[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 […]
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Freshman Alioto drowns in swimming pool
[NORTHERN MICHIGAN] Arianna Alioto, an 18-year-old redshirt freshman on Division II Northern Michigan, drowned in a poolat the school’s Physical Education Instructional Facility after a team workout. She was found unresponsive in the pool after the workout ended and her teammates left. After efforts torevive her, she was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Investigators […]
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OBITUARY: Mike Ryan (1935-2012)
Seattle, where the Sounders set an MLS attendance record with an average of 43,144 fans in 2012 and a new team will play in U.S. Soccer’s women’s league, owes a great debt to Mike Ryan, who passed away at the age of 77 in Seattle on Tuesday morning, the day before the new league was […]
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OBITUARY: Noel Lemon (1944-2012)
Noel Lemon, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 68, was perhaps best known as the general manager of the NASL Tulsa Roughnecks, but he also played apivotal role in the history of American soccer as the promoter of international matches in the late 1980s and early 1990s, providing much-needed competition for the […]
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New York murder victim was Red Bulls youth coach
[OBITUARY] A 25-year-old man found stabbed to death in Manhattan on Sunday morning was identified as Mike Jones, who was in his fifth year ofcoaching with the Red Bulls Youth Training Programs. “We are aware of this tragedy and on behalf of the entire organization want to send our most heartfelt condolences toMichael’s family, friends […]
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Girls ODP and MLS pioneer Betty D'Anjolell passes away
[OBITUARY] Betty D’Anjolell, a pioneer in the ODP and national girls team program and later Major Soccer League,died on Wednesday morning. She was a U.S. Youth Soccer regional administrator and later national chairperson of its girls ODP program in the 1980s. In 1994, she traveled with the U.S.under-19 women’s national team on its first trip […]