National Team
Smith earned 18 caps with the U.S. national team. His first appearance came in an August 12, 1973 victory over Poland. Smith became a regular on the team, seeing time in the rest of the U.S. games that year, as well as all of its games in 1974 and half the 1975 games. In 1976, he saw time in several games, the last being a 4-0 loss to Canada which eliminated the U.S. from qualification for the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Smith would not play for the national team until 1980 when he played in his last game, a 1-1 tie with Portugal on October 7.
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