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 […]
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Vadao's death prompts outpouring of testimonials from both Brazilian women's and men's stars
Vadao, who coached Brazil at the last two Women’s WorldCups, died on Monday at the age of 63. Vadao, who suffered from liver cancer, coached Brazil at the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada, where it fell to Australia in the round of 16 afterwinning all three groups by shutout, and at the 2016 Olympics, […]
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Former NASL and Cornell coach Dan Wood dies at the age of 73
Dan Wood, who took Bruce Arena‘s Cornell University to the NCAA final four at the age of 26 and later coached in the NASL and ASL, died on Thursday at the age of 73 in Port St. Lucie,Florida, from heart failure following a long illness. His college coaching career spanned five decades, from five years […]
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Former U.S. national team defender Dan Canter dies at the age of 58
Former U.S. national team player DanCanter died recently at his home in Las Vegas at the age of 58. Canter, a defender, played nine times for the USA in 1983-85, including every minute of all six games in 1984-85 duringthe unsuccessful 1986 World Cup qualifying campaign that ended with a 1-0 loss to Costa Rica […]
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Pro soccer pioneer Robert Hermann dies at the age of 97
National Soccer Hall of Famer Robert Hermann died recently at the age of 97. Hermann was one of the driving forces in getting the outlaw National Professional Soccer League off theground in 1967 as its president and was the owner of the St. Louis Stars in the NPSL for its one season and then in […]