Frank Yallop

Frank Yallop
Personnel
Surname	Frank Walter Yallop
birthday	April 4th 1964
place of birth	Watford ,  England
position	Defender
Juniors
Years	station
1982-1983	Ipswich Town
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1983-1996	Ipswich Town	316 (7)
1995	→  Blackpool FC  (loan)	3 (0)
1996-1998	Tampa Bay Mutiny	88 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1990-1997	Canada	52 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2001-2003	San Jose Earthquakes
2004-2006	Canada
2006-2007	Los Angeles Galaxy
2008-2013	San Jose Earthquakes
2013-2015	Chicago Fire
1 Only league games are given.

Frank Walter Yallop (born April 4, 1964 in Watford , Hertfordshire ) is a Canadian football coach and former player.

The England- born defender spent much of his playing career at Ipswich Town .

Club career

Frank Yallop grew up in Vancouver , British Columbia . In 1983 he signed a contract with the then first division club Ipswich Town. In total, he played 385 games (including the trophy) with the club in 13 years and scored 8 goals. Yallop was relegated to the second division with Ipswich in 1986 and was still in the team's squad six years later when they were promoted to the new Premier League .

After his long time in England, he moved to North America in 1996 to join the then newly emerging Major League Soccer . In the MLS Inaugural Player Draft, he was selected by Tampa Bay Mutiny . By the end of the 1998 season, he was on the court at every Tampa game.

National team

In 1990 he made his debut for the Canadian national soccer team during the NAFC championship against the USA . He played his last game for Canada in November 1998 against Costa Rica.

Coaching career

In 2004 he became the coach of the Canadian national soccer team, before moving back to the MLS at Los Angeles Galaxy in 2006 . He failed to get the Galaxys into the play-offs in 2006 and 2007.

At the beginning of November 2007, he announced that he would go back to his old club, San José Earthquakes, which he had already coached from 2001 to 2003. Yallop's team won the MLS Supporters' Shield in the 2012 season , but started comparatively poorly in the 2013 season. On June 7, 2013, Yallop was then dismissed. On October 31, 2013, he took over the post as head coach and sports director at Chicago Fire .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article on mlssoccer.com (English), accessed June 8, 2013
2. ^ Chicago Fire Names Frank Yallop as New Head Coach and Director of Soccer. Chicago Fire, October 31, 2013, accessed May 20, 2019 . 

Web links

• Profile at the Canadian Association ( Memento from June 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )