[OBITUARY] The soccer family is rallying around the family of John Bieniewicz, the 44-year-old Michigan referee who diedTuesday at a Detroit hospital from injuries suffered two days earlier in what police said was an unprovoked attack at an adult league match. BasselAbdul-Amir Saad, 36, was arrested and arraigned Monday on a felony charge of assault […]
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Gene Chyzowych dies at age of 78
[OBITUARY] Gene Chyzowych, who coached boys soccer at New Jersey’s Columbia High School for 50 years and served as the U.S.national team coach in 1973, died at the age of 78 on Saturday following a lengthy illness. Born in Ukraine, Gene moved to Philadelphia at the age of 13 from war-torn Europe with hisparents and […]
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What They're Saying
“I just always remember Vilanova as a very studious player of the game. And someone in particular who loved Barcelona. Life has these difficult turns, but in the end he was able to coach Barcelona andthat was his ultimate dream.” — U.S. under-20 national team coach Tab Ramos, who (along with Sporting Kansas City manager […]
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Union fans mourn death of original supporter
[OBITUARY] Major League Soccer is not yet so big that the death of a fan is not felt around the league. Expressions of sympathy have come pouring in to the familyand friends of Philadelphia Union supporter Eric Shertz, who died in his sleep on Sunday. More so than at just about any other MLS club, […]
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JC star McAvoy remembered as leader
[OBITUARY] Herkimer County Community College is in mourning following the death of its popular soccer star, 22-year-old Scotsman, Peter McAvoy, who collapsed and was unresponsive in his campus apartment at the upstate New York school on Saturday. The 2013 NSCAA National Player of the Year was pronounced deadat a local hospital. McAvoy, an All-American defender, captained […]
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Shawn Kuykendall succumbs after courageous cancer fight
[OBITUARY] Former D.C. United and New York Red Bulls midfielder Shawn Kuykendall died early Wednesday at the age of 32 fromthymic cancer. His public fight with the rare and incurable form of cancer inspired many people in and outside the soccer community and drew support from MLS players, who wore “kuykenstrong” T-shirtsprior to the 2013 […]
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Finney, 'the Preston Plumber,' remembered
[OBITUARY] Tom Finney, the oldest-living English international and one of the legendary players of the post-World War IIheyday of English soccer, died Friday at the age of 91. A plumber by trade in his native Preston — hence his nickname “the Preston Plumber” — Finney did not debut for Preston North Enduntil the age of […]
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Mentor of Denmark's memorable Euro title dies
[OBITUARY] The man who steered his country’s national team to one of the most stunning accomplishments in soccer history has died. Richard Moller Nielsen, architect of Denmark’s incredible run to the 1992 European Championship, died Thursday morning at the age of 76. Moller Nielsen had been inill health since undergoing surgery for a brain tumor […]
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Eusebio's short but turbulent NASL career
[OBITUARY] The great Portuguese star Eusebio, who died of heart failure on Sunday at the age of 71, was arguably the bestplayer of his generation after Pele. He led Benfica to the 1962 European Cup title, won the Ballon d’Or as the European Player of the Year in 1965 and scorednine goals in leading Portugal […]
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OBITUARY: Jack Hynes (1920-2013)
National Soccer Hall of Famer Jack Hynes passed away Saturday at the age of 92 at his home in Staten Island, N.Y. The Scottish-born U.S. international starredin the American Soccer League in a 23-year career interrupted only by service in World War II, where he was injured in the Battle of the Bulge. Hynes returned […]