Andreas Maier is a retired American
soccer
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player who played professionally in the
USL A-League
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.
Maier attended the
Rutgers University
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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
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. In 1998, he played for the
Central Jersey Riptide
Central Jersey Riptide were an American soccer team that played in Clark, New Jersey.
They joined the USISL Pro League in 1996, but were relegated to the USL PDL
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. On February 23, 1999, the
Miami Fusion
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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
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* Hampton, New South Wales
* Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region
*Hampton, Victoria
Canada
*Hampton, New Brunswick
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where he played until 2000. After spending time in Switzerland, he moved to the
Nashville Metros
The Nashville Metros were an American 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 Pyramid, in the South A ...
.
Metros sign Maier
He finished his career in 2002 with the Atlanta Silverbacks
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.
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Living people
1972 births
American soccer players
American expatriate soccer players
Atlanta Silverbacks 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
Association football midfielders