Andrew Mittendorf
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Robert Mittendorf | ||
| Date of birth | July 17, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Somers, New York, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1998 | Lehigh Mountain Hawks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Hershey Wildcats | 24 | (4) |
| 2000 | Long Island Rough Riders | 24 | (2) |
| 2001 | Värtans IK | ||
| 2002 | Long Island Rough Riders | 18 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Andrew Mittendorf is an American football (soccer) player played professionally in the United States and Sweden.
Youth
[edit]Mittendorf attended Lehigh University, playing on the men' soccer team from 1995 to 1998. He began his collegiate career as a defender and ended it as a high scoring forward. He was the 1997 Patriot League Player of the Year. His senior season, he led the NCAA in goals per game. In 1999, he was named to the Patriot League Men's Soccer All-Decade team.[1]
Professional
[edit]In 1999, the Colorado Rapids selected Mittendorf in the first round (eighth overall) of the 1999 MLS College Draft.[2] The Lehigh Valley Steam also selected him in the USL A-League draft.[3] Mittendorf signed with the Rapids who released him on March 29, 1999, during a pre-season roster reduction.[4] He then joined the Hershey Wildcats of the A-League. In 2000, he played for the Long Island Rough Riders.[5] In 2001, he played for Värtans IK in Sweden.[6] In 2002, he returned to the Rough Riders and retired at the end of the season.
In 2002, Mittendorf co-founded Coastal Soccer which he sold in 2006.
References
[edit]- ^ Lehigh Soccer Records Archived June 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ MLS Draft Picks 1999
- ^ L.v. Steam Wheel, Deal In A-league Draft * They Add Lehigh's Andrew Mittendorf And Five Others To Their Team
- ^ RAPIDS WAIVE ANDREW MITTENDORF AND BOBBY MEYER Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2000 Long Island Rough Riders Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2001 Vartans IK
External links
[edit]- 1977 births
- Living people
- American men's soccer players
- American expatriate men's soccer players
- Hershey Wildcats players
- Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's soccer players
- Long Island Rough Riders players
- A-League (1995–2004) players
- USL Second Division players
- Värtans IK players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Soccer players from New York (state)
- Colorado Rapids draft picks
- Men's association football forwards