Dietrich Albrecht

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Dietrich Albrecht
Personal information
Full name Dietrich Albrecht
Date of birth
Place of birth    Germany
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1965
1967
1968
1969
New Yorkers
Philadelphia Spartans
Cleveland Stokers
Baltimore Bays

17 (5)
31 (6)
00 (0)   
National team
1968-1969 United States 09 (3)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Dietrich Albrecht is a former U.S. soccer player. He spent one season in the National Professional Soccer League and two in the North American Soccer League. He also earned nine caps, scoring three goals, with the U.S. national team in 1968 and 1969.

[edit] Professional career

In 1965, Albrecht spent a single season with the New Yorkers of the International Soccer League. At the time, he was playing in the German American Soccer League.[1] In 1967, he signed with the Philadelphia Spartans of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). In December 1967, the NPSL merged with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League (NASL). The Spartans folded during the off-season, but the Cleveland Stokers of NASL signed many of the Spartans players. In 1969, he moved to the Baltimore Bays where he played one more season in the NASL.

[edit] National team

Albrecht played nine times with the U.S. national team in 1968 and 1969. His first caps came in a 4-0 loss to Israel on September 25, 1968. He scored two goals a month later in a 6-3 victory over Haiti. His third goal with the national team came a week later he scored in a 1-0 victory over Canada in a World Cup qualification game. His last game with the national team came in a May 11, 1969 in a World Cup qualifying loss to Haiti which put the U.S. out of the 1970 FIFA World Cup.