Background
Galati grew up in Saint Louis, Missouri where he attended McBride High School from 1966-1970.
Galati grew up in Saint Louis, Missouri where he attended McBride High School from 1966-1970.
Galati grew up in Saint Louis, Missouri where he attended McBride High School from 1966-1970. He then attended Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville where he played on the men’s Division II soccer team from 1970 to 1974. In 1972, SIUE won the Division II national championship.
Galati was a second team All American in 1973 and was inducted, along with his team mates from the 1972 team, into the SIUE Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005 and was also inducted as an individual in 2010.
He also earned one cap with the United States. national team In 1974, the expansion Philadelphia Atoms of the North American Soccer League (NASL) selected Galati in the first round of the NASL draft. The Atoms folded at the end of the 1976 season and the San Antonio Thunder picked Galati in the dispersal draft.
In January 1977, the Washington Diplomats traded Charlie McCully and Chuck Carey, and its first round 1978 draft pick to the San Antonio Thunder for Galati and the Thunder’s first round 1977 draft pick.
Galati began the pre-season with the Dips, but was traded to the Las Vegas Quicksilvers in May 1977 in exchange for Art Welch. Galati also played in the 1975 NASL indoor tournament with the Atoms.
In 1980, Galati moved to the Saint Louis Steamers of Major Indoor Soccer League, but was released before the beginning of the season. Galati earned one cap with the United States. national team in a 7-0 loss to Poland on March 26, 1975.
He came off for Alan Hamlyn at halftime.
He was inducted in the Saint Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 2007.
