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 The
National Soccer Hall of Fame will host the New York State Public
High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Coaches Clinic on
Friday, May 20th. Hall of
Famer
Paul Caligiuri
(Class of 2004), current men’s and women’s soccer coach at Cal
Poly Pomona will be the keynote speaker for the event, providing
both a lecture section and an on-filed session. “ I am looking
forward to working with the coaches, “ Paul said in accepting
the invitation to speak. “I firmly believe we need to find ways
to teach the skills and tactics of soccer through game playing.
I want to share my philosophy and some specific games I use to
coach my players.”
“We anticipate another large
turnout,” Mike Andrews, Section IV soccer coordinator and local
organizer, said. “Each year we have seen the attendance for this
clinic grow. It is a testament to the Hall of Fame’s drawing
power and the Hall’s ability to attract some of the best coaches
and teachers of soccer in America!”
Caligiuri
starred for the U.S. Men’s
National Team in the 1980's and 1990's, famously scoring the
game winning goal against Trinidad and Tobago in 1989 that sent
the U.S. to its first World Cup finals in 40 years. Following
the 1990 World Cup, he played professionally in Germany before
returning as a founding player to Major League Soccer in 1996.
He concluded his MLS career in 2001, playing his last game in a
Los Angeles Galaxy victory in the final of the Lamar Hunt U.S.
Open Cup. MLS Commissioner Don Garber said, as he presented Paul
for induction into the Hall of Fame, “Paul Caligiuri is the
reason we build Halls of Fame."
Besides
Caligiuri, this year's
clinic will feature Binghamton University's Men's
Soccer Coach Paul Marco, Farmingham State's Goalkeeping Coach
Christopher Benjamin, Connecticut Jr. Soccer Association
Director of Coaching Jim Lennox, Niskayuna Girls Head Coach
Bryce Colby, and NYS Soccer Rules Interpreter Kevin McGoff.
Click the image
to download the brochure for the 2005 NYSPHSAA Coaches Clinic
About the National Soccer Hall
of Fame and Museum
 Located in
Oneonta, NY, the National Soccer Hall of Fame opened a 30,000
square foot, state-of-the-art museum in 1999. The Hall of Fame
tells the story of soccer in
America through artifacts, photographs, and video clips. The new
Hall features an extensive interactive, youth oriented Kicks
Zone where visitors have fun kicking,
heading and playing computer trivia stations and video
soccer games. The VideoWall portrays some of the greatest
moments and the greatest goals in history as well as live soccer
action with World Cup, MLS, and U.S. Soccer matches. Unique and
rare artifacts on exhibit range from the world’s oldest soccer
ball to the FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy won by the USA in
1999,
Pelé's and Mia Hamm’s uniforms, Kristine Lilly’s golden
shoes, NASL championship rings, the original MLS championship
trophy, MLS gallery - it’s all at the National Soccer Hall of
Fame. In addition to the interactive Museum, the National Soccer
Hall of Fame complex boasts the
Kicks
Zone Store,
a research library, four world-class soccer fields and
office/meeting facilities. The Hall plans to add a stadium, an
indoor soccer arena and housing facilities in the future.
The mission of
the National Soccer Hall of Fame is to celebrate the history,
honor the heroes, inspire the youth and preserve the legacy of
soccer in the United States.
The National
Soccer Hall of Fame is open every day of the year, except
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. Admission is $9.00 for
adults, $8.00 for students, $6.50 for children 6 or older and
senior citizens. Children 5 and under are free.
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