Angelo Panzetta is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League and National Professional Soccer League.
Education
Panzetta attended the Rochester Institute of Technology where he was a three-time, First Team, National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III All American soccer player. In 1988, the Tigers lost to University of California San Diego in the final of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Division III Soccer Championship. He graduated in 1989 with a degree in applied mathematics.
In 1994, Rochester Institute of Technology inducted Panzetta into its Athletic Hall of Fame.
Career
He coaches the Allegheny College men’s soccer team College Professional In 1989, the Baltimore Blast selected Panzetta in the first round (eighth overall) of the Major Indoor Soccer League amateur draft. In January 1991, he suffered a season ending knee injury.
The Blast released him on October 9, 1991.
On October 19, 1991, Panzetta signed with the Harrisburg Heat of the National Professional Soccer League. On May 13, 1994, Syracuse University hired Panzetta as an assistant to its men’s soccer team
In 2001, he moved to Allegheny College as head coach.
Membership
Panzetta played until 1994 and is a member of the Heat Hall of Fame.