Andy Mate
Andrew Mate was a soccer midfielder who spent most of his career in the German [American Soccer League]. He also played a season in the Bundesliga, one in the National [Professional Soccer League |National Professional Soccer League] and one in the American Soccer League |North American Soccer League]. Born in Hungary, he earned one cap with the United States men's [national soccer team|U.S. national team] in 1964.
Club career
Mate spent most of his career with New York Hungaria of the German American Soccer League. In 1962, he won both the league and National Challenge Cup with Hungaria. He scored two of Hungaria's three goals in the win over the San Francisco Scots. In 1963 he scored all five goals in Hungaria's first round aggregate defeat of Mexico's Deportivo Oro in the CONCACAF [Champions' Cup 1963|CONCACAF Champions' Cup].In 1964–65, Mate was in and out of the team with Hamburger SV in Germany where most sources referred to him as "Andreas" Mate. In 1967, Mate played a single season with the New York Generals of the National Professional Soccer League. When the New York Cosmos entered the North American Soccer League in 1971, it drew much of its initial roster from the GASL. As a result, Mate played the Cosmos first season. In 1975, he played for the New Jersey Americans of the American Soccer League.