{{short description|American soccer player and coach}} '''Helmut Kofler''' is a former U.S. soccer player and current coach who earned five caps with the U.S. national team in 1968.
Kofler was a product of the Blau-Weiss Gottschee Soccer Club in Queens, New York.<ref>[http://www.gottscheenewyork.org/blauweiss.html Blau-Weiss Gottschee<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Kofler spent much of his career in the German American Soccer League.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1968.html |title=The Year in American Soccer - 1968<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303113600/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1968.html |archive-date=2009-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kofler earned his five caps with the U.S. national team in 1968. He earned his first cap on September 15, 1968, in a 3–3 tie with Israel. A month later, he played in a qualifier for the 1970 FIFA World Cup, a 4–2 loss to Canada. His last game with the national team was an October 23, 1968 loss to Haiti.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113210650/http://rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html |date=2010-01-13 }}</ref> Today, Kofler coaches the GH Metros of New York's Cosmopolitan Soccer League.<ref>[http://www.newyorksoccer.com/index.php?mgr=sports&task=view-team&teamid=11 Cosmopolitan Soccer League – View Team – GH Metros<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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