Rick Schweizer

{{Short description|American soccer player and coach (born 1959)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rick Schweizer

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|2|19}}

| birth_place = New York, New York, United States

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| position = Goalkeeper

| collegeyears1 = 1977–1979

| college1 = New Haven Chargers

| years1 = 1980–1981

| clubs1 = Hartford Hellions (indoor)

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1981–1984

| clubs2 = Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor)

| caps2 = 19

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1984–1985

| clubs3 = Louisville Thunder (indoor)

| caps3 = 37

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1986–1988

| clubs4 = Milwaukee Wave (indoor)

| caps4 = 25

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1988–1989

| clubs5 = Dayton Dynamo (indoor)

| caps5 = 5

| goals5 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1988–1990

| managerclubs1 = Dayton Dynamo

| manageryears2 = 1991

| managerclubs2 = New York Kick

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| managerclubs3 = New Haven Chargers (women's assistant)

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Rick Schweizer is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League and American Indoor Soccer Association. He was the 1985 AISA Goalkeeper of the Year. Schweizer coached both collegiately and professionally. He was the 1990 National Professional Soccer League Coach of the Year.

Player

In 1980, Schweizer graduated from the University of New Haven where he was a three-year starter on the men's soccer team. In 1980, he signed with the Hartford Hellions of the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1981, he moved to the Pittsburgh Spirit for three seasons. In 1984, Schweizer signed with the Louisville Thunder of the American Indoor Soccer Association. He was a 1985 First Team All Star and the 1985 AISA Goalkeeper of the Year.[http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1985.html#AISA The Year in American Soccer – 1985] In 1986, he moved to the Milwaukee Wave for two seasons. In the spring of 1988, the Wave released him and Schweizer moved to the Dayton Dynamo. He briefly retired after becoming the Dynamo's head coach. However, he returned to playing when the Dynamo released goalkeeper Arnie Mausser in January 1989.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/01/01/soccer-14555/ Soccer]

Coach

On September 14, 1988, Schweizer became the head coach of the Dayton Dynamo. He coached the team for two seasons, being named the 1990 AISA Coach of the Year.[http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1990.html#AISA The Year in American Soccer – 1990] On February 26, 1991, he became the head coach of the New York Kick which folded at the end of the season. In June 1995, the Connecticut Kicks hired Schweizer as head coach.[https://www.courant.com/1995/06/03/new-haven-gets-soccer-team-2/ New Haven Gets Soccer Team] However, the Kicks never played a game. He also served as an assistant coach with the University of New Haven women's team.