{{short description|American soccer player}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Peter Lak | image = | caption = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|4|20}} | birth_place = Huntington Beach, California, U.S. | death_date = 08/08/2024 | death_place = | height = 6 ft 2 in | position = Defender | collegeyears1 = 1991–1992 | college1= Cal Poly Pomona Broncos | collegeyears2 = 1993–1994 | college2= Cal State Fullerton Titans | years1 = 1995 | clubs1 = Los Angeles Salsa U-23 | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1996 | clubs2 = Colorado Foxes | caps2 = 11 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1997 | clubs3 = Orange County Zodiac | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 1997 | clubs4 = Los Angeles Galaxy | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1998–2000 | clubs5 = Orange County Zodiac | caps5 = 69 | goals5 = 2 }}
'''Peter Lak''' (born April 20, 1973) is an American retired soccer defender who played professionally in the USISL A-League and Major League Soccer.
==Youth== Lak grew up in Huntington Beach, California, graduating from Ocean View High School in 1991. He attended Cal Poly Pomona where he played on the men's soccer team in 1991 and 1992.<ref>[http://www.broncoathletics.com/custompages/MSC/2010%20Men's%20Soccer%20All-Time%20Roster.pdf All Time Broncos Soccer Roster]</ref> He transferred to Cal State Fullerton after his sophomore year and played on the Titan's soccer team in 1993 and 1994.<ref>[http://sports.fullerton.edu/msoccer/almanac/roster.html Cal State Fullerton soccer letterwinners] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120714125817/http://sports.fullerton.edu/msoccer/almanac/roster.html |date=2012-07-14 }}</ref>
==Professional== In 1995, Lak played for the Los Angeles Salsa U-23 in the USISL Pro League. On July 25, 1996, midway through the 1996 A-League season, he joined the Colorado Foxes of the A-League.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/rec.sport.soccer/ISx9Uc2OYtA A-League Press Release]</ref> In 1997, he signed with the Orange County Zodiac which served as the farm team for the Los Angeles Galaxy. On July 3, 1997, the Galaxy called Lak up from the Zodiac. He remained with the Galaxy, playing two games, before being waived on November 14, 1997.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/L.A.+BEAT+%3A+GALAXY+DEFENDER+LAK+WAIVED.-a083892122 L.A. BEAT : GALAXY DEFENDER LAK WAIVED]</ref> In 1998, Lak returned to Orange County and played for them through the 2000 season.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{MLS player|peter-lak}}
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