Troy Snyder (born November 24, 1965, in

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) is a former U.S. soccer player who is second on the high school career scoring list with 208 goals and 117 assists. He spent most of his career playing indoor soccer, but also won an outdoor title in 1987 with the

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. Snyder earned five

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with the U.S. national team between 1985 and 1991 as well as another nine with the U.S. National Futsal Team. In 1983, he was a member of the U.S. team at the U-20 World Championship. Snyder is currently the president and part-owner of

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Player

Youth

Snyder attended Fleetwood Area High School in

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, where he played as a

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on his school's soccer team. During his high school soccer career, which ran from 1980 to 1983, he scored 208 goals and assisted on 117 others. At the time, the 208 goals was a record, which has since been broken..
/sup> Following graduation from high school, Snyder attended

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where he played for legendary coach

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from 1984 to 1986.

Professional

In 1987, Snyder turned professional as a

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with the

of the

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(WSA). That season, the Nomads took the WSA title with a 3-1 win over the

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.
/sup> That winter, he signed with the

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of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). The Strikers folded at the end of the 1987–1988 season. Now out of a team, Snyder signed with the Dallas Sidekicks as a free agent. He would go on to play four seasons and 210 games in Dallas. In addition to playing for Dallas, Snyder spent the 1989 outdoor season with the

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of the American Soccer League.
/sup> In 1992, Snyder left the Sidekicks and moved east to the

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of the

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(CISL). He was recognized as the CISL Defender of the Year for the 1996–1997 season. However, the Warthogs and the league folded at the end of that season and Snyder moved to the

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of the USISL. He spent the 1997–1998 indoor USISL season with the Bays, winning the league championship before the team folded. He then moved to the

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of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL).

National team

In 1983, Snyder was selected for the

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which competed at the U-20 World Championship. The U.S. went 1-0-2 and failed to make the second round. On June 15, 1985, the summer before his junior year of college, Snyder earned his first

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in a 5-0 loss to

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. He was not called into the national team again until May 5, 1991, when he came on as a substitute for

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in a 1-0 win over

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. He played three more times that year, all as a substitute. His last game with the national team came in a 2-0 win over

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.USA - Details of International Matches 1990-1994
/ref> In addition to his five caps with the outdoor national team, Snyder earned another nine caps, and scored one goal, with the

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from 1987 to 1996.

References

External links

Sidekicks profile

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