Former Irish international Jimmy Conway, a soccer legend in thestate of Oregon, has died according to family members. For nearly a decade, Conway, 73, had suffered from trauma-induced dementia. He passed away Friday morning in Portland, Oregon, from multiplecomplications of the disease. . James Patrick Conway was born August 10, 1946, in Dublin, Ireland, […]
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RIP: Roscoe Nance, former USA Today soccer reporter
Roscoe Nance, a sports reporter for USA Today as the U.S. men’s and women’s national teams took off in the late 1980s and early 1990s, died on Thursday at the age of 71 at his home in Herndon,Virginia. Nance was a graduate of Tuskegee University and worked as a reporter for the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, […]
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What They're Saying: Francisco Marcos
“The human factor was crucial. That’s how he got the most out of these players. I don’t know if he was a tactical genius because he was such a good technical player. Sometimes technicalplayers are not tactical geniuses, they see things other players don’t see. The way he handled players, the way he treated them, […]
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Pioneering NASL player and youth coach Wolfgang Suhnholz dies at 73
German Wolfgang Suhnholz, who starred in the NASL in the 1970s andlater became an influential youth coach in Central Texas and on the national level, passed away on Friday at the age of 73. Suhnholz’s Bundesliga career included two seasons at BayernMunich, alongside the likes of Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Mueller, before he moved to […]
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Jorge Vergara, best known as Chivas' flamboyant owner, dies of a heart attack
Mexican Jorge Vergara, best known as the owner of Liga MX club Chivas based in Guadalajara, died on Friday of a heart attack while in New York City. Vergara was 64. “With deep sadness and pain in my heart, I communicate to you that my father, Jorge Carlos Vergara Madrigal, passed from this life due […]
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Obituary: Dr. Tom Martin (1949-2019)
Dr. Tom Martin, who coached JamesMadison’s men’s team for 29 seasons (1986-2014), died last week at the age of 70. He had been inducted into the JMU Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 13. Martin had a359-164-58 record in his 29 seasons at JMU following stops at Trine (1977) and West Virginia Wesleyan (1978-85). His […]
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Promise Isaac remembered as inspiration to Austin Bold teammates
The Austin Bold’s Promise Isaac, a former Olympicsilver medalist from Nigeria, died on Wednesday night at the age of 31 of an apparent heart attack. The Austin American-Statesman reported that Isaac, who had moved to the United States with his familyin 2018, was found unconscious after working out in the gym at the apartment complex […]
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Jim Sheldon, former NSCAA executive director, dies at age of 66
Jim Sheldon, the United Soccer Coaches’ first full-timeemployee when he was hired as executive director of the then-NSCAA in June 1992, died at the age of 66. Sheldon is credited with building many of the programs at the association, whichgrew from 8,000 to 29,000 members during his 17 years with the NSCAA until his retirement […]
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Former MLS standout Colin Clark dies of heart attack at the age of 35
Colin Clark, who played eight seasons in MLS (2006-13)and played for the USA at the 2009 Gold Cup, died Monday of a heart attack at the age of 35, the Coloradoan reported.August 27, 2019
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Evening Edition: What's in the news …
1. The LA Galaxy acquired 26-year-old attacking midfielder Favio Alvarez on loan from Argentina’s Atletico Tucuman. The TAM signing willgive the Galaxy depth at several attacking positions. Alvarez played at Talleres, Defensa y Justicia and Sarmiento de Junin before moving in 2016 to Tucaman, for which he has played in the CopaLibertadores and Copa Sudamericana. […]