Peter Woodring
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | February 5, 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Kentfield, California, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) |
Forward, midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1986–1990 | Berkeley | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989 | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks | ||
1991–1992 | SV Wiesbaden | ||
1992–1994 | Hamburger SV | 6 | (0) |
1994 | Aalborg BK | 22 | (2) |
1995 |
SV Wehen | 11 | (0) |
1995 | Hawaii Tsunami | ||
1996 | New England Revolution | 21 | (1) |
1998 | Chico Rooks | ||
2000–2002 | Olympic Club San Francisco | ||
2003 | Bolinas Team | ||
International career | |||
1993 | United States | 3 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1998– | Berkeley (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Peter Woodring (born February 5, 1968) is a retired U.S.
Collegiate career
Peter Woodring played
He received his B.A. in International Business.
In 1989, during the college soccer off-season, Woodring played a single season with the
Years in Europe
When he graduated, the WSL had merged with the east-coast based American Soccer League to form the American Professional Soccer League (APSL). After briefly flourishing in 1990, by 1991 the APSL had less than half the teams remaining from the 1990 season. When one of his college team mates suggested that Woodring pursue a professional career in stable European leagues rather than in the United States he left for Germany for a fall 1991 trial with SV Wiesbaden of the German third division. Woodring played through the 1991–92 season with Wiesbaden, where scouts from first division team Hamburger SV noticed him.
In 1992, Woodring signed with Hamburger SV. However, he had difficulty finding regular playing time with the first team, seeing time in only six matches in 1992–93 and a few more at the start of the 1993–94 season. However, he played most of his games with Hamburger SV's amateur reserve team.
With the possibility of finding regular playing time appearing low, Woodring moved to Danish club Aalborg BK for the last half of the 1993–94 season and the first half of the 1994–95 season. His performances helped propel the club into first place of the Danish Superliga championship, but Woodring left the club halfway through the season, before Aalborg BK eventually won the 1994–95 Danish Superliga title.
He returned to Germany to again play
Return to the United States
In 1995, Woodring returned to the United States. He played with the
He played 21 games, scoring 1 goal, in the 1996 season. On March 10, 1997 The Revs released Woodring during the 1997 preseason, despite his having scored a goal in an exhibition game three days before.
After leaving the Revs, Woodring moved to
National team
Based on initial success with Hamburger SV, Woodring was called up for three games for the
Post-soccer career
Woodring is currently the Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Cephus Capital Management. Before that, he was a Vice President of research and trading at US Trust Company.
External links
- Peter Woodring at National-Football-Teams.com
- Peter Woodring at fussballdaten.de (in German)