# Mike Winter (soccer)

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American soccer player

For the Canadian Olympic equestrian, see [Mike Winter (equestrian)](/source/Mike_Winter_(equestrian)).

Mike Winter Personal information Date of birth (1952-09-02) September 2, 1952 (age 73) Place of birth Austria Position Goalkeeper Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1972–1974 St. Louis Stars 32 (0) 1974 St. Louis Stars (indoor) 1 (0) 1975 Chicago Sting 1 (0) International career 1972–1973 United States 6 (0) * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Mike Winter** is a retired [soccer](/source/Soccer) player who played as a [goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(football)). He spent four seasons in the [North American Soccer League](/source/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968%E2%80%931984)) and earned six [caps](/source/Cap_(sports)) for the [United States national team](/source/USMNT).

## NASL

Winter was born in [Austria](/source/Austria). In 1972, the [St. Louis Stars](/source/St._Louis_Stars_(soccer)) of the [North American Soccer League](/source/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968%E2%80%931984)) (NASL) selected Winter as their goalkeeper. That year, he had the second lowest [goals against average](/source/Goals_against_average) (GAA) in the league, behind [Kenny Cooper](/source/Kenny_Cooper). That achievement led to his selection as the 1972 NASL Rookie of the Year. Winter was the goalie of record on February 13, 1974, when the visiting [Red Army](/source/CSKA_Moscow) team dismantled the Stars, 11–4, in an [indoor](/source/Indoor_soccer) match before 12,241 fans at the [St. Louis Arena](/source/St._Louis_Arena). It was the last of three Red Army indoor matches on the tour.[1] Winter spent the 1973 and 1974 seasons with the Stars before the [Chicago Sting](/source/Chicago_Sting) selected him in the 1975 NASL Expansion Draft. He played one season with the Sting, then left the NASL.

## National team

In 1972, Winter earned his first [cap](/source/Cap_(sports)) with the [U.S. national team](/source/USMNT). He never became a regular starter for the national team as he had significant competition in the nets from [Mike Ivanow](/source/Mike_Ivanow) and [Bob Rigby](/source/Bob_Rigby). However, he did earn six caps, but had no shutouts, and more significantly, no wins.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Mueller, Gary (February 15, 1974). ["Gritty Winter Impressive For Outclassed Stars"](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/139620090/). *St. Louis Post-Dispatch*. p. 30. Retrieved August 6, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [U.S. Men's National Team Player Registry: U - Z](http://national.soccerhall.org/Registry/MensNationalTeam_U-Z.htm#W) [Deprecated link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance) archived August 1, 2009, at [archive.today](/source/Archive.today)

## External links

- [U.S.SoccerPlayers.com bio](https://web.archive.org/web/20070425211100/http://www.ussoccerplayers.com/players/mike%5Fwinter/)

- [NASL stats](http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/W/Winter.Mike.htm)

v t e NASL (1968–1984) Rookie of the Year 1968: Montaung 1969: Fernández 1970: Leeker 1971: Horton 1972: Winter 1973: Rote 1974: McMillan 1975: Bahr 1976: Pecher 1977: McAlister 1978: Etherington 1979: Hulcer 1980: Durgan 1981: Morrone 1982: DeBrito 1983: Thompson 1984: Wegerle

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