Dr. Thomas Fleck, one of the original national staff coaches with U.S. Soccer and instructor for U.S. Soccer for 30 years, died on Dec. 24. Fleck was an All-American at West Chester State University and played for the Uhrik Truckers. He was men’s coach at Lehigh University (1965-78) and general manager of the NASL’s PhiladelphiaFury […]
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OBITUARY: Cate (1973-2011)
Former Brazilian star Cate, who had a brief but spectacular tenure in MLS with the New England Revolution, died Tuesday morning when his car crashed into atruck in the city of Ipe. Cate scored eight goals and eight assists in 22 MLS games for Revs and helped them reach the 2001 U.S. Open Cup final, […]
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OBITUARY: Shaun Pendleton (1961-2011)
Appalachian State men’s coach Shaun Pendleton, who held the record for the highest winning percentage in Division II history, died on Tuesday. The49-year-old Englishman was found in his Boone, N.C., home on Tuesday. Foul play is not suspected. “The entire Appalachian family is stunned and saddened by the loss of CoachPendleton,” ASU director of athletics […]
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FC Dallas player and broadcaster Bobby Rhine remembered
Bobby Rhine, who played nine seasons with FC Dallas and later worked as a color commentator, died Monday night of an apparent heart attack in Florida, wherehe was vacationing with his family. Rhine, who is survived by his wife Beven and two children, was 35. BuzzCarrick recalls Rhine as “always happy, upbeat and positive. Bobby […]
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OBITUARY: Jan van Beveren (1948-2011)
Jan van Beveren, one of the great Dutch goalkeepers of all-time and one of the best goalies to move from abroad to play in the old NASL, died Sunday at hishome in Houston, where he had settled and coached youth soccer. Van Beveren starred at PSV Eindhoven when it won the UEFA Cup in 1978. […]
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OBITUARY: Dennis Marshall (1985-2011)
Dennis Marshall, who scored the equalizer for Costa Rica in its Gold Cup quarterfinal match on Saturday at the New Meadowlands Stadium, was killed Thursdayafternoon, along with his wife, Meylin Masis Castro, when his Mazda collided with a truck 12 miles east of the Costa Rican capital of San Jose in themountainous region of El […]
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OBITUARY: Tom McEwen (1923-2011)
Tampa didn’t make it as an MLS market, but back in the day it was as big or bigger than NASL markets such as Seattle or Portland that have become huge hits in MLS. A lot of the credit goes to thethe former Tampa Tribune sports editor Tom McEwen, who died Sunday at the age […]
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OBITUARY: Olubayo Adefemi
Nigerian international defender Olubayo Adefemi was killed in a car accident Monday when he skidded off the wet road while driving from the northern Greektown of Kavala to an airport in Thessaloniki, where he was scheduled to fly home to make preparations for his wedding. Adefemi, 25, played for Nigeria in the 2005 Under-20 World […]
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Body of Brown assistant Chartier found in Connecticut
Denis Chartier, who had spent 16 seasons in two stints on the Brown women’s soccer coaching staff, was found dead in a parked car in a commuter parking loton Saturday after being reported missing almost three weeks earlier. Chartier had been last seen by his family members on the morning of Feb. 5 and then […]
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Guatemalan club official gunned down
Carlos Noe Gomez, the 32-year-old vice president of Guatemalan First Division club Deportivo Xinabajul, was shot to death Friday night by unidentified gunmena month after he complained about receiving death threats related to the squad’s poor performance. Gomez was leaving a team meeting in the northern province of Huehuetenango when twogunmen approached him and shot […]