Paul Coffee

Paul Coffee is a retired American soccer Goalkeeper who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.

Paul Coffee
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-11-12) November 12, 1956
Place of birth Santa Clara, California, United States
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1976–1979 San Jose State Spartans
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1981 Chicago Sting 31 (0)
1980–1981 Chicago Sting (indoor) 10 (0)
1981–1982 Philadelphia Fever (indoor) 32 (0)
1982–1983 Chicago Sting (indoor) 12 (0)
1983–1984 Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor) 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Coffee played soccer at San Jose State University. In 1979, he signed as an amateur with the Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League in order to maintain his Olympic eligibility. In 1980, he was selected for the U.S. Olympic soccer team, which had qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] He did not compete when President Carter declared that the U.S. would boycott the Olympics, held in Moscow, after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Coffee turned professional with the Sting and remained with them until 1981, playing three outdoor and one NASL indoor seasons. In 1980, he signed with the Philadelphia Fever of the Major Indoor Soccer League[2] before returning to the Sting, now playing in the MISL for the 1982–1983 season. He finished his career with the Tulsa Roughnecks during the 1983–1984 NASL indoor season.

References
  1. NCAA athletes selected for United States Olympic team
  2. "The Year in American Soccer – 1982". Archived from the original on 2015-11-28. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
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