# Sol Eisner > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sol_Eisner > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sol_Eisner.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Eisner > Source revision: 1266018219 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Sol Eisner** is an American former [soccer](/source/Association_football) player who played as a [forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)).[1] Eisner played in the [American Soccer League](/source/American_Soccer_League_(1933%E2%80%931983)), and on the [United States men's national soccer team](/source/United_States_men's_national_soccer_team). ## Biography Eisner was born in Germany, and is Jewish.[1][2] He had four brothers who also played soccer.[3] Eisner was a star with the [New York Americans](/source/New_York_Americans_(soccer))[3] most seasons from 1937 to 1951, during which time the team was in the [American Soccer League](/source/American_Soccer_League_(1933%E2%80%931983)).[4][5][6][7][8][9] In 1946–47 he scored 14 of the team's 38 goals for the season.[10] He played 60 games for the team in his career, started 58 of them, and scored 79 goals.[11] By July 1942 he was in the US military[2] where he lost his left eye during army maneuvers.[3][12][13] He played for the American Soccer League All Stars in 1947, nearly scoring in a 2–0 loss to Hapoel at Yankee Stadium in front of more than 40,000 fans.[14][15] He played an unofficial international game for the [United States national team](/source/United_States_men's_national_soccer_team), in 1948 against [Israel](/source/Israel_national_football_team), and played for the American Soccer League All-Stars in a tour of Israel in 1951.[13][16][17][18] Eisner would later play for New York's Maccabi F.C. in the mid-1950s.[13][19] ## References 1. ["Were Hosts to New York Americans"](https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16347coll4/id/28/). *Bermuda Sports*. May 29, 1951. p. 27. 1. ["10 Athletes in Service of U.S."](https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.1942.07.10.001/13). *The Detroit Jewish News*. July 10, 1942. p. 13. 1. Harold U. Ribalow (1966). [*The Jew in American Sports*](https://archive.org/search.php?query=external-identifier%3A%22urn%3Aoclc%3Arecord%3A1035899989%22). 3rd Revised ed. New York: [Bloch Publishing Company](/source/Bloch_Publishing_Company). p. 335. [OCLC 1035899989](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1035899989). Retrieved 9 May 2021. 1. ["Brooks, Amerks Play to 3-3 Tie"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77314390/). *[Daily News](/source/New_York_Daily_News)*. 6 June 1938. p. 40. Retrieved 8 May 2021. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) 1. ["Bert Patenaude, NY Americans vs Philly Passons, 1-2."](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32704070/bert-patenaude-ny-americans-vs-philly/). *The Philadelphia Inquirer*. November 11, 1940. p. 24. 1. ["N.Y. Americans Beat Nationals"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12227688/the-philadelphia-inquirer/). *The Philadelphia Inquirer*. January 28, 1946. p. 21. 1. ["SOCCER AMERICANS GAIN 4-1 TRIUMPH; Beat Baltimore Americans in League Game--Eisner and Brown Aces of Attack"](http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1940/11/04/113111844.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false). *The New York Times*. November 4, 1940. p. 27. 1. ["Sol Eisner"](http://soccerstats.us/bios/sol-eisner/). *soccerstats.us* 1. ["New York Americans Win First Game in Bermuda 7-3 Against West Rangers"](https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/BermudaNP02/id/147801). *The Royal Gazette*. March 19, 1951. p. 9. 1. ["1946 New York Americans Division II and III soccer Statistics on StatsCrew.com"](https://www.statscrew.com/minorsoccer/stats/t-AS2NYA/y-1946). *statscrew.com* 1. ["New York Americans All-time Stats"](http://soccerstats.us/teams/new-york-americans/stats/). *SoccerStats.us* 1. Graham, Bill (December 2, 1943). ["Sports Shorts - Soccer"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77311159/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/). *[Brooklyn Eagle](/source/Brooklyn_Eagle)*. p. 14. Retrieved 8 May 2021. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) Sol Eisner of New York Americans is in a Tennessee hospital as a result of a bomb fragment striking the pupil of his left eye during army maneuvers 1. Graham, Bill (13 January 1953). ["Soccer"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77311409/). *[Brooklyn Eagle](/source/Brooklyn_Eagle)*. p. 12. Retrieved 8 May 2021. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) Sol Eisner of the New York Americans, who lost an eye during army maneuvers and later overstayed the American League tour of Israel and got a leg injury when engaging in an exhibition game there, is now directing the activities of the Maccabi S.C. juniors 1. ["American Soccer League All-Stars 2 - 0 Hapoel Tel Aviv"](http://soccerstats.us/games/14120/). *soccerstats.us*. May 4, 1947. 1. Turkin, Hy. ["Palestine's Hapoel trips AL Stars, 2–0, in Mud"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/445053321/). *[Daily News](/source/New_York_Daily_News)*. p. 39. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) A U.S. record total of 61,359 tickets were sold for the contest, with 53,177 attending 1. ["USMNT Results: 1885-1950"](https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/usnt-results/usmnt-results/1255-2/). *ussoccerhistory.org*. August 5, 2015. 1. ["Sol Eisner"](https://www.11v11.com/players/sol-eisner-184613/). *11v11.com* 1. ["The Year in American Soccer - 1951"](https://soccerhistoryusa.org/ASHA/year/1951.html). *soccerhistoryusa.org* 1. ["Dover hosts Maccabees"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/553748597/). *[The Morning Call](/source/Herald_News_(New_Jersey))*. 16 April 1955. p. 8. "Led by Sol Eisner who represented the U. S. in several International Soccer games ... --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sol Eisner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Eisner) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Eisner?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.