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 […]
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OBITUARY: The multi-talented Josef Schulz
Austrian Josef Schulz, who lost his battle with cancer at the age of 61, is best known as the South Florida youth coach who discovered Jozy Altidore playing in a pickup game in his neighborhood and telling his father that his 8-year-old would one day play on the U.S. national team. But he was much […]
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OBITUARY: Phil Woosnam (1932-2013)
Phil Woosnam, who served as the commissioner of the North American League Soccer (1969-83) and under whose guidance pro soccer took off in the United States inthe 1970s, die Friday due to complications related to prostate cancer and Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 80 in Dunwoody, Ga. Less known is the fact he served […]
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U-17/18 academy standout Julio Chavez dies
[CHIVAS USA] Julio Chavez, a standout on the Chivas USA U-17/18 academy team that is hoping to return to theDevelopment Academy’s Finals Week, died Monday night, according to Chivas USA academy. Details of his death were not immediately available. Chavez, a forward, played on onChivas USA’s U-17/18 team in 2011-12 and 2012-13 and was called up to play […]
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Goldberg got Long Island soccer boom going
[OBITUARY] When Joe Goldberg and Ian McDougall founded the Oceanside UnitedSoccer Club in 1962, orange and blue were chosen as the colors of the new club. Not because they are the colors of the New York Mets that started play that year but because orange and blue are thecolors of Nassau County and Oceanside United […]
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Seattle man killed trying to dribble ball to Brazil
[OBITUARY] Seattle soccer enthusiast Richard Swanson, whose dream was to dribble a ball 10,000 miles to Brazil forcharity, was killed just a few weeks into his journey when he was struck by a pickup truck along U.S. 101 in Lincoln City, Ore. His website, breakawaybrazil.com, featured his trip from Seattle to Sao Paulo, which began […]
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OBITUARY: Julius Menendez (1922-2013)
Julius Menendez, who was the head coach of the U.S. boxing team and coached Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) to a gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics and was assistant coach on the U.S. soccer team at the 1972 Munich Olympics, passed away on April 14, two days before his 91stbirthday in Gilroy, Calif. Menendez, […]
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Florida teams support Rachel Price's family
[MEMORIAL] The Florida Premier League’s Space Coast United organized a memorial game last Sunday to support the family and memory of U.S. U-18 internationalRachel Price, who was killed in a car accident caused by a drunk driver Feb. 28 in St. Cloud, Fla. She was considered one of the best players to come out ofFlorida […]
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Mother of prep star dies of stroke suffered at final
[HAWAII] Kalani High School’s remarkable comeback in Saturday’s Hawaii High School Athletic Association boys final was marred by tragedy as the mother ofDivision I leading scorer Leo Klink was stricken with a brain hemorrhage. Hiroyo Klink left Oahu’s WaipioPeninsula Soccer Complex in an ambulance in the second half without telling her son of his situation. […]
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OBITUARY: Benny McLaughlin (1928-2012)
Benny McLaughlin, a forward whose international career for the USA extended from 1948-55 but who missed the 1950 World Cup because he couldn’t get off work,died on Dec. 27 at the age of 84. The Hall of Famer earned 12 caps and played on its 1948 Olympic team. He played for the USA during World […]