Stan Startzell
Personal information
Full name	Stanley E. Startzell
Date of birth
Place of birth	McClure, Pennsylvania, United States
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1969-1971	University of Pennsylvania
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972 1973-1974 1975	New York Cosmos Philadelphia Atoms Boston Minutemen	03 (0) 19 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Stan Startzell is a retired U.S. soccer midfielder who spent four seasons in the North American Soccer League. He currently works in the financial services sector and is the president of the Duxbury Soccer Association.

Contents 1 Youth 2 Professional 3 Post playing career 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Youth

Startzell attended Wilson Senior High School, graduating in 1968. He then attended the University of Pennsylvania where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1969 to 1971.^[1] He was a 1969 and 1971 second team All American and a 1970 first team All American. ^[2][3][4] In 1971, he was second team All Ivy League as a placekicker on the Penn football team.^[5] In 2005, the University of Pennsylvania selected Startzell to its All Century Team.^[6]

[edit] Professional

In 1972, the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League drafted Startzell. He was the only native U.S. player on the roster that season.^[7] He played three games for the Cosmos before moving to the expansion Philadelphia Atoms in 1973. The Atoms won the league championship, but after a disappointing 1974 season, the Atoms made numerous player moves including trading Startzell to the Boston Minutemen in exchange for Alex Papadakis.^[8] He played no games for the Minutemen and left the NASL after the 1975 season.

[edit] Post playing career

Startzell has worked with the Special Olympics and in the financial services sector. In the mid-1980s, he worked for Selective Security Trust of America. He currently works for Lincoln Investment Planning in Duxbury, Massachusetts where he also serves as the head of the Duxbury Soccer Association. For many years, he was also the coach of a competitive girls soccer club team called the South Coast Scorpians.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• NASL stats
• [http://www.philadelphiaatoms.com/register.htm Philadelphia Atoms player registry