Education
Canter attended Penn State where he played as a sweeper on the men’s soccer team from 1978 to 1981. In 1981 he earned first team All American honors.
Canter attended Penn State where he played as a sweeper on the men’s soccer team from 1978 to 1981. In 1981 he earned first team All American honors.
He played three seasons in the North American Soccer League and three in Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned twenty-nine caps with the United States. national team, scoring two goals, between 1983 and 1985. Born in North Plainfield, New Jersey, Canter was raised in Chatham Township, New Jersey.
The Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League drafted Canter in the 1982 NASL Draft.
In 1983, the United States. Soccer Federation, in coordination with the NASL, entered the United States. national team, known as Team America, into the NASL as a league franchise. The team drew on United States. citizens playing in the NASL, Major Indoor Soccer League and American Soccer League.
In January 1983, Canter left the Strikers and signed with Team America. Canter returned to the Strikers in time for the 1983-1984 NASL indoor season.
The Strikers which were in the process of relocating from Fort Lauderdale to Minnesota, did not play in that season.
Therefore, the Strikers loaned Canter to the New York Cosmos. That year Canter was an NASL All Star honorable mention (third team). The NASL collapsed after the 1984 outdoor season and several of the league’s teams, including the Cosmos, moved to MISL for the 1984-1985 season.
On November 15, 1985, the Sting traded Canter to the Minnesota Strikers in exchange for Ben Collins and two draft picks.
Canter played the first national team game in 1984, a 0-0 tie with Italy and was an integral part of the team as it prepared for the upcoming 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Los Angeles Unfortunately for him, he injured himself just prior to the games and was replaced by Kazbek Tambi on the roster.
Canter returned for the next two full initernationals in September and October, but did not play again until May 1985. At that point, he again became a regular starter as the United States. moved through the 1986 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup qualification rounds.
He was part of the debacle in Torrance, California where the United States. needed only a tie with Costa Rica to advance, but lost 1-0.
He earned his last cap three weeks later when England crushed the United States. 5-0 in Los Los Angeles Upon leaving the life of soccer, Canter became a salesperson for Rick Case Automotive Group before moving into management. After 19 years with Rick Case.
He is currently New Carolina Sales Manager at Lauderdale Infiniti.