Professional Career
Stritzl spent six seasons with Blau-Weiss Gottschee of the German American Soccer League (GASL) between 1961 and 1968 In 1961, he was a member of the GASL Junior All Stars on a tour of Germany. In 1963, Blau Weiss-Gottschee won the GASL championship.
In 1969, the Baltimore Bays of the North American Soccer League (NASL) signed Stritzl. While the Bays finished the season with the league’s worst record and folded at the end of the season, Stritzl was named the NASL Rookie of the Year. With the collapse of the Bays, Stritzl returned the Blau Weiss-Gottschee for the 1970 GASL season. However, in 1971, the New York Cosmos of NASL signed Stritzl. He was named as a First Team NASL All Star that season as the Cosmos lost to the Atlanta Chiefs in the playoff semifinals. In 1972, Stritzl was a Second Team All Star, but this year the Cosmos won the league title, defeating the St. Louis Stars. In 1973, Stritzl played his last season in the NASL. Stritzl played forty-seven NASL regular-season and four post-season games. In 1971, he scored three goals in twenty-one games.
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