Al Miller, of the of most influential American coaches of the last 50 years, will receive the Walt Chyzowych Lifetime Achievement Award Jan. 12 in ceremonies during the United Soccer CoachesConvention in Chicago. Like the late Chyzowych, a Ukrainian immigrant who starred at Temple and for Philadelphia pro teams, Miller came out of Pennsylvania and […]
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Talk of MLS Cup
“A lot of people back in 1968 thought God did not intend Southerners to play soccer.” — Bob Hope, the public relations director for the Atlanta Chiefs, on what it was likewhen the Chiefs gave Atlanta its first sports title in 1968, winning the first NASL title. (AP)
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MLS Cup Countdown: Gio returns to Atlanta for a final five years later
In his first year as a head coach inthe NASL, Giovanni Savarese coached in a final in Atlanta, leading the New York Cosmos to a 1-0 win over the Atlanta Silverbacks at Soccer Bowl 2013 before 7,211 fans. Ten timesthat number of fans will be on hand at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday when Savarese leads […]
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What They're Saying: Bruce Grobbelaar
“Over the years, I am very lucky that I didn’t submerge into a form of depression, because football saved my life really. Once I came out of the military, I had football to fall upon, which took mymind off those incidents.” — Former goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar, who credits soccer with keeping him alive after the […]
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Today's coaches could learn a lot from Ron Newman (1934-2018)
Ron Newman, dead at 84. He’d been out of soccer for a while — since 1999 when he ceased to be coach of the Kansas City Wizards — as I wrote at the time: “‘resigned’ if youread the press releases, ‘fired’ if you’re not a halfwit.” That was it for Newman. He didn’t fancy an […]
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Remembering Ron Newman, the delightful American soccer pioneer
It’s impossible to put a number on how many people Ron Newman inspired in American soccer, but I’m one of them. Newman coached the first professional soccer game Isaw in person and ran the first soccer camp I attended. Ron Newman (1934-2018) Photo courtesy of Jon van Woerden Photography At age 6, living in Dallas in […]
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Ron Newman, American soccer pioneer, dies at 84
Ron Newman, one of American pro soccer’s pioneers and winningest coaches, died on Monday morning in Florida at the age of 84. Like so many of American soccer’s pioneers, Newmancame from England to play pro soccer in North America for the 1967 launch of the competing NPSL and USA, and he stayed to help it […]
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NPSL: Miami FC 2 overcomes uncertainty to capture championship
Photo:www.OnsidePhotography.com A year after winning both halves of the NASL regular season, a slimmed down version of Miami FC — Miami FC 2 — won the NPSL championshipby beating New Jersey’s FC Motown, 3-1, in front of a sellout crowd of 2,143 at Drew University. Players like Stefano Pinho (Orlando City), Kwadwo Poku (Russia’s AnzhiMakhachkala, […]
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USL Moves: Mark Lowry hired to coach El Paso in 2019 launch
Englishman Mark Lowry has left the Jacksonville Armada to become the head coach of the USL expansion team that will begin play in El Paso in 2019. “Mark has a proven trackrecord in coaching and team management. He’s progressive and he has an innate ability to relate to players both on and off the field […]
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U.S. Soccer rebuffs Commisso's proposal for $500 million capital campaign
U.S. Soccer is sticking by its guns regarding the Professional League Standards used to sanction pro soccer leagues. In a letter dated May 30, U.S. Soccer secretary general DanFlynn advised New York Cosmos owner Rocco Commissothat the federation’s board of directors “does not see a compelling reason to deviate from the annual sanctioning process,” rebuffingCommisso […]