Tony DiCicco, who died Monday at the age of 68, was the winningest coach in the history of the U.S. national team programs but he accomplished far more that that, having a huge role in themodern history of American soccer. DiCicco was thegoalkeeper coach on the 1991 Women’s World Cup championship team, coached the USA […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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FIFPro issues warning following Rajtoral suicide
Czech Republic international Frantisek Rajtoral, 31, died of a suicide at his home in Turkey, where he played for Gaziantepspor. Rajtoral played 14 times for his country and was part of thesquad that reached the Euro 2012 quarterfinals. In response to Rajtoral’s death, the chief medical officer of FIFPro, the international players’ union, warned more […]
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Panamanian Amilcar Henriquez shot and killed outside home
Amilcar Henriquez, who played for Panama in the 1-1 tie with the USA in March, was shot and killed in Nuevo Colon on Saturday. He was leaving his home when a gunman shot him several times. Twoother men were also shot in the attack. One died and the other was in a local hospital. On […]
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Anibal Ruiz dies before scheduled Veracruz-Puebla game
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 […]