Eric Eichmann
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | May 7, 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Margate, Florida, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1987 | Clemson | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986 | Atlanta Datagraphic | ||
| 1987–1988 | Werder Bremen II | ||
| 1988–1992 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | ||
| 1992 | Wichita Wings (indoor) | 23 | (27) |
| 1994 | Washington Warthogs (indoor) | 27 | (19) |
| 1994–1995 | St. Louis Ambush (indoor) | 19 | (12) |
| 1996 | Kansas City Wizards | 15 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1986–1993 | United States | 29 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000–2002 | Miami Fusion (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Eric Eichmann (born May 7, 1965, in Margate, Florida) is a retired American soccer player. He played professionally in Germany and the United States and later served as an assistant coach with the Miami Fusion of Major League Soccer. He also earned twenty-nine caps and scored four goals, for the United States men's national soccer team.
Eichmann grew up in Florida where St. Thomas Aquinas High School and played for the Key Biscayne Gunners youth club. Eichmann played college soccer Clemson University of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). His freshman year, he earned All-ACC honors. In 1984, the team won the NCAA national championship. His most successful individual year came as a junior when he set a school record of nineteen assists while helping his team to the ACC championship. As a senior, Eichmann earned First-Team All-American honors. In 1986, he also played for Atlanta Datagraphic, a top level amateur club.
After graduation, he played a single season with German Third Division team Werder Bremen II. The next year he returned to the United States where he played with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the ASL/APSL from 1988 to 1993. His time with the team saw them win the 1989 APSL Championship. In 1992, he began a career as an itinerant indoor soccer player. He began with the Wichita Wings of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) for one season, before moving on to the Washington Warthogs of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) in 1993–1994 and finally the St. Louis Ambush of the NPSL from 1994 to 1996. In 1995, the Ambush won the league championship. In 1996, the Kansas City Wiz of the Major League Soccer (MLS) took Eichmann as the thirty-sixth pick (fourth round) of the league's inaugural draft. He would play one season and retire as a full-time soccer player.
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