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  Revolution's Nicol wins coach of the year award: 10/17/02
This year, Nicol moved from assistant coach to interim head coach when Fernando Clavijo was fired on May 23 with a 2-4-1 record.
He was a player coach for the Boston Bulldogs of the A League from 1999 to 2001 and joined Clavijo's staff last Jan. 10.
Voting for the coaching award was completed before the playoffs.
www.s-t.com /daily/10-02/10-17-02/b01sp088.htm   (470 words)

  
 Major League Soccer - Free net encyclopedia
MLS was formed on December 17, 1993, in fulfillment of U.S. Soccer's promise to FIFA to establish a "Division One" professional football (soccer) league in exchange for the staging of the FIFA World Cup USA 1994 in the United States.
MLS is expected to expand by two new teams by the 2007 season, with Toronto having been approved by the league, and whose city council has approved the construction of a soccer-specific stadium.
MLS experimented in settling tie games with golden goal overtime periods from 2000 to 2003 (the tie would stand if no team scored after ten minutes), but in 2004 dropped the extra session, turning to a more traditional model of letting ties stand.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Major_League_Soccer   (4166 words)

  
 Rapids' John Spencer Among Finalists for Three MLS Year-End Awards (November 10, 2003)
Following are the finalists for the 2003 Pepsi Goal of the Year, the MLS Coach of the Year, the ADT Defender of the Year and the ACE Comeback Player of the Year:
MLS Coach of the Year Name Team Note: Bob Bradley MetroStars In his first year as MetroStars Head Coach, Bob Bradley led the team's return to the MLS Cup Playoffs as he molded an overhauled roster and helped the team advance to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final, the club's first ever final appearance.
The all-time winningest coach in MLS history (93 victories) and the 1998 MLS Coach of the Year has led every MLS team he has coached to the postseason in his six-year career.
www.intermark.com /rapids/rp031110b.asp   (1778 words)

  
 Colorado Rapids. The official site of the Colorado Rapids Major League Soccer Team.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
MLS also announced the finalists for the Gatorade Rookie of the Year and the Official Sports International Referee of the Year.
The 29-year old was one of only four players in MLS to play every minute of every game (2,700) during the 2004 campaign, leading the League in saves (150) and save percentage (80 percent) while facing the most shots in the League (431).
The 28-year old was the final line of defense for a team that set a new MLS record by finishing the season with an 18-game undefeated streak, guarding the nets for 48 of the team's 49 total points on the season.
www.coloradorapids.com /news/newsdetails.asp?ID=736   (1200 words)

  
 GoPSUsports.com - Official Home of Penn State Athletics
In seven years his teams were 133-13-3, won an unprecedented five league championships, captured the PIAA State Championship in 1979, and were finalists in 1981.
The year was capped when in September of 1982, Brenda and Barry Gorman, at Hershey Medical Center, announced the arrival of their son, Trevor.
Coach Gorman, currently a Senior Staff Instructor for the NSCAA Coaching Academies, is a qualified USSF “A” Licensed coach, an Irish FA “A” Licensed coach and a former Irish FA staff coach.
www.gopsusports.com /SoccerM/people/coaches/coachProfile.cfm?sid=20   (1394 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Galaxy's Ruiz wins MVP award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
On Thursday, the 5-foot-9, 170-pound striker won the goal of the year award for a score against the Columbus Crew on July 27.
Last year's MVP was the Miami Fusion's Alex Pineda Chacon, who led the MLS with 19 goals and 47 points.
Bocanegra, rookie of the year in 2000, is the youngest winner of the award at 23 years, 5 months.
www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/mls/galaxy/2002-10-18-ruiz_x.htm   (772 words)

  
 Tell Me About: The MLS Coach of the Year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The most interesting fact to note about Major League Soccer's Coach of the Year award is that it has gone to only four different coaches in a year that their respective side has won an MLS Cup.
Since the Coach of the Year award is voted on before the playoffs begin, it often goes to the coach whose side had to best record during the regular season.
The MLS Coach of the Year is determined by a collection of votes from the media, MLS players and MLS coaches and general managers.
www.ussoccerplayers.com /news_you_can_use/526259.html   (746 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Nowak Is Finalist for Coach of the Year
Nowak Is Finalist for Coach of the Year
Peter Nowak, who has guided D.C. United to the MLS championship game in his first season coaching at any level, was named a finalist for the league's coach of the year award yesterday.
The draw will be held early next year in New York, with the two-leg quarterfinals scheduled to begin March 9, a few weeks before the start of the MLS season.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A35133-2004Nov8?language=printer   (588 words)

  
 Slidetackle Magazine - MLS News, Stories, Stats, and More...
NEW YORK (Tuesday, October 15, 2002) - The season-ending awards keep rolling in with the announcement that Chicago Fire defender Carlos Bocanegra has been selected as the 2002 ADT Defender of the Year.
MLS coaches, general managers, players and members of the Professional Soccer Reporters Association vote for the ADT Defender of the Year Award, for which goalkeepers are ineligible.
Also nominated for the award were San Jose's Wade Barrett and Alexi Lalas of the Los Angeles Galaxy.
www.slidetacklemagazine.com /mlspages/oct/2002poty101502.html   (388 words)

  
 News from around MLS
The hiring of all-time MLS wins leader Bob Bradley as its new head coach coincides with the launch of the team's new logo, the first re-design of the logo since the team's inception in 1996, as well as the unveiling of a new uniform design for the 2003 season.
MLS Honda MVP Carlos Ruiz netted a golden goal in sudden death overtime as the Los Angeles Galaxy captured their first MLS Cup championship with a dramatic 1-0 victory over the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
MLS coaches, general managers, players and members of the Professional Soccer Reporters Association (PSRA) voted to determine this star-studded lineup.
www.mysoccer.com /mls2/index.phtml   (5019 words)

  
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In the MLS semifinals, the MetroStars took on the Chicago Fire, an MLS finalist from the previous year.
The MetroStars advanced to the MLS Playoffs for the second-straight year but were unable to continue their scoring success in the postseason.
The comeback in the final three games of the year was symbolic of the season as a whole, as the young MetroStars staged several memorable comebacks before eventually clinching their playoff birth with a resounding 2-0 defeat over Chivas USA in their final match of the year.
www.nyc.gov /html/sports/html/metrostars_history.html   (1746 words)

  
 Illinois Youth Soccer Assoc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The 3-1 score line saw MLS Rookie of the Year candidate Damani Ralph tally one goal and two assists at Cardinal Stadium with both defender Kelly Gray and midfielder Justin Mapp tallying their second goals of the season.
Sarachan is fittingly nominated for the MLS Coach of the Year Award.
Coach Jeff Bernhardt wanted his successful soccer team that plays in the ILLOWA Soccer League to make a difference in the lives of others while staying in touch with each other during the off-season.
www.iysa.org /web/illinoiskicksEarlyNov03.html   (3193 words)

  
 The Voyageurs: Canadian Soccer Supporters - Onstad MLS Goalie of the Year
MLS also announced Wednesday that Toronto's Dwayne DeRosario, a San Jose Earthquakes teammate, is a finalist for MVP honours.
Former Liverpool defender Steve Nicol is up for coach of the year, putting him in position to win the honour for a second time in four seasons.
Two time goalie of the year (in three years) in MLS can't be denied.
www.canadian-soccer.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8056   (2076 words)

  
 MLS soccer: Virginia's West goes Project 40. Third recent Cavalier to sign with MLS.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Hoosiers coach Jerry Yeagley said junior midfielder Lazo Alavanja and sophomore striker Dema Kovalenko are near decisions on whether to turn pro.
Alavanja, who is currently with the U.S. national team, was second in the voting for the Missouri Athletic Club's Player of the Year award and has 24 goals and 23 assists 71 points while in Bloomington.
Project 40 participants are paid the league minimum of $24,000, receive a small stipend from Nike, believed to be about $7,000 annually, and $7,500 per year for up to five years to finish their education.
www.soccertimes.com /mls/1998/jan19.htm   (388 words)

  
 Men's Coaches   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
He won the Hermann Trophy as college soccer's player of the year while leading Duke to the 1986 NCAA championship and, from 1998 to 1999, he served as player/coach for the Boston Bulldogs of the professional A-League.
And in 1997 and 1998, Kerr was the head junior varsity coach and assistant varsity coach at Wellesley High School in Wellesely, MA.
He is 36 years old and married to Tracy Kerr, a former assistant coach with the Crimson women's soccer team who now serves as the head coach at Providence College.
www.fas.harvard.edu /~husoccer/m_coaches.htm   (902 words)

  
 College Soccer News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This is the second year in a row that she is a finalist for the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy.
He was MLS Coach of the Year in 2004, but recently relieved of his coaching duties on July 12th after spending nine seasons with the Columbus Crew.
In 1989 she was awarded the prestigious Hermann Award as the Nation’s top Division I women’s soccer player, as well as the Honda-Broderick Award as the top female athlete in the nation.
www.southernsoccerscene.com /college.htm   (16114 words)

  
 MLS: Lalas announces end to his playing career after Kansas City finale.
He made 98 appearances for the United States national team, received the 1995 U.S. Soccer “Athlete of the Year” award, became the only American ever to play in Italy's Serie A in the modern era and was named to the Gannett News Services' United States Soccer "All-Century Team".
The Birmingham, Mich. native appeared in 110 MLS games, starting 108, and is the only player to be on the winning side of every MLS All-Star game (1996 and 1997 with the Eastern Conference, 1998 with the MLS USA side and 1999 with the Western Conference).
His last MLS goal, a diving header against the Dallas Burn on September 19 which tied the game at 1-1 in the 86th minute, is the leading Wizards candidate for the 1999 “Goal of the Year.”
www.soccertimes.com /mls/1999/oct09.htm   (1080 words)

  
 Tell Me About: The MLS Rookie of the Year Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
And of the 10 recipients of this award, three players have gone on to play in a World Cup (Ben Olsen, Carlos Bocanegra, and Clint Dempsey), while several others such as Steve Ralston and Kyle Martino have been regulars with the U.S. national team since their winning the award.
While there have been many rookies to play an influential role in their team's success, there might not be a player who contributed as much in his first year in MLS than Ralph in 2003.
The MLS Rookie of the Year award is determined by a collection of votes from the media, MLS players and MLS coaches and general managers.
ussoccerplayers.com /latest_soccer_news/526362.html   (521 words)

  
 CNN/SI - MLS Soccer - Fire's Bradley named MLS Coach of the Year - Tuesday October 20, 1998 05:07 PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
PASADENA, California (AP) -- Bob Bradley, who led the expansion Chicago Fire to the third-best record in the league and the MLS Cup title game, was announced as Major League Soccer's Coach of the Year Award winner on Tuesday.
On Monday, Czech Lubos Kubik was announced as Defender of the Year and Zach Thornton took Goalkeeper of the Year honors.
Olsen, who left the University of Virginia after his junior year to join the MLS' and U.S. Soccer Federation's joint development program, played in 31 games, started 24 and scored four goals for the two-time defending champion.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/mls/news/1998/10/20/mls_awards   (325 words)

  
 MetroStars keeper Tim Howard joins Manchester United
The two-time MLS Best XI goalkeeper will leave the Metros for the prestigious club, as the team begins preseason training for the upcoming Premier League season, which kicks-off with Manchester United taking on Bolton Wanderers on Saturday, August 16 at Old Trafford in Manchester, England.
Howard has quickly ascended to the top of the MLS goalkeeping class and is widely recognized as one of the future goalkeepers for the U.S. National Team.
The three-time MLS All-Star (2001-2003) was born with a condition called Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by rapid and involuntary tics and vocalizations, Howard is now active in creating awareness for TS and on November 12, 2001, was named to the Board of Directors of the Tourette Syndrome Association of New Jersey (TSANJ).
www.mysoccer.com /mls3/met0714.phtml   (785 words)

  
 Clarett may challenge NFL rule - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
According to the article, Clarett's mother, who is the chief deputy clerk for the Municipal Court of Youngstown, is researching the process of challenging the NFL in court.
Los Angeles coach Sigi Schmid, a Giants fan as a youngster who will be pulling for San Francisco in the World Series, hopes his own team can snap an 0-3 record in MLS title games.
Revolution coach Steve Nicol won the MLS Coach of the Year award for taking over a struggling New England Revolution team and leading them to the championship game.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_97285.html   (2030 words)

  
 In first year as coach, Bradley ’80 leads Chicago Fire into MLS championship,By NOAH TRISTER,Friday, October 23, ...
Two years after being named the Division I Men’s Coach of the Year, however, he decided the time had come for a new challenge.
That meant reuniting with one of the premier soccer coaches in America – Bruce Arena, for whom Bradley served as an assistant at the University of Virginia from 1982-1983.
The relationship between the two coaches adds an ironic subplot to Sunday’s title game – Arena, who is expected to be the next head coach of the United States National Team, is still the head of D.C. United’s brain trust.
www.dailyprincetonian.com /Content/1998/10/23/sports/trister.html   (776 words)

  
 Los Angeles GaLAxy Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
MLS Cup 2003, Major League Soccer's eighth championship game, will be played on Sunday, November 23 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., with the Chicago Fire and San Jose Earthquakes each looking to capture their second MLS title in the match.
The MLS Commissioner's Award is presented to the group or individual that has made a difference in the League and the sport in America.
MLS coaches, general managers, players, the Professional Soccer Reporters Association and referees assigned to MLS recognized Brian Hall, an MLS referee since 1996, as the Official Sports International (OSI) Referee of the Year.
www.la-soccer.com /Late_News/prior_press_rels/press_release0311.htm   (19619 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Soccer - US - Notebook: MLS Cup ticket sales over 30,000 - Tuesday October 15, 2002 11:47 AM
Posted: Tuesday October 15, 2002 11:47 AM Some 30,000 tickets have been sold for Sunday's MLS Cup already, and there is a chance that this week's final will exceed the league record of 57,431 for a Cup (set by D.C. in 1997), given the New England Revolution's historically strong support.
Gulati had offered to talk to Nicol about his contract status after the season ended, which was anticipated to be Oct. 22, before Nicol and the Revolution charged their way into the finals.
Speaking of Nicol, he has a solid chance to win the MLS Coach of the Year Award, meaning the league may have to rename the prize the Interim Coach of the Year.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/us/news/2002/10/15/us_notebook   (578 words)

  
 Welcome to GoLive CyberStudio
As you know, the Galaxy were crowned MLS Cup Champions for the first time in its seven year history in front of a record breaking crowd of 61,316 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA.
MLS Honda MVP Carlos Ruiz netted a golden goal in sudden death overtime as the Los Angeles Galaxy captured its first MLS Cup championship with a dramatic 1-0 victory over the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium this past Sunday.
Schmid, who was the 1999 MLS Coach of the Year, led Galaxy to its fifth Western Conference title in seven MLS seasons and the Supporters Shield, with the best record in MLS (16-9-3, 51 pts.).
www.la-soccer.com /Late_News/prior_press_rels/press_release0210.htm   (12145 words)

  
 MLSLI.com - Press Releases
Last year’s recipient of the award, Marie Costello, presented Lee with the honor.
During his career, Lee was the recipient for the prestigious LIBOR Realtor of the Year Award in 1988 and the Long Island Commercial Network Realtor-Member of the Year Award in 2000.
He has served the MLS as Zone 1 Chairman from 1976-1980, served on the MLS Board of Directors from 1976-1984, held the position of MLS Treasurer in 1982 and in 1983 was MLS Suffolk Vice President.
www.mlslirealtor.com /pr_2005lifeaward.cfm   (472 words)

  
 ESPN.com - NCF - LSU's Saban snags Coach of the Year honors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
He told the players that now was the time to voice any frustration over the rankings, because after that, they could only talk about the next game.
The second-ranked Tigers won a school-record 12 games, captured their second SEC title in three years, and earned a berth in the Sugar Bowl against No. 3 Oklahoma with a chance to win the school's second national title.
Saban learned the trade as an assistant to coaches like Don James, Earle Bruce and George Perles in college as well as Jerry Glanville and Bill Belichick in the NFL.
sports.espn.go.com /ncf/news/story?id=1683552   (915 words)

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