Andy Mate

Infobox Football biography
playername= Andy Mate


fullname = Andrew Mate
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countryofbirth = Hungary
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position = Midfielder
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years = 1967
1971
clubs = New York Generals
New York Cosmos
caps(goals) = 02 0(0)
22 (16)
nationalyears = 1964
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 01 0(0)
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Andrew “Andy” Mate was a U.S. soccer player who spent most of his career in the German American Soccer League. He also played a season in the National Professional Soccer League and one in the North American Soccer League. He earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1964.

Professional career

Mate spent most of his career with New York Hungaria of the German American Soccer League. In 1962, Mate won both the league and U.S. Open Cup with Hungaria. ^{[http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1962.html]} In 1967, he played a single season with the New York Generals of the National Professional Soccer League. When the New York Cosmos entered the North American Soccer League in 1971, it drew much of its initial roster from the GASL. As a result, Mate played the Cosmos first season. ^{[http://www.soccerhall.org/Registry/NASL_K-O.htm#M]}

National team

Mate earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 10-0 loss to England on May 27, 1964. ^{[http://www.ussoccerhalloffame.com/ColinJose/EnglandvUnitedStates.htm]}