Hank Liotart (born November 15, 1943 in

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former soccer player. Liotart played one season in the National Professional Soccer League, eight in the North American Soccer League and at least one in Major Indoor Soccer League. He also played eight years in the Netherlands. Liotart earned four

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with the U.S. national team in 1975.

Professional

In 1964, Liotart signed with

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and spent three seasons in the Netherlands before returning to the U.S. When Liotart arrived in the U.S., he signed with the Pittsburgh Phantoms of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). The Phantoms folded at the end of the season and the NPSL merged with the

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in 1968 to form the North American Soccer League (NASL). Liotart moved to the

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for the 1968 NASL season. The Stokers folded at the end of the season and Liotart moved again, this time to the Dallas Tornado for the 1969 season. In 1970, he moved back to the Netherlands to sign with

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. In 1972, Zwolle transferred Liotart to N.E.C. Liotart left Nijmegen and returned to the U.S. in 1974. That year, the

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were an expansion team in the NASL. The team's coach John Best had played with Liotart in both Cleveland and Dallas and recruited him into the team. Liotart was a second team NASL All Star in 1974. He remained with the Sounders until 1976 when the team traded him to the Portland Timbers ten games into the season. That year, Liotart was invited to play for the U.S., actually an NASL all star team, in the Bicentennial Cup. In 1977, he played with Portland, then left the league for a season. In 1979, he signed with the

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for the 1979 and 1980 seasons. Liotart then played at least one season with the

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of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). In 1982, he played for the

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in the American Soccer League.

National team

Liotart earned four

with the U.S. national team. His first game came in a 4-0 loss to

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on June 24, 1975. He started, then came off for Dave D'Errico in the 67th minute. In August, the U.S. was invited to the Mexico City Tournament. Liotart played all three games in the tournament. His last cap came in the third game, a 2-0 loss to

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on August 24, 1975. He again started the game, but came off for Poli Garcia in the 71st minute.

Coaching

In 1980, Liotart coached the

in the NASL.''Dips Essay San Diego Revival'' Washington Post, The (DC) - Wednesday, July 9, 1980 He then coached the Hartford Hellions of MISL at some time in his career to a 3-9 record.

References

External links

1974 Sounders profile

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