Anton Nistl

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Personal information
Anton Nistl
Full name	Anton Nistl
Date of birth
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California, United States
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
1986-1989	UCLA
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987-1990 1988	San Diego Nomads California Kickers
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Anton Nistl is a retired U.S. soccer goalkeeper.

Nistl attended UCLA where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1986-1989. He was one in a long line of outstanding collegiate goalkeepers at UCLA that began with Tim Harris and David Vanole and continued with Brad Friedel, Kevin Hartman and D.J. Countess. Nistl’s individual statistics put him at the top of this list. He holds school’s records for career shutouts (41), victories (56) and single season GAA (.53 in both 1986 and 1989). Despite his outstanding individual efforts, Nistl did not win a championship eventhough his career was bracketed by title teams (UCLA won in 1985 and 1990). He was honored as a second team All American in 1989 as well as recognition as the ISAA Goalkeeper of the Year.

Nistl spent his off seasons at UCLA playing in the Western Soccer Alliance. In 1987, he joined the San Diego Nomads. He led the WSA that season with a .81 GAA as the Nomads took the WSA championship based on points.^[1] In 1988, he played for both the California Kickers and Nomads.^[2] That year, he was the Nomad’s goalkeeper in their semifinal loss to the San Jose Earthquakes.^[3] He continued to play for the Nomads in 1989 as the team won the championship yet again.^[4] However, Jeff Duback was in goal for both the WSA championship win over the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks and the subsequent loss to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the “National” professional championship.^[5] He played his last season of outdoor professional soccer in 1990, again with the Nomads.^[6]