Bruce Miller (soccer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | May 25, 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Position(s) |
Defender | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1976 |
Simon Fraser Clan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975 |
Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | (0) |
| 1975 |
Seattle Sounders | 1 | (0) |
| 1978–1980 |
Seattle Sounders | 24 | (2) |
| 1979–1980 |
Cleveland Force (indoor) | 9 | (4) |
| 1982–1983 |
Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 39 | (4) |
| 1983 |
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (indoor) | 1 | (2) |
| 1984 | Minnesota Strikers | 13 | (1) |
| 1984–1986 | Minnesota Strikers (indoor) | 51 | (8) |
| International career | |||
| 1975–1984 | Canada | 8 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–2002 | Cleveland Crunch | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bruce Miller (born May 25, 1957) is a
National Professional Soccer League titles. He now coaches youth soccer in Northern Ohio
.
Player
Youth
Miller played collegiate soccer with
NAIA national men's soccer championship
finals in 1975 and won the championship 1976.
Professional
In 1975, Miller began playing with the
Minneapolis, Minnesota and renamed the team the Minnesota Strikers
. Miller made the move north and continued to play for the Strikers in the NASL's last season, 1984. The Strikers then moved to the MISL where Miller played two indoor seasons. Miller was forced to retire in 1986 due to complications from knee injury.
National team
Miller played eight times for Canada. He made his 1975 debut against Cuba at 17 years, 6 months of age which until as recently as the late 1990s was (and still may be) the youngest 'A' international debut of a Canadian. Miller went on to play 6 more times in 1980, and a final time in 1984 against Haiti.
Coach
After his retirement from playing, Miller spent six years coaching soccer at the Minnesota Sports Center. Miller was head coach of the
National Professional Soccer League for 5+1⁄2 seasons. The Crunch hired him in September 1995.[1] He led them to two league championships, in 1996 and 1999. The Crunch fired him in March 2002.[2]
Miller is currently an Under-11 and U-13 coach with the Northern Alliance Soccer League.
References
External links
- NASL/MISL stats
- Bruce Miller at the Canadian Soccer Association
- Bruce Miller at National-Football-Teams.com