Longtime Uruguayan coach Anibal Ruiz, who worked at 23 clubs (several more than once) in a career that spanned more than 40 years, died of a heart attack on Friday. He was an assistant coachfor Mexican club Puebla, which was scheduled to play at Veracruz. The 74-year-old Ruiz collapsed on the field moments after the […]
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French legend Raymond Kopa dies at age 85
Before there was Michel Platini or Zinedine Zidane, Raymond Kopa was the great star of French soccer, the son of Polish immigrants, a coal miner at the age of 14 and then a keyplayer on the great Real Madrid team of the 1950s. Kopa died on Friday at the age of 85. He wasn’t big […]
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Obituary: Pioneer Earl Foreman did it all in soccer
Pioneering sports attorney Earl Foreman, who died Monday at the age of 92, had ownership interests in teams in the NFL, NBA, ABA, NHL, but perhaps his biggest influence came in soccer. The Washington attorney owned the Whips, who played in the 1967 NPSL and 1968 NASL, later founded the Major Indoor Soccer League and […]
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Tributes pour in for Graham Taylor
Tributes from the world of English soccer poured in for former England coach Graham Taylor, who died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 72. They included a statement from Elton John, theformer owner of Watford who described Taylor as “like a brother to me.”
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RIP Roberto Cabanas, 'an idol wherever he went'
There’s the notion that the old North American Soccer League was an elephant’s graveyard. And it was certainly home of many aging greats like Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, JohanCruyff, Gerd Mueller and George Best. But not every player was old. The greatest American pro soccer team of all time was the 1980 New York Cosmos, who […]
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Obituary: Indiana youth soccer leader Larry Harmon
Larry Harmon, who was involved in youth soccer for more than 20 years at the Indiana and national level, died on Friday night. He was president of the Indiana Youth Soccer Association for eightyears (1993-2000) and a member of U.S. Soccer’s Board of Directors as a youth representative from 2000-2006. U.S. Youth Soccer’s under-16 boys […]
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Joao Havelange, soccer's godfather, and his U.S. legacy
Before he was the godfather of soccer, Joao Havelange was the godfather of Brazilian sports. And before that he was a two-sport Olympian. In a career that spanned 16 years and World War II, heswam for Brazil in Berlin in 1936 and played water polo in Helsinki in 1952. Havelange, who swam every morning before […]
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Dangerous spiral for Dalian Atkinson after fleeting but memorable career
Dalian Atkinson, who died at the age of 48 on Monday of heart failure after being Tasered by police on Monday, was the proverbial journeyman, playing at 10 clubs in six countries over a 16-yearcareer. The most games he played for a club was 85 for Aston Villa, but he is forever remembered by English […]
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Obituary: Nigerian Keshi dies at age of 54
Stephen Keshi, who captained Nigeria in its first appearance at the World Cup in 1994 and coached the Super Eagles two years ago at the World Cup in Brazil, died of a heart attack on Wednesdayin Benin City, shortly before he was to return to the United States. Kate, his wife of 35 years, had […]
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Obituary: Pioneering referee Robert Evans
Robert Evans, who was a FIFA referee before helping set up U.S. Soccer’s national referee program, died Tuesday at the age of 76. Evans, who was born in England and grew up in Wales,settled in Dallas in 1969 to work as a research geologist. Evans was the national director of referee instruction for U.S. Soccer in […]