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 […]
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Uche Okafor found dead in Texas home
Former Nigerian international Uche Okafor, who played more than 100 games for MLS’s Kansas City, was found dead in his Texas home on Thursday. The Associated Pressreported that Okafor’s body was discovered Thursday by his wife, who left work and returned home when she was unable to reach him by phone. The Tarrant County Medical […]
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OBITUARY: Avi Cohen (1956-2010)
Avi Cohen, the first Israeli player to play in England’s top league, died Wednesday from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident last week. Cohen, the longtime captain of the Israeli national team, was one the first Israeli players to sign for a major European team when he joined Liverpool in 1979 and scored both a […]
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OBITUARY: Enzo Bearzot (1927-2010)
[ITALY] Enzo Bearzot, the pipe-smoking coach who led Italy to its 1982 World Cup championship, died after a long illnessat the age of 83. Bearzot took over the Azzurri in 1977 and coached one of the greatest generation of Italian players, led by Paolo Rossi, the starof their 1982 championship team. After scraping through the […]
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OBITUARY: John Kluge (1914-2010)
John Kluge, one of the richest men in the United States and an original investor in Major League Soccer, died Tuesday at the age of 95. TheMetroStars were named after Metromedia, the media company Kluge owned for many years and made him a billionaire. Kluge and his business associate StuartSubotnick operated the MetroStars from their […]
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Caribbean soccer star gunned down in Brooklyn
St. Lucia national team striker Isidore Philip Tisson was gunned down execution-style Sunday night in Brooklyn hours after he had scored the winning goal tolead a team representing St. Lucia to the final of the annual Digicel Caribbean Cup. The St. Lucia team will play the championship game against Jamaica in honor of Tisson, killedoutside […]
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OBITUARY: Francisco Varallo (1910-2010)
Argentine Francisco Varallo, the last surviving player from the first World Cup in 1930, died Monday at the age of 100. Varallo, nicknamednicknamed “Canoncito” (little canon) for his powerful shot, played in Argentina’s 4-2 loss in the final to Uruguay in Montevideo after missing the semifinals against the United States withan injury. “I was a […]