youthclubs years clubs caps goals birth_place position article_title name
essex community college 1988-1991 1991-1993 1993-1994 1995 essex '' harrisburg heat '' -lrb- indoor -rrb- '' baltimore spirit community '' -lrb- indoor -rrb- '' albany alleycats college hershey impact '' -lrb- indoor -rrb- 74 83 72 20 14 80 64 12 furth , germany forward / midfielder john abe
 john abe
john abe

john abe is a retired german-american soccer player who played professionally in the american professional soccer league and national professional soccer league .
born in germany to an american military father and a german mother , abe moved to baltimore , maryland when he was thirteen .
he graduated from northern high school before attending essex community college where he was a two-time junior college all american .
in 1981 , the baltimore blast drafted abe but did not sign him .
abe then spent five years working as a bank teller .
in 1988 , abe signed with the maryland bays of the newly created american soccer league .
he remained with the bays through the 1991 season and scored the game winning penalty kick in the 1990 apsl championship game against the san francisco blackhawks .
in the fall of 1988 , he moved indoors with the hershey impact of the american indoor soccer association .
in 1991 , the impact moved to harrisburg , pennsylvania and became the harrisburg heat .
abe was named the first ever captain of the heat but after just two season in harrisburg , the team released abe after they could not agree on contract terms .
on november 23 , 1993 , abe signed with the baltimore spirit .
in 1995 , he played his last season of professional soccer with the albany alleycats of the usisl .
in 2001 abe was named to the harrisburg heat all decade team -lrb- 1991 -- 2001 -rrb- .
abe currently lives in harrisburg , works for the pennsylvania state education association and coaches youth soccer in central pennsylvania .
abe has his ussf national `` b '' license .
he was inducted into the maryland soccer association hall of fame in 2000 .
