High School

Maurer graduated from St. Pius X Catholic High School, Atlanta GA in the spring of 2007. Gatorade State Player of the Year in Georgia in 2006-07… Member of the United States U-17 National Team pool, 2004-2006 … Played on the Region III Olympic Development Program (ODP) team, 2003-2006, and the Georgia state team for the past six years … Listed among Georgia's Best of the Best in 2007 as both a goalkeeper and a forward … Named to the 1988 (age group) US Youth Soccer All-America team in 2006 … Member of the Super Y National Elite Team, 2004-06 … Participated in the adidas Elite Soccer Program (ESP) in 2005 and 2006, playing goalkeeper on the 2005 championship team … Attended St. Pius X Catholic High School in Atlanta where he played for coach Killebrew Bailey … Garnered Player of the Year honors in 2004 and team MVP honors in 2005 … Led St. Pius X to the state semifinals twice and the quarterfinals once … Named all-county and NSCAA All-Region as a forward … Competed in club soccer for coach Massoud Roushandel and the Atlanta Fire United … Served as a team captain and helped the squad to state championships four of five seasons … Team was ranked as high as No. 7 nationally … Also played basketball for three years in high school … Awarded the Mary Callahan Academic and Athletic Scholarship … Elected to the National Congressional Student Leadership Conference in 2005 and 2006 … Has volunteered for a number of community organizations.^[2]

College

Maurer attended college at the University of South Carolina and was the starting goalkeeper for four years. During his four-year career, he started all 78 games for the Gamecocks. He finished his collegiate career with 28 shutouts, second in South Carolina history. In his first year in 2007, Maurer started all 19 games for the Gamecocks and recorded a 1.08 goals against average. He was also named Conference USA Freshman of the Year.^[3] In 2009 as a junior, Maurer played every minute in net for South Carolina and had a 1.22 goals against average to go along with five shutouts and being named to the All-Conference USA Third Team. He was named to the 2010 All-Conference USA Second Team during his senior campaign in which he recorded nine shutouts and a career-high 2,028 minutes in net, including the South Carolina–Clemson rivalry, where he finished off an unprecedented shutout of the derby archrivals.

Maurer played with various clubs in the USL Premier Development League during his collegiate career. In 2008, he played for the Atlanta Silverbacks U23's and in 2009, with Chicago Fire Premier. While with Chicago, he was named the 2009 PDL season Goalkeeper of the Year and played in the PDL Championship game. He concluded his PDL career playing with Atlanta Blackhawks in 2010.

Professional

Maurer was selected 4th overall in the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft by the New York Red Bulls.^[4] He spent the pre-season with the club but was not signed to a contract. However, the club did sign him to a one-game contract to serve as a backup for a match on March 26, 2011, due to an injury and an international call-up to its two regular keepers.^[5]