Larry Hulcer

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Larry Hulcer is a former U.S. soccer forward and midfielder.

Hulcer attended St. Louis University where he played on the men’s soccer team. In 1979, the Los Angeles Aztecs drafted Hulcer. That season he earned NASL Rookie of the Year honors. At the end of the season, the Aztecs traded Hulcer and Angelo DiBernardo to the New York Cosmos where Hulcer spent the next two seasons. On December 8, 1981, the St. Louis Steamers of Major Indoor Soccer League purchased Hulcer’s contract from the Cosmos. Hulcer then spent the next three indoor seasons with the Steamers, the first year as a forward, the next two as a midfielder.

Hulcer began playing with the U.S. B-Team in 1978 as it began preparation for the 1980 Summer Olympics. At the time professionals could not play in the Olympic games and Hulcer signed a professional contract in 1980 which took him off the Olympic squad which qualified for the Olympic games. Unfortunately for the team, the U.S. boycotted the games and the team did not compete. Hulcer earned his first cap with the U.S. national team on February 3, 1979 in a 3-1 loss to the Soviet Union. He then saw time in about half of the U.S. games in 1979. On October 5, 1980, he scored his only goal with the national team in a 2-0 victory over Luxembourg. He his last cap came on November 23, 1980 in a loss to Mexico

After Hulcer retired from playing professionally, he remained in St. Louis where he joined the coaching ranks and worked for St. Louis Envelope Company. His coaching career included time with the St. Louis Soccer Club and the Busch Soccer Club.

In 1995, St. Louis University inducted Hulcer into its Athletic Hall of Fame.