 to 2012, with 13 goals and 10 assists, and was named co-captain his senior season.

College honors

• Co-Ivy League Rookie of the Week (10/26/2009)
• Led team in goals (7) and points (16) (2012)
• Third in Ivy League in goals and points (2012)
• Philadelphia Soccer Six Player of the Week (11/28/2012)
• Philadelphia Soccer Six All-Star (2012)
• Second-Team All-Ivy League (2012)

• "Ivy Weekly Men's Soccer Awards 8 - 10/26" (Press release). Ivy League. October 26, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2015. 
• Dorman, Charles (November 28, 2012). "Men's Soccer Sweeps Final Soccer Six Awards". PennAthletics.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015. 
• "Men's Soccer All-Ivy -- 2012" (Press release). Ivy League. November 14, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2015. 

Cantrell joined Bridges FC (which "take[s] players that haven't made it - whether pro, amateur, or college - and [tries] to prepare them for careers in pro soccer") after college. While on tour in Europe, he impressed Lidkøpings FK, a team in the Swedish Football Division 3, who subsequently signed him (and two other Bridges players) for the 2013 season. With Cantrell's help, Lidkøpings achieved first place in their group and was promoted to Division 2 for the 2014 season.

In March 2014, Cantrell signed with Vasa IFK, who play in Kakkonen, the third division of football in Finland. He made his league debut on April 19 against MaPS in a 0-0 draw. His first goal for the team came in a May 3 matchup against TPV, where he scored in the 38th minute, and then again in the 57th, completing the brace. Cantrell registered another brace in a 5-0 win over Kerho 07 on May 24. Cantrell finished the season with 14 goals, the second leading goal-scorer in the Kakkonen West group that year, and Vasa IFK finished first in their group, earning a promotion to Ykkönen (second division) in 2015.

He is a third generation University of Pennsylvania student. His mother, Virginia Niebuhr, played field hockey, lacrosse and squash for the Quakers until 1978, and his grandfather, Dr. Herman Niebuhr, Jr, graduated in 1955.