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.
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]
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.