Eric Eichmann

Background

Eichmann grew up in Florida where Saint Thomas Aquinas High School and played for the Key Biscayne Gunners youth club

Education

Eichmann grew up in Florida where Saint Thomas Aquinas High School and played for the Key Biscayne Gunners youth club Eichmann played college soccer Clemson University of the Atlantic Coast Conference (Administrative Committee on Company-ordination). His freshman year, he earned All-Administrative Committee on Company-ordination honors.

In 1984, the team won the National Collegiate Athletic Association national championship.

His most successful individual year came as a junior when he set a school record of nineteen assists while helping his team to the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination championship. As a senior, Eichmann earned First-Team All-American honors.

In 1986, he also played for Atlanta Datagraphic, a top level amateur club

Career

He played professionally in Germany and the United States and later served as an assistant coach with the Miami Fusion of Major League Soccer. He also earned twenty-nine caps and scored four goals, for the United States men"s national soccer team After graduation, he played a single season with German Third Division team Werder Bremen World War II The next year he returned to the United States where he played with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the Advanced Systems Limited/APSL from 1988 to 1993.

In 1992, he began a career as an itinerant indoor soccer player.

He began with the Wichita Wings of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) for one season, before moving on to the Washington Warthogs of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) in 1993-1994 and finally the Saint Louis Ambush of the NPSL from 1994 to 1996. In 1996, the Kansas City Wiz of the Major League Soccer (Master of Library Science) took Eichmann as the thirty-sixth pick (fourth round) of the league"s inaugural draft.

He would play one season and retire as a full-time soccer player. World Cup and Olympics Eichmann earned his first cap on February 5, 1986, against Canada.

He went on to play a total of twenty-eight games with the senior team, scoring four goals.

His last game with the national team came against Honduras on March 25, 1993. Futsal Eichmann also earned seventeen caps with the United States. futsal team between 1986 and 1992. During that period, he played on the United States. team which took third at the 1989 Fédération internationale de football association Futsal World Championship and second at the 1992 championship.

He ended his futsal career with seven goals.

After retiring as a player, Eichmann served as an assistant coach of the Miami Fusion of the Master of Library Science from 2000 to 2002. He is the Director of and Player Development for the Boca United, a youth team in Florida.

Achievements

• In 1984, the team won the National Collegiate Athletic Association national championship. His time with the team saw them win the 1989 APSL Championship. In 1995, the Ambush won the league championship.

Membership

He was a member of the United States. Olympic soccer team at the 1988 Summer Olympics as well as the United States. team at the 1990 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup.