Erhardt Kapp
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | June 16, 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Fântânele, Arad County, Romania | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) |
Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Blau-Weiss Gottschee | |||
1977–1980 |
Connecticut | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1983 |
New York Cosmos | 20 | (1) |
1981–1982 |
New York Cosmos (indoor) | 17 | (2) |
1983–1986 | Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor) | 106 | (14) |
1986–1988 | Los Angeles Lazers (indoor) | 50 | (8) |
International career | |||
1983–1985 | United States | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Erhardt Kapp (born June 16, 1959 in
soccer coach
. He was also a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic soccer team and U.S. national team.
Career
Kapp as a youth played for the New York-based Kolping Soccer Club and Blau-Weiss Gottschee. Kapp attended the
first team All American
in 1981. He was also a second-team All American in 1980 and earned honorable mention in 1978.
The
Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). After the Spirit folded, he moved to the Los Angeles Lazers in 1986 along with former Cosmos and Olympic teammate David Brcic
and remained with the team through 1990.
Kapp also was a member of the U.S. Olympic soccer team at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where he started all three games under coach Alkis Panagoulias. The 3–0 win over Costa Rica was attended by 78,265 fans in Palo Alto, California. The U.S. went 1-1-1, beating Costa Rica 3-0, losing 1-0 to Italy, and tying Egypt 1–1. They failed to make it to the second round despite playing with professional players.
Kapp also earned five
caps with the U.S. national team between 1983 and 1985. The national team did not play many games during that period. His first cap came in the only U.S. game in 1983, a 2–0 win over Haiti. Kapp came on for Alan Merrick. He then played three games in 1984, scoring in a 4-0 blowout of the Netherlands Antilles. His last cap came on May 15, 1985, in a victory over Trinidad and Tobago. The U.S. national team did not qualify for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico
.
He owns a soccer retail store in
Westchester, New York
.
Kapp's son, Alex Kapp was also a soccer player.[1]
References
- ^ Bell, Jack. "A New York Soccer Story: Alex Kapp of Minnesota United". Empire Of Soccer. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
External links
- UConn Record Book
- Blau-Weiss Gottschee Website
- NASL/MISL stats
- Erhardt Kapp at National-Football-Teams.com