National and Olympic Teams
Nanchoff earned ten caps, scoring one goal, with the U.S. national team between 1979 and 1980. His first cap came in a February 11, 1979 loss to the Soviet Union. On October 26, 1979, he scored his lone national team goal in a 2-0 victory over Hungary in Budapest. His last game came in a November 9, 1980 loss to Mexico.
In 1979, Nanchoff was also a critical part of the U.S. Olympic soccer team which qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics to be held in Moscow. He led the team in scoring, but his, and his team mates, hopes for success at the games were crushed when President Carter boycotted the games in protest of the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan.
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