Andy Racz was a Hungarian born player that came to the American league as a soccer player who earned one cap with the U.S. national team and played six seasons in the American Soccer League and one season in the International Soccer League.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andras Racz | ||
Date of birth | 04-12-1932 | ||
Place of birth | Hungary | ||
Height | 5'10" | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1957–1964 | Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals | ||
1963 | → New York (loan) | ||
National team | |||
1964 | United States | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Racz' entire professional career, which ran from 1957 to 1964, with the Philadelphia Ukrainians of the American Soccer League. He was the 1960 league MVP.[1] The Ukrainian Nationals also won the 1960, 1961 and 1963 National Challenge Cup.[2] In the summer of 1963, Racz played a single season for New York in the International Soccer League, an exhibition league composed of guest teams from Europe and a team of U.S. All Stars.[3] On the completion of the ISL season, Racz returned to Philadelphia where he played with the Ukrainians through the 1963-1964 ASL season.[4]
Racz earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 10-0 loss to England on May 27, 1964. [5]
He was inducted into the Southeastern Pennsylvania Soccer Hall of Fame in 1990.[6]
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