A memorial service for Sigi Schmid, who died on Christmas Day at the age of 65, was held on Friday at American Martyrs Catholic Church in Manhattan Beach, California. Jurgen Klinsmann,Alexi Lalas, Alejandro Moreno, Dean Wurzberger, Dale Ervine, Tibor Pelle, Tayt Ianni and Roland Schmid, Schmid’s younger brother, were among those who spoke at the service. […]
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Sigi Schmid remembered
Here are some of the tributes to Schmid, who influenced generations of players and touched those he met. I haveno words – simply devastated. I have no career without this man. My heart goes out to his family – RIP – https://t.co/F2udd8sTpq — Eric Wynalda(@EricWynalda) December 26, 2018 I can’t find the words to express […]
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RIP: Coaching great Sigi Schmid, an American soccer original with strong German roots
Sigi Schmid and wife Valerie after MLS Cup 2008 victory withColumbus Crew: Photo: Andy Mead/YCJ Sigi Schmid, who touched the lives of hundreds of players in a record-setting coaching career, died on Christmas at the age of65. Schmid was admitted to Los Angeles’ Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in early December in need of a […]
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George Bush: Presidential center forward and scoring machine
George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States who died on Friday at age of 94, is remembered as the greatest presidential sportsman. Hisgrandfather, George Herbert Walker, was president of the U.S. Golf Association in 1920 and father, Prescott Bush, was also a president of the USGA beforebecoming a U.S. senator in 1952. […]
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Long Island pioneer Peter Collins dies at age 87
Peter Collins, who helped grow the Long Island Junior Soccer League into one of the biggest youth leagues in the country, died on Saturday at age 87. Collins, who was inducted intothe National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1998, came to the United States from Ireland in 1957 and held two jobs, working as a […]
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WPSL founder Jerry Zanelli, 'beacon of light' for women's players, dies at age 80
Jerry Zanelli, the legendary women’s soccer pioneer,died Wednesday night at the age of 80 at his home in Sacramento, California. In 1998, Zanelli founded the Women’s Premier Soccer League. He served as the league’s commissioner butalso coach and owner of the Sacramento-based California Storm, which won three league championships (1999, 2002, 2004). Storm alumae include […]
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Former Akron coach Steve Parker dies at age of 72
Steve Parker, who coached Akron to the 1986 Men’s College Cup final, died last week at the age of 72. Parker, who guided the Zips for 11 seasons (1982-1992), was surrounded by hisfamily through his last days in Franklin, Tennessee. Under Parker, Akron had an overall record of 139-59-25 (.679) and won at least 10 […]
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What They're Saying: Rafael Gonzalez Martinez
“She was always somebody who wanted to help those who had less. She was always attentive, always supportive — with lunch, uniforms, cleats, balls. She was very passionate for hersport.” — Rafael Gonzalez Martinez, the sports editor at Tijuana’s Zeta, on Marbella Ibarra, who championed women’s soccer in Mexico and pushed for the launchof the […]
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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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Jose Hawilla, Traffic founder and FIFAGate corruption witness, dies in Brazil
The one of the major breaks Federal authorities got in their case against soccer executives from across Concacaf and Conmebol came when Brazilian Jose Hawilla, the Traffic founder, became acooporating witness. Hawilla, who suffered from respiratory problems, died on Friday at the age of 74 in Sao Paulo. JoseHawila: Indictment Hawilla, who began his career […]