Andy Mate

Andy Mate

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Mate
Date of birth	March 19, 1940
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Date of death	May 13, 2012 (aged 72)
Place of death	Hungary
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
-1964	New York Hungaria
1964-65	Hamburger SV	6	(2)
1967	New York Generals	2	(0)
1967	Philadelphia Spartans
1968-1970	New York Hungaria
1971	New York Cosmos	22	(16)
1975	New Jersey Americans		(1)
National team
1964	United States	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Andrew “Andy” Mate was a Hungarian-American 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 and one in the North American Soccer League. He earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1964. He died in his native Hungary on May 13, 2012 at the age of 72.^[1]

Professional career

Mate spent most of his career with New York Hungaria of the German American Soccer League. In 1962, Mate won both the league and National Challenge Cup with Hungaria.^[2] Mate scored two of Hungaria's three goals in the win over the San Francisco Scots.^[3] In 1963 he scored all five goals in Hungaria's first round aggregate defeat of Mexico's Deportivo Oro in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. In 1964-65, he was in and out of the team with Hamburger SV in Germany where most sources referred to him as “Andreas” Mate (the Hungarian version would be Andras).^[4] 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.^[5] In 1975, he played for the New Jersey Americans of the American Soccer League.

National team

Mate earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 10-0 loss to England on May 27, 1964.^[6][7]

References

1. Former U.S. international Mate passes away
2. The Year in American Soccer - 1962
3. The Open Cup Final: 1914-2009
4. Prüß / Irle: Tore, Punkte, Spieler. Die komplette HSV-Statistik, p. 342
5. NASL stats
6. National Team Player Register
7. USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969

External links

• NASL stats