Henri Michel, who led France to the Olympic goal medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in his first coaching job at the age of 36 and third place at the 1986 World Cup, died on Tuesday at theage of 70 after a long battle with cancer. He was only 40 years old when he […]
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Obituary: Rene Houseman (1953-2018) remembered for representing 'most genuine part of Argentine soccer'
Rene Houseman, one of the most exciting attackers on Argentina’s 1978 World Cup championship team, died at the age of 64 after battling tongue cancer for the past year. Lamentamos profundamente el fallecimiento de René Houseman, parte del plantel campeón de la Libertadores 1984 y leyenda deldeporte argentino. El fútbol te va a extrañar, Loco. […]
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RIP: Davide Astori, 'the best expression of an old-fashioned world'
Rarely has the passing of a player been taken harder than the sudden death of Italian defender Davide Astori, who died in his sleep at the hotel, where Fiorentina, which he captained, wasstaying as it prepared to play Udinese on Sunday. In ricordo del March 4, 2018
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Obituary: NISA co-founder Jack Cummins
Jack Cummins, the co-founder of the National Independent Soccer Association that has been seeking to get a new Division 3 pro league off the ground, died unexpectedly after a brief illness. NISA co-founder Peter Wilt announced the news of Cummins’ death in a tweet. I am sorry to passon news this morning that NISA Co-founder […]
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What They're Saying: Ron Atkinson
“The biggest weakness in his game was he didn’t score enough bad goals. Every goal he scored was a wonder goal. He must have qualified for more Goal of the Month awards than anyone else.” — Former manager Ron Atkinson on the late Cyrille Regis whom he discovered playing non-league soccer and coached at West […]
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Obituary: Pioneering pro referee Bill Maxwell dies at age of 87
Referee Bill Maxwell, who officiated the last NASL game in 1984, has died at the age of 87. He was a linesman when the New York Cosmos won their first NASL title in 1972 and was in charge when the Chicago Sting beat the Toronto Blizzard in Game 2 of the 1984Soccer Bowl. He later […]
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Indonesian keeper dies after collision
Legendary Persela Lamongan goalkeeper Choirul Huda died following a collision in an Indonesian league match against Semen Pedang. He died of head and neck trauma after going out for a ball andcolliding with teammate Ramon Rodrigues and Pedang attacker Marcel Sacramento.
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Clay Berling represented his magazine, and his sport, with grace and quiet passion
I was so saddened to see the news of Clay Berling’s passing. He was a giant of a man. I was impressed to read of his many accomplishments and honors – some of which Iknew about, others of which I did not. But beyond those activities and awards stood a man who I was proud […]
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Clay Berling taught us soccer is special
I think of Clay Berling, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 86, every morning when I look out the window of our house at the Albany Methodist Church across the street. Idon’t exactly know if he worked there on the very first issues of Soccer America — at first Soccer West — […]
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Clay Berling, Soccer America founder, dies at age 86
In 1967, Clay Berling took his wife and six children to see the Oakland Clippers play because the soccer game presented the only affordable opportunity to bring his entire familyto the Oakland Coliseum, which had been constructed the year before. He fell in love with soccer on that day. For less than $10, Berling and his […]