Helmut Kofler

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Helmut Kofler is a former U.S. soccer player and current coach who earned five caps with the U.S. national team in 1968.

Kofler was a product of the Blau-Weiss Gottschee Soccer Club in Queens, New York. [1] Kofler spent much of his career in the German American Soccer League. [2] Kofler earned his five caps with the U.S. national team in 1968. He earned his first cap on September 15, 1968 in a 3-3 tie with Israel. A month later, he played in a qualifier for the 1970 FIFA World Cup, a 4-2 loss to Canada. His last game with the national team was an October 23, 1968 loss to Haiti. [3] Today, Kofler coaches the GH Metros of New York’s Cosmopolitan Soccer League. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Blau-Weiss Gottschee
  2. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer - 1968". Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  3. ↑ USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969 Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Cosmopolitan Soccer League – View Team – GH Metros


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