Robert Lipp Explained

Robert Lipp
Fullname:Robert Isidor Lipp
Birth Date:10 July 1970
Birth Place:St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Position:Forward / Defender
Youthyears1:1988
Youthyears2:1989–1992
Youthclubs2:Colorado College
Years1:1993–1997
Clubs2:Colorado Comets

Robert Lipp is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the American Professional Soccer League and USISL.

Youth

Lipp was a 1987 NSCAA High School All American soccer player and a 1988 Gatorade Player of the Year at Rocky Mountain High School.[1] [2] [3] Lipp spent the 1988 collegiate season with Metro State College.[4] He transferred to Colorado College where he was a 1992 Third Team All American.[5]

Professional

In April 1993, Lipp turned professional with the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League.[6] [7] He played for the Foxes through the 1996 season, but broke his right leg in a June 1996 game with the Seattle Sounders.[8] Lipp was also drafted by the St. Louis Ambush in the 1993 National Professional Soccer League draft. The Ambush traded his rights to the Wichita Wings, but a hamstring injury suffered during the Foxes season led to the Wings not signing Lipp.[9]

He also played for the Colorado Comets of the USISL.

Notes and References

  1. "COLORADO" USA TODAY Thursday, December 24, 1987
  2. http://nscaa.com/alltime-detail-hs.php?it=II&yr=1987 1987 High School All Americans
  3. http://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/archive/list/page=1/?q=lipp Gatorade Player of the Year
  4. http://www.gometrostate.com/custompages/msoccer/career/1988.HTM 1988 Metro State College soccer stats
  5. http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=III&yr=1992 1992 Division III All Americans
  6. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/16/sports/transactions-524693.html?pagewanted=1 April 29, 1993 Transactions
  7. http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1993/stats93.htm#Colorado 1993 Colorado Foxes
  8. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SOCCER+SOUNDERS'+DROUGHT+CONTINUES.(SPORTS)-a064942231 SOCCER SOUNDERS' DROUGHT CONTINUES
  9. "AFTER WHEELING, DEALING, TURNER GETS HIS MAN IN THE NPSL DRAFT" Wichita Eagle, The (KS) Wednesday, July 28, 1993