Helmut Kofler

Helmut Kofler is a former U.S. soccer player and current coach who earned five caps with the United [States men's national soccer team|U.S. national team] in 1968.
Kofler was a product of the Blau-Weiss Gottschee Soccer Club in Queens, New York. Kofler spent much of his career in the German [American Soccer League]. Kofler earned his five caps with the U.S. national team in 1968. He earned his first cap on September 15, 1968, in a 3–3 tie with Israel national [football team|Israel]. A month later, he played in a qualifier for the 1970 [FIFA World Cup], a 4–2 loss to Canada. His last game with the national team was an October 23, 1968 loss to Haiti. Today, Kofler coaches the GH Metros of New York's Cosmopolitan Soccer League.