[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 […]
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Gordon Preston: Detroit soccer pioneer (1927-2012)
Gordon Preston, one of the soccer pioneers in Detroit at both the grassroots and professional levels, died on Saturday at the age of 85. Preston was bestknown for helping bring the NASL’s Express — and English star Trevor Francis — to Detroit. A native of Farnsworth, England, Preston came toDetroit in 1956, helped start soccer […]
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Crew's Urso remembered as hard-working and humble and funny
[OBITUARY] Kirk Urso, the Columbus Crew rookie who died unexpectedly Sunday morning, was remembered by players andcoaches as a hard-working young man who fulfilled his dream of being a pro, starting for the Crew to open the 2012 season despite being passed over in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Policeofficers arrived at Park Street Patio, a […]
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OBITUARY: Alkis Panagoulias (1934-2012)
Greek-American Alkis Panagoulias, only the second full-time U.S. national team coach in history, died on Monday at his home in Vienna, Va., at the age of78. Panagoulias had first made a name for himself as the coach of the Greek-Americans, the New York club that he coached to three straight U.S. Open Cup titles in […]
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OBITUARY: Yoram Mwila (1991-2012)
Yoram Mwila, a promising young Zambian player who had played college soccer the last three years at Akron and VCU, died early Saturday morning from injurieshe suffered in a car accident in Lusaka, Zambia. Mwila, the son of the former Zambian defense minister Ben Mwila, had only arrived for the summer from VCUthe day before. […]
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D.C. United fans to honor Chico Solares
D.C. United’s Barra Brava and other supporters groups will hold a minute of silence to honor Chico Solares during the 12th minute, from 11:00-11:59, ofWednesday’s game against Montreal. Solares, who was one of D.C. United’s strongest supporters, died suddenly Tuesday night. He was one of the elders of the Barra Brava, United’sbest-known supporters group. At […]