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 […]
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Livorno's Morosini dies of heart attack
[ITALY] Italian Piermario Morosini, 25, died Saturday after suffering a heart attack and collapsing on the field duringLivorno’s Serie B match at Pescara. All matches in Italy were canceled after news of Morosini’s death. Both his parents had died when he was a teenager and his brother died shortly thereafter. Morosini fell to the ground […]
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The many sides of Giorgio Chinaglia
By Paul Gardner Which Giorgio? The Giorgio I enjoyed being with, the easy-going one with the boyish smile and the sense of humor? Or the Giorgio I admired, thegoal-scorer, the player who could always be relied upon to liven up any game because, with him on the field, the thought of a dour defensive struggle […]
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OBITUARY: Giorgio Chinaglia (1947-2012)
Italian Giorgio Chinaglia, who was the all-time leading scorer in the North American Soccer League, died Sunday of complications from a heart attack at hishome in Naples, Fla. The New York Cosmos had other great players like Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Johan Neeskens, but Chinaglia was in many ways the Cosmos, its leader from his […]
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Walter Bahr remembers John Souza
John “Clarkie” Souza, who died Sunday at the age of 91, wasn’t as well known as some other members of the 1950 U.S. World Cup team, but he wasone of its most talented players. “He was as skilled a player as I ever played with or against,” teammate Walter Bahr, one of twosurviving members of […]
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Young Stockton star killed at house party
[OBITUARY] Arturo Marquez Jr., a star for several Stockton (Calif.) area teams, including Monarcas FC Aztec Warriors,one of the nation’s top-ranked under-14 boys teams, was gunned down at a house party late Friday night in his hometown of Stockton. Marquez, 14, had just been invited to a camp being organized by theSan Jose Earthquakes for […]