Bob Kap, who died on Sunday at the age of 87, is best known as the godfather of soccer-style kickers, but he was also an American soccer pioneer, who tookthe Dallas Tornado on the longest tour in the history of soccer — six months with games in 19 countries on five continents, including two games […]
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'Franchise player' fatally stabbed at birthday party
[AROUND THE NET] Conor Reynolds, a star soccer player at Springfield (Mass.) Cathedral High School, was fatally stabbedin the neck Saturday night outside a local restaurant that recently lost its liquor license and was hosting a birthday party that drew 250 attendees. “His life ended over little orno provocation by someone he didn’t even know, […]
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OBITUARY: Gabbo Gavric (1938-2010)
Gabbo Gavric, one of the great pioneers of American professional soccer and a placekicker ofdistinction in the NFL, died on Saturday after a long illness. Gavric was lured from hisnative Yugoslavia when pro soccer was launched in 1967. He won championships with the Oakland Clippers and Dallas Tornado and later played for and coached the […]