Mike Ammann

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Mike Ammann
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-02-08) February 8, 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Orange, California, United States
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1990–1993 Cal State Fullerton Titans
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989 Los Angeles Heat 2 (0)
1993 East Los Angeles Cobras
1994–1996 Charlton Athletic 30 (0)
1996–1998
Kansas City Wizards
 60 (0)
1999–2000
MetroStars
 46 (0)
2001 D.C. United 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mike Ammann (born February 8, 1971) is an American former professional

soccer player who played as a goalkeeper in England and Major League Soccer
.

Youth

Ammann was born in

USISL
.

Professional

After Mike Stevens, the director of Charlton Athletic, saw Ammann play in the 1994 NCAA Final Four, he offered him a trial. Ammann played for Charlton Athletic in the second tier of English football from 1994 to 1996.

When

MLS Goalkeeper of the Year
award. Before the 1999 season, Ammann was traded to the
MetroStars with Mark Chung for Tony Meola and Alexi Lalas. That season the MetroStars squad finished with the worst record in league history. However, Ammann played well despite the lack of success, and was named Defensive Player of the Year two seasons in a row.[citation needed
] The 2000 season was Ammann's best as the Metros went through a rebirth. Ammann was selected to the 2000 MLS All Star game and started in goal for the Eastern Conference.[3]

Injuries and retirement

Ammann missed the last five weeks of the 2000 MLS season after

Chicago Fire
2–0.

With the emergence of

allocation before the 2001 MLS season. Injuries dogged him, however, and he retired after not playing a minute in 2002. Ammann's doctor had never performed the procedure prior to operating on Ammann and left him permanently disabled. Ammann suffers disabilities in his right and left arms and hands. Dr. Hazel was found guilty by a jury of malpractice in D.C. Courts.[5]

Post-soccer career

Since 2003, Ammann worked in information technology and became the director of channel sales at Tintri. Ammann worked for Hitachi, ViON and EMC. In 2010, Ammann founded Twenty-Four Seven Goalkeeper, a goalkeeper academy in the Northern Virginia area, which taught both boys and girls of all ages.[6] Ammann then merged 247GK with GK Icon and founded GK Icon USA some time before 2013.[7] Ammann is currently the President of Purechannels, a global B2B Channel Marketing Agency. www.purechannels.com

Honors

Individual

References

  1. ^ "1989 Western Soccer League Standings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  2. ^ Mater Dei Goalie Ammann to play soccer for Titans
  3. ^ "2000 MLS All-Star Game | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2021-01-13.
  4. ^ "What Ever Happened To: Mamadou Diallo | MLSSoccer.com".
  5. ^ Soccer365 Interview [permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Travis Clark. "What Ever Happened To: Mike Ammann". Twenty-Four Seven Goalkeeper web site. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  7. ^ "Staff: Coach: Mike Ammann". Archived from the original on September 17, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  8. ^ "2000 MLS All-Star Game". MLSsoccer.com. July 29, 2000. Retrieved July 28, 2023.

External links

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