Former U.S. international Hernan “Chico” Borja, who starred for the New York Cosmos in the NASL’s last years, has died at the age of 61 after an extended battle with cancer. Borja was born in Ecuador and moved to New Jersey as a teenager. He starred at NJIT, then an NCAA Division III program, before […]
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Hall of Fame high school coach Ray Buss dies at the age of 92
Ray Buss, who won more than 500 games as the Fleetwood (Pa.) High School boys coach, died at the age of 92 on Jan. 13 at his home in Fleetwood. Buss was an All-American at Penn State in 1951 and part of Nittany Lions teams that shared the 1950 Soccer Bowl title with San Francisco […]
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Italian World Cup 1982 hero Paolo Rossi dies at the age of 64
Paolo Rossi, who led Italy to the 1982 World Cup title in the greatest individual comeback in the tournament’s history, died on Thursday morning at the age of 64. In the aftermath of the 1980 Totonero scandal in which 13 clubs and 33 players were involved in match-fixing, Rossi served a two-year ban, keeping him […]
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Diego, we hardly knew ye
With Diego Maradona‘s passing, I could not help but think how lucky we are today to get to see all of soccer’s stars, game in and game out. We didn’t get that chance with Maradona. On Tuesday, Barcelona played Dynamo Kyev in the UEFA Champions League. We’ll remember the game for Sergino Dest’s first Barcelona […]
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Tony Waiters, who led Canada to 1986 World Cup, dies at the age of 83
Englishman Tony Waiters, who coached Canada to its only appearance in the World Cup in 1986, died on Tuesday at the age of 83. Waiters earned five caps in goal for England in 1964 but retired as a player at the age of 30. He came to Canada in 1977 to coach the Vancouver Whitecaps […]
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1. Nobby Stiles: Hero who smothered Eusebio on the road to England’s greatest day By Oliver Kay (The Athletic) 2. ‘I was OK with being average’ – Dash star Mewis opens up on herlong road back to USWNT By Seth Vertelney (Goal.com) 3. In Italy, like everywherethe virus goes, it’s the discontent that’s contagious By […]
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Former Brown and Clemson men's head coach Trevor Adair dies
Former Brown and Clemson men’s head coachTrevor Adair has died. Clemson reported the passing of the Belfast native, who was recently listed as coaching in the Dillsburg Area Soccer Club in Pennsylvania. Adaircoached Clemson for 14 seasons (1995-2008) and is the second-winningest coach behind Dr. I. M. Ibrahim with a 174-91-26 record. In 2005, Clemson […]
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Total Soccer Show's popular co-host Daryl Grove passes away at the age of 40
Daryl Grove, the popular co-host of podcast Total Soccer Show, died on Thursday night at the age of 40 following a 22-month battle with colon and liver cancer. Grove, a native ofEngland, and business partner Taylor Rockwell started Total Soccer Show in 2009 as a a half-hour radio show in Richmond, Virginia, but it soon […]
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Indiana great Ken Snow dies at the age of 50
Ken Snow, one of the greatest players in the history of men’s college soccer, died on Sunday two days short of his 51st birthday. “He was the finest attacking player that I ever hadthe privilege of coaching,” former Indiana men’s head coach Jerry Yeagley said of Snow in a statement. Snow, who hailed from […]
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Longtime U.S. Soccer and North Texas executive Bob Black dies
Bob Black, a longtime soccer administrator at the national, regional and state level, died on Saturday after a long illness. His work for the North Texas State Soccer Associationwent back to the 1980s when he wrote the rules for affiliated indoor soccer in North Texas. He was U.S. Soccer’s deputy executive director from 1992-99, where […]