Eisner was born in Germany, and is Jewish.[1][2] He had four brothers who also played soccer.[3]
Eisner was a star with the New York Americans[3] most seasons from 1937 to 1951, during which time the team was in the American Soccer League.[4][5][6][7][8][9] In 1946–47 he scored 14 of the team's 38 goals for the season.[10] He played 60 games for the team in his career, started 58 of them, and scored 79 goals.[11]
By July 1942 he was in the US military[2] where he lost his left eye during army maneuvers.[3][12][13] He played for the American Soccer League All Stars in 1947, nearly scoring in a 2–0 loss to Hapoel at Yankee Stadium in front of more than 40,000 fans.[14][15]
He played an unofficial international game for the United States national team, in 1948 against Israel, and played for the American Soccer League All-Stars in a tour of Israel in 1951.[13][16][17][18]
Eisner would later play for New York's Maccabi F.C. in the mid-1950s.[13][19]
^Graham, Bill (December 2, 1943). "Sports Shorts - Soccer". Brooklyn Eagle. p. 14. Retrieved 8 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Sol Eisner of New York Americans is in a Tennessee hospital as a result of a bomb fragment striking the pupil of his left eye during army maneuvers
^ abcGraham, Bill (13 January 1953). "Soccer". Brooklyn Eagle. p. 12. Retrieved 8 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Sol Eisner of the New York Americans, who lost an eye during army maneuvers and later overstayed the American League tour of Israel and got a leg injury when engaging in an exhibition game there, is now directing the activities of the Maccabi S.C. juniors
