Vadao, who coached Brazil at the last two Women’s WorldCups, died on Monday at the age of 63. Vadao, who suffered from liver cancer, coached Brazil at the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada, where it fell to Australia in the round of 16 afterwinning all three groups by shutout, and at the 2016 Olympics, […]
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Former NASL and Cornell coach Dan Wood dies at the age of 73
Dan Wood, who took Bruce Arena‘s Cornell University to the NCAA final four at the age of 26 and later coached in the NASL and ASL, died on Thursday at the age of 73 in Port St. Lucie,Florida, from heart failure following a long illness. His college coaching career spanned five decades, from five years […]
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Former U.S. national team defender Dan Canter dies at the age of 58
Former U.S. national team player DanCanter died recently at his home in Las Vegas at the age of 58. Canter, a defender, played nine times for the USA in 1983-85, including every minute of all six games in 1984-85 duringthe unsuccessful 1986 World Cup qualifying campaign that ended with a 1-0 loss to Costa Rica […]
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Pro soccer pioneer Robert Hermann dies at the age of 97
National Soccer Hall of Famer Robert Hermann died recently at the age of 97. Hermann was one of the driving forces in getting the outlaw National Professional Soccer League off theground in 1967 as its president and was the owner of the St. Louis Stars in the NPSL for its one season and then in […]
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Peter Bonetti dies after battle with Alzheimer's
Legendary English goalkeeper Peter Bonetti died on Sunday aged 78 after a battle with Alzheimer’s. Nicknamed “The Cat” for his quick reflexes in goal, Bonetti starred for Chelseabut also spent one season with the NASL’s St. Louis Stars in 1975. His 729 appearances for Chelsea are the second most in its history. Bonetti was the […]
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Peter Armatis, 'perfect ambassador' for Fredericksburg FC, dies at age 54
Peter Armatis, one of top coaches in Fredericksburg(Va.) Football Club, died after being diagnosed with COVID-19. The 54-year-old Armatis began as a rec coach and moved on to coach boys travel teams, working with the 2005 Red and 2007Black teams this season. He also joined the FFC board of directors in spring 2019. “His impact […]
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Freddy Fuentes, coach of two nationally ranked Manhattan SC teams, passes away
Freddy Fuentes, who coached some ofthe top youth teams in the New York area in his 15 years with Manhattan SC, died on Wednesday from COVID-19 related complications. Fuentes was was born and raised in Guayaquil, Ecuador,Guayaquil, and played semipro soccer in Ecuador before he played for various teams in New York area ethnic leagues […]
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French coaching great Michel Hidalgo passes away
Perhaps no one did more to popularize French soccer in the modern era than Michel Hidalgo, who died Thursday at the age of 87 after a long illness. Hidalgo, who scored for Frenchclub Reims in its 4-3 loss to Real Madrid in the first European Cup final in 1956, coached the French national team for […]
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Former U.S. international John DeBrito dies at the age of 51
Former U.S. international John DeBrito, who played inMLS for five teams over six seasons at the start of the league, passed away on Wednesday. DeBrito, a native of Cape Verde, was 51. No cause of death was announced. He was atwo-time All-American at Division II Southern Connecticut State, where he played four seasons, leading the […]
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Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz dies after suffering from the coronavirus
Lorenzo Sanz, who was president of Real Madrid when it won the 1998 Champions League to end a 32-year drought, died at the age of 76 after suffering from the coronavirus. Sanz, whohad a respiratory disease, had been hospitalized on Tuesday. Sanz was the Real Madrid president for six years (1995-2000). It won the first […]