Dieter Ficken
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| Dieter Ficken | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dieter Ficken | |
| Date of birth | ||
| Place of birth | Bremen, Germany | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1962-1965 | Long Island University | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| Eintract S.C. | ||
| National team | ||
| 1975 | United States | 1 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1974-1975 1976-1978 1979-2006 2007 |
Long Island University (assistant) Long Island University Columbia University Long Island University |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Dieter Ficken (born in Bremen, Germany) was a U.S. soccer forward who spent his club career in the U.S. third division German American Soccer League. He earned one cap with the U.S. national team. He has coached collegiate soccer since 1974 and is currently the Long Island University men’s soccer team.
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[edit] Youth and college
While born in Germany, Ficken grew up in Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. His family had traveled to the U.S. when he was nine for a visit, but ended up staying in the U.S.[1] Ficken attended Long Island University where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1962 to 1965. He graduated in 1966 with a bachelor’s degree in business management. He returned to LIU to gain a master’s degree in finance in 1970.
[edit] Club career
Ficken played for Eintracht S.C. of the German American Soccer League from 1970 until 1974.
[edit] National team
Ficken played for the U.S. team at the 1967 Pan American Games. The U.S. went 1-2 in the group stage and did not qualify for the second round. Ficken earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 2-1 World Cup qualificaiton loss to Mexico on September 10, 1972.[2]
[edit] Coaching
In 1974, Ficken entered the coaching ranks as an assistant with Long Island University. He became head coach of LIU in 1976. Before leaving the school in 1979, he led the team to a 39-9-7 record.
Columbia University hired Ficken as its men’s soccer coach in 1979. He announced his retirement, at the request of Columbia’s athletic department, on January 13, 2006. During his twenty-seven seasons, he led the team to a 252-139-53 record and the 1983 NCAA championship game where it lost to the University of Indiana. That year, he was named the NCAA Coach of the Year.[3] On March 6, 2007, Ficken returned to Long Island University to become the men’s soccer coach.[4]
