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John Abe is a former professional indoor and outdoor soccer player.

John was born in Furth, Germany on October 12, 1961. He grew up watching such players as Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller and Sepp Maier. John's parents moved to the United States in June of 1974.

John attended Northern High School in Baltimore, Maryland from 1976 to 1979. He was three time All Metro Player and an All State Player while attending Northern High School. After Northern, John attended Essex Community College in Baltimore, Maryland. At Essex, John was a two time All American and was selected by the Baltimore Blast of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1981.

In 1988 John signed up with the Maryland Bays of the outdoor American Professional Soccer League. The Bays,in 1990, coached by Pete Caringi, were national champions with John scoring the game winning penalty kick against the San Francisco Blackhawks. The Bays disbanded after the 1991 season.

Besides playing outdoors, John also competed in the professional indoor circuit. From 1988 to 1994, John compiled an impressive indoor career while playing for the Hershey Impact ( 1988-91), Harrisburg Heat (1991-93) and Baltimore Spirit (1994). John was a National Professional All Star in 1989, 1990 and 1991. John finished with 164 goals and 123 assits in 6 years of indoor soccer. He finished his professional career with the Albany Alleycats of the USISL in 1995.

John was an assistant coach with the Elizabethtown College womens soccer team from 1996 until 1998. The 1997 team went all the way to the NCAA Division 3 Final Four. John was also the head coach of the Hershey High School Girls SoccerTeam from 1998 until 2001.

In 2000, John was inducted into the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame. In 2001 he was selected to the Harrisburg Heat All Decade Team.

John currently works for the Pennsylvania State Education Association and contiues to coach club soccer in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area.