Dietrich Albrecht

Dietrich Albrecht
Personal information
Full name	Dietrich Albrecht
Date of birth	4 February 1940 (age 84)
Place of birth	Danzig, Germany
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965	New Yorkers
1967	Philadelphia Spartans
1968	Cleveland Stokers
1969	Baltimore Bays
1970–1971	SK Sturm Graz
International career
1968–1969	United States
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dietrich Albrecht is a retired American soccer player. He spent one season in the National Professional Soccer League and two in the North American Soccer League. He also earned nine caps, scoring three goals, with the United States national team in 1968 and 1969.

Professional career

In 1965, Albrecht spent a single season with the New Yorkers of the International Soccer League. At the time, he was playing in the German American Soccer League.^[1] In 1967, he signed with the Philadelphia Spartans of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). In December 1967, the NPSL merged with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League (NASL). The Spartans folded during the off-season, but the Cleveland Stokers of NASL signed many of the Spartans players. In 1969, he moved to the Baltimore Bays where he played one more season in the NASL. From 1970 to 1971 Albrecht played for Austrian side SK Sturm Graz, where he made 14 appearances (2 goals).

National team

Albrecht played nine times with the U.S. national team in 1968 and 1969. His first caps came in a 4-0 loss to Israel on September 25, 1968. He scored two goals a month later in a 6-3 victory over Haiti. His third goal with the national team came a week later he scored in a 1-0 victory over Canada in a World Cup qualification game. His last game with the national team came in a May 11, 1969, in a World Cup qualifying loss to Haiti which put the U.S. out of the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

External links

NPSL and NASL statistics for Albrecht from nasljerseys.com