Brian Quinn (soccer)
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| Date of birth | 24 May 1960 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Larne | ? | (?) | |||||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Everton | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1981 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 21 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Montreal Manic | 55 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 32 | (25) | |||||||||||
| 1984 | San Diego Sockers | 20 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1984–1991 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 255 | (155) | |||||||||||
| 1988 | Hamilton Steelers | 14 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | USSF | |||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | → San Diego Sockers (loan) | 16 | (5) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | United States | 48 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | San Diego Sockers | |||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 |
San Jose Clash | |||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | San Diego Sockers | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2017 | University of San Diego (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2018– | University of San Diego | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Brian Quinn (born 24 May 1960) is a Northern Irish-American
Major Indoor Soccer League. He later coached in the Continental Indoor Soccer League and Major League Soccer.[1]
Player
Professional
As a youth, Quinn had preferred
Major Indoor Soccer League as the NASL collapsed. He also played a season in the Canadian Soccer League in the late '80s with the Hamilton Steelers.[3] Brian played seven MISL seasons Sockers winning six championships. In 1987, he played one outdoor season with the Hamilton Steelers of the Canadian Soccer League. In August 1991, he announced that he was leaving the team to sign with the US national team.[4] In October 1991, the national team sent Quinn on loan back to the Sockers until January 1992.[5]
National team
Quinn earned 48 caps for the
1994 World Cup squad. He scored his only international goal in a 3–0 win over Guatemala. He made his debut against the Republic of Ireland in a friendly played at Foxboro Stadium.[6]
Quinn was most recently nominated to US Soccer's National Soccer Hall of Fame Veteran's ballot.[7]
Coach
In February 1995, the
San Diego Sockers. He remained with them until the team ceased operations at the end of 2004. He has launched the Brian Quinn School of Soccer. In 2008, he became an assistant coach with the University of San Diego men's team.[9] In addition, he furthers Youth Soccer Development as the Director of Younger Boys Soccer at the San Diego Soccer Club.[10]
He also wrote the foreword to the book, A History of the World Cup: 1930–2006, which was released in August 2007.[citation needed]
Awards and honors
In March 2013, Quinn was one of six men named to the 2013 class of the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame. The other inductees are Gordon Jago, Preki, Kai Haaskivi, Zoltán Tóth, and Mike Stankovic.[11]
References
- U-T San Diego. San Diego. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Sockers' Quinn draws attention" Evening Tribune (San Diego) – Wednesday, 18 January 1984
- ^ "Brian Quinn soccer statistics on StatsCrew.com".
- ^ Quinn leaves Sockers, joins U.S. national team Evening Tribune (San Diego, California) – Tuesday, 6 August 1991
- ^ "Quinn signs on as temp for Sockers" Evening Tribune (San Diego) – Saturday, 26 October 1991
- ^ USA – Details of International Matches 1990–1994 Archived 29 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ US Soccer's National Hall of Fame nominees for 2012 Archived 4 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- San Diego Union-Tribune. San Diego. 14 February 1995.
- ^ "USD Toreros Coaching Profile". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ^ "San Diego Soccer Club Directors of Coaching". Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ Carrick, Buzz (5 March 2013). "Former Dallas Sidekicks Coach Gordon Jago Named 2013 Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame Inductee". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
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