Where Are They Now ?


Jill Beauchesne of the the U.S. National Soccer Team Player Association and the on-line journal Round Not Oval reports her conversations with Hall of Famers.

 

Walter Bahr (Class of '76)
Walter is one of those guys who is good at every sport he tries - whether it be soccer, football, basketball, racquetball, or golf, Walter knows how to put up a good fight. more>

Raymond Bernabei (Class of '78)
Ray predicted in 1952 that it would take fifty years for soccer to become popular in the United States. more>

Frank Borghi (Class of '76)
Frank was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1976, says it’s a good thing he gave the goalkeeper position a try - otherwise, he thinks he never would have made it very far as a soccer player. more>

George Brown (Class of '95)
George,
part of the only father-son tandem in the Hall of Fame, has a lot to say about U.S. soccer history, the National Soccer Hall of Fame, and playing soccer around the world. more>

Paul Caligiuri (Class of '04)
Paul is truly a pioneer in the contemporary age of American soccer - he was the first American-born player to land a major playing contract overseas in the professional European leagues and also was a major force on the 1990 and 1994 World Cup teams. more>

Efrain Chacurian (Class of '92)
Chico may be 80 years old, but he feels thirty years younger. more>

Paul Child (Class of '03)
Born in Birmingham, England, Paul, one of the leading goal scorers in North American Soccer League (NASL) history, has lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for over 25 years. more>

Paul Danilo (Class of '97)
Inducted to the Hall in 1997, Duts played for the Morgan Soccer Club of Western Pennsylvania’s Keystone League. more>

  April Heinrichs (Class of '98)
As head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team, April has come a long way from the days when she used old Readers Digest magazines as shin guards.

Shannon Higgins-Cirovski (Class of '02)
Shannon, a member of the 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup championship team, retired from soccer following this inaugural women’s tournament. more>

Nicholas Kropfelder (Class of '96)
Nick currently lives in Catonsville, Maryland, and spends most of his summer days at Ocean City, where he has perfected the art of relaxing nearly as much as he perfected the sport of soccer. more>

John Nanoski (Class of '93)
Jukey started playing soccer when he was 12 years old, only the soccer ball he used back in the 1930’s looked a lot different than the soccer balls of today - it was smaller, thicker, and brown - resembling a handball. more>

Len Oliver (Class of '96)
Len found success early as a soccer player. He won National Junior Titles with the Lighthouse Boys Club (1947-48) and a Philadelphia Amateur League title with the Kensington Blue Bells, and citywide high school titles with Northeast High School. more>

Alan Willey (Class of '03)
Alan inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2003 during the commemoration of the National American Soccer League (NASL), is originally from England. more>

Michael Windischmann (Class of '04)
Michael entered the National Soccer Hall of Fame in October 2004 in a “star-studded class” that included Eric Wynalda, Michelle Akers, and Paul Caliguiri. more>

 

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