Andrew Rymarczuk (1951 – February 23, 1997) is a former U.S.

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. He played three seasons in the

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and at least one in the American Soccer League. He also earned five

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with the U.S. national team in 1973.

Youth

Rymarczuk attended

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where he was a 1st team All-Catholic player and a member of the 1967 Championship team. A 1969 graduate, he was posthumously inducted into the North Catholic Soccer Hall of Fame in 2009. He attended

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where he played on the men's soccer team from 1969 to 1972. He was a third team All American in 1971 and a 1972 first team All American. He scored thirty goals and added nineteen assists during his four years with the Nittany Lions.FANSonly - Your Ticket to College Sports
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Club career

The Rochester Lancers of the

(NASL) drafted Rymarczuk in the first round of the 1973 NASL College Draft. He spent three seasons with the Lancers before being acquired by the expansion Tacoma Tides of the American Soccer League in 1976. The Tides folded at the end of the season.

National team

His first cap came on September 9, 1973, in a 1–0 win over

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. He came on for Barry Barto. He gained his first start on November 5, 1973, a 1–0 loss to

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. His last game was a November 15, 1973, loss to

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. He later played in an unofficial match, a 10–0 loss to

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on April 2, 1975.

References

External links

Tacoma Tides profile

1951 births 1997 deaths American men's soccer players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer players Rochester Lancers (1967–1980) players Tacoma Tides players United States men's international soccer players All-American college men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Soccer players from Philadelphia 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-footy-forward-1950s-stub