Twins Luca and Linus Saewe are preparing to play their final collegiate soccer seasons together next fall after Linus transferred to UMSL in January. (Photos courtesy of UMSL Athletics)

Twins Luca Saewe and Linus Saewe grew up together in the town of Datteln in northwest Germany, near Dortmund. They’ve now been reunited on the men’s soccer team at the University of Missouri–St. Louis after Linus transferred to play alongside his brother in January after spending the previous fall at Hannibal-LaGrange University in northeast Missouri.

Linus Saewe (second from left) and his twin brother Luca (third from left) have been spending time playing with UMSL’s Wind Ensemble when they aren’t preparing for their senior soccer season. (Photo courtesy of UMSL Athletics)

Luke Rinne, UMSL’s assistant athletics director for media relations, shared the story of how the two first came to the United States in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and, after time apart, came back together at UMSL, where Luca is majoring in physics and Linus is pursuing a degree in computer science.

The two have found other ways to get involved on campus, including playing together – Luca on French horn, Linus on trumpet – in UMSL’s Wind Ensemble. And they’re now looking forward to their final collegiate season next fall.

“We definitely want to get the most out of the next soccer season as it will be our last in our college career,” Luca Saewe said. “Academically, we want to continue to learn and work towards finishing our degrees on a high note. While doing that, we will use music as a complementary and important aspect to follow our musical interest.”

Read more about the Saewe twins at UMSLTritons.com.