Amr Aly (born August 1, 1962) ( Arabic: عمر علي) is an American retired

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

forward. He attended Columbia University where he won the 1984

Hermann Trophy The Hermann Trophy is awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the United States's top men's and women's college soccer players. History In 1967, Bob Hermann, the president of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) and the ...

as the college player of the year. He was a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Soccer Team and earned a total 8 caps, scoring no goals between 1984 and 1985. He was a member of the U.S. National Soccer Team 1980–1987, including the

1981 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Australia from 3 to 18 October 1981. The tournament took place in six venues—where a total of 32 matches were played. Adelaide, Brisban ...

in Australia. He scored two of the U.S. team's four goals in the 1980 China Great Wall Tournament. He appeared in one match at the

1983 Pan American Games The 1983 Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing.Taylor, William N., ''Anabolic Steroids and the ...

and two matches at the

1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas c ...

, but these are not considered full internationals. After graduating from Columbia, Amr played

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for the New York Cosmos, LA Lazers and New York Express for its single season in 1985–1986. He also played a single outdoor season in 1989 with the New Jersey Eagles of the

American Professional Soccer League The American Professional Soccer League (APSL) was a professional men's soccer league with teams from the United States and later Canada. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the third American Soccer League with the Western Soccer League. It ...

. In 1990, he played for the Brooklyn Italians in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League. The Italians went to the 1990 U.S. Open Cup final where it fell to the A.A.C. Eagles. Aly assisted on the lone Italians goal in the 2–1 loss. Amr was inducted into the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008 along with the 1983 Columbia Soccer Team that was undefeated until the NCAA Division I final game; and in 2014 in his individual capacity. He is currently a partner in the Intellectual Property practice at the Jenner & Block law firm. Before that, he was a partner at Mayer Brown.Profile at Mayer Brown website
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1962 births Living people American soccer players American Soccer League (1988–89) players Brooklyn Italians players Columbia Lions men's soccer players Egyptian emigrants to the United States Naturalized citizens of the United States Association football forwards Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Los Angeles Lazers players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players New York Cosmos (MISL) players New York Express players New Jersey Eagles players Olympic soccer players of the United States United States men's international soccer players United States men's under-20 international soccer players Pan American Games competitors for the United States Footballers at the 1983 Pan American Games Footballers at the 1987 Pan American Games People associated with Mayer Brown Hermann Trophy men's winners {{US-footy-forward-stub