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Werner Roth (soccer)
Werner Roth (born April 4, 1948 in Yugoslavia) is an American soccer player most associated with the New York Cosmos.
After immigrating to the United States at an early age, Roth became a rising star in American soccer through the 1960s. One of the few Americans on the star-studded Cosmos, he helped them to the Soccer Bowl title in 1977. Roth also played sixteen times for the US national team in the 1970s.
Roth was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1989. He played German soccer team captain Baumann in the 1981 movie Victory .
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