Andreas Maier is a retired American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who played professionally in the

USL A-League The USL First Division (USL-1) was a professional men's soccer league in the second tier of the United States league system. It was organized by the United Soccer League as its premier league for men from 1996 to 2010, above the USL Second Di ...

. Maier attended the

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, playing on the men's soccer team from 1990 to 1994. He then spent time in the German third division before returning to the United States in 1996 to play for the Tampa Bay Cyclones. In 1998, he played for the Central Jersey Riptide. On February 23, 1999, the

Miami Fusion Miami Fusion F.C. was an American professional soccer club based in the Miami metropolitan area. The club competed in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team played from 1998 to 2001. Announced in 1997 as one ...

signed Maier as a discovery player. The Fusion waived him on April 7, 1999, without Maier seeing any first team games. He then joined the

Hampton Roads Mariners Hampton may refer to: Places Australia *Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia * Hampton, New South Wales * Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region * Hampton, Victoria ** Hampton railway station, Melbou ...

where he played until 2000. After spending time in Switzerland, he moved to the

Nashville Metros The Nashville Metros were an American association football, soccer team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1989, the team most recently played in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer P ...

.Metros sign Maier
He finished his career in 2002 with the

Atlanta Silverbacks The Atlanta Silverbacks FC were an American professional soccer club based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1998 as Atlanta Ruckus, the club played in many leagues over the years before folding after the 2015 season. The team played its home game ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maier, Andreas Living people 1972 births American men's soccer players American expatriate men's soccer players Atlanta Silverbacks FC players Central Jersey Riptide players Virginia Beach Mariners players Miami Fusion players Nashville Metros players Tampa Bay Cyclones players USISL players USL First Division players Men's association football midfielders 20th-century American sportsmen