Carl Fister Explained

Carl Fister
Birth Date:August 11, 1935
Position:Forward
Years1:1960–1961
Clubs1:New York Hungaria
Nationalyears1:1960
Nationalteam1:United States MNT
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:1

Carl "Karl" Fister (born August 11, 1935) is a former Austrian-American soccer center forward who earned two caps, scoring one goal, with the U.S. national team in 1960. Fister's two caps both came in matches against Mexico in qualification for the 1962 FIFA World Cup. Fister scored in the first of the two games, a 3–3 tie. However, the U.S. lost seven days later putting them out of contention for the finals.[1]

Fister played his club ball in the German American Soccer League and was a member of the German-American League Junior All Stars tour of West Germany in July and August 1960. At the time, he played for New York Hungaria.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100113210650/http://rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html . live . 2010-01-13 .
  2. Web site: The Year in American Soccer - 1960 . sover.net . 2012-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151226130604/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1960.html . 2015-12-26 . dead .