Andy Mate

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| name = Andy Mate

| image =

| full_name = Andrew Mate

| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|3|19}}

| birth_place = Budapest, Hungary

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|5|13|1940|3|19}}

| death_place = Hungary

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1964

| clubs1 = New York Hungaria

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1964–1965

| clubs2 = Hamburger SV

| caps2 = 6

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 1967

| clubs3 = New York Generals

| caps3 = 2

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1967

| clubs4 = Philadelphia Spartans

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| years5 = 1968–1970

| clubs5 = New York Hungaria

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| years6 = 1971

| clubs6 = New York Cosmos

| caps6 = 22

| goals6 = 16

| years7 = 1975

| clubs7 = New Jersey Americans

| caps7 =

| goals7 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 1964

| nationalteam1 = United States

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Andrew Mate (March 19, 1940 – May 13, 2012) was a soccer midfielder who spent most of his career in the German American Soccer League. He also played a season in the Bundesliga, one in the National Professional Soccer League and one in the North American Soccer League. Born in Hungary, he earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1964.

Club career

Mate spent most of his career with New York Hungaria of the German American Soccer League. In 1962, he won both the league and National Challenge Cup with Hungaria.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1962.html |title=The Year in American Soccer - 1962 |access-date=November 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031081847/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1962.html |archive-date=October 31, 2007 |url-status=dead }} He scored two of Hungaria's three goals in the win over the San Francisco Scots.[http://thecup.us/the-open-cup-final-1914-present/ The Open Cup Final: 1914-2009] In 1963 he scored all five goals in Hungaria's first round aggregate defeat of Mexico's Deportivo Oro in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

In 1964–65, Mate was in and out of the team with Hamburger SV in Germany where most sources referred to him as "Andreas" Mate (the Hungarian version would be Andras).Prüß / Irle: Tore, Punkte, Spieler. Die komplette HSV-Statistik, p. 342 In 1967, Mate played a single season with the New York Generals of the National Professional Soccer League. When the New York Cosmos entered the North American Soccer League in 1971, it drew much of its initial roster from the GASL. As a result, Mate played the Cosmos first season.[http://nasljerseys.com/Players/M/Mate.Andrew.htm NASL stats] In 1975, he played for the New Jersey Americans of the American Soccer League.

International career

Mate earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 10–0 loss to England on May 27, 1964.[http://national.soccerhall.org/Registry/MensNationalTeam_K-O.htm#M National Team Player Register] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731190410/http://national.soccerhall.org/Registry/MensNationalTeam_K-O.htm |date=July 31, 2009 }}[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html USA - Details of International Matches 1885-1969] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113210650/http://rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det69.html |date=January 13, 2010 }}

Death

Mate died in his native Hungary on May 13, 2012, at the age of 72.[http://www.concacaf.com/page/AssociationNewsDetail/0,,12813~2815729,00.html Former U.S. international Mate passes away] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620100643/http://www.concacaf.com/page/AssociationNewsDetail/0,,12813~2815729,00.html |date=June 20, 2012 }}