National Soccer Hall of Fame announces candidates for class of 2024

• by Mike Woitalla  @MikeWoitalla, Aug 21, 2023

The National Soccer Hall of Fame (NSHOF) has released the names of all candidates eligible for election in 2024.

Of the 174 people named, 40 are on the Player Eligibility List, 38 are on the Builder Eligibility List, and 96 are on the Veteran Eligibility List.

The NSHOF's Screening Committees will narrow the "Player," "Veteran" and "Builder" ballots before they and other members of the Voting Committees vote on the final ballot to elect a maximum of six new Hall of Fame members. As many as three players and two veterans can be selected, along with one builder.

• The NSHOF Players, Veterans and Builders Voting and Screening Committee.

PLAYERS (40)
Chris Ahrens
Yael Averbuch
John Ball
Kyle Beckerman* 
Victor Bernardez
Lori Chalupny
Laurent Ciman* 
Ricardo Clark
Brad Davis
Dwayne DeRosario

Maurice Edu
Brad Evans
Benny Feilhaber
David Ferreira
Thierry Henry
Stuart Holden
Tim Howard* 
Eddie Johnson
Fabian Johnson* 
Keith Johnson

Jermaine Jones
Shalrie Joseph
Natasha Kai
Robbie Keane
Lori Lindsey
Chad Marshall
Diana Matheson*
Josh McKinney
Javier Morales
Oguchi Onyewu

Ike Opara*
Michael Parkhurst
Nick Rimando
Luis Robles*
Carlos Ruiz
Gavin Sibayan
Jonathan Spector
Cat Reddick Whitehill
Danny Williams* 
Beverly Goebel Yanez
*In first year of eligibility.
• Go HERE for bios.
NOTE: The Player Screening Committee will narrow the 40-player list to a 20-person final ballot for the 2024 election.

BUILDERS (38)
Mark Abbott
Nat Agar
John Best
Gianfranco Borroni
Dick Cecil
Al Colone
William Cox
Joe Cummings
Walter Daggett
Jack Daley

Betty D’Anjolell
Pat Dinolfo
Mike Edwards
Ed Foster-Simeon
Richard Groff
Burton Haimes
Adrian Hanauer
Andrew Hauptmann
Clark Hunt
Robert Kraft

Tom Kutis
Tim Leiweke
Frank Longo
Francisco Marcos
Sam Mark
Fritz Marth
Mark McCullers
Bill McNutt
Thom Meredith
John Motta

Brian Remedi
Nick Sakiewicz
Charlie Schiano
Peter Strasser
George Strawbridge
Jim Trecker
Keith Walker
Lew Wolf
• Go HERE for bios.
NOTE: Builders are considered in three categories: referees, coaches and contributors. Based on the Builder rotation established in 2020, only contributors will be considered for the 2024 Builder final ballot. The Builder Screening Committee will narrow the list of 38 contributors to a four-person final ballot.

VETERANS (96)
Chris Albright*
Chris Armas
Wade Barrett
Barry Barto
David Beckham*
Tony Bellinger
Gregg Berhalter
George Best
Chico Borja
Sean Bowers

David Brcic
Jose Burciaga Jr
Mike Burns
Danny Califf*
Joe Cannon*
Ronald Cerritos
Brian Ching*
Wilman Conde
Jimmy Conrad
Kevin Crow

Teofilo Cubillas
Jeff Cunningham
John Doyle
Stacey Enos
Lorrie Fair
George Fernandez
Tina Frimpong Ellertson* 
Eddie Gaven*
Lisa Gmitter
Brent Goulet

Amado Guevara*
Cyril Handy
Kevin Hartman* 
Mary Harvey
Frankie Hejduk
Chris Hellenkamp
Chris Henderson
Lori Henry
Angela Hucles
John Hughes

Eduardo Hurtado
Dominic Kinnear
Jovan Kirovski
Chris Klein
Frank Klopas
Jason Kreis
A.J. Lachowecki
Jen Lalor Nielsen
Eddie Lewis
Carlos Llamosa

Kristin Luckenbill
Pablo Mastroeni*
Clint Mathis
Alan Mayer
Bill McPherson
Ruben Mendoza
Shep Messing
Carlos Metidieri
Heather Mitts
Pat Morris

Kaizer Motaung
Jose Noguera
John O'Brien
Ronnie O'Brien
Ben Olsen
Pat Onstad
Leslie Osborne*
Steve Pecher
Brett Phillips
Emily Pickering

Brian Quinn
Steve Ralston
Ante Razov
David Regis
Tiffany Roberts
Eddie Robinson
Tony Sanneh
Diego Serna
Alex Skotarek
Danielle Slaton

Mike Sorber
Thori Staples Bryan
Lindsay Tarpley
Zach Thornton
Lee Tschantret
Taylor Twellman
Greg Vanney
Tisha Venturini-Hoch
Aly Wagner
Roy Wegerle

Christie Welsh
Pat White
Richie Williams
Avner Wolanow
Josh Wolff
Kerry Zavagnin
* In first year of eligibility in Veteran category..
• Go HERE for bios.
NOTE: The Player Screening Committee will narrow the 96-person list to a 10-person final ballot for the 2024 election.