Glenn Myernick

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Glenn Myernick
Personnel
birthday December 29, 1954
place of birth Trenton , New Jersey ,  United States
date of death October 9, 2006
Place of death Thornton , Colorado ,  USA
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
Hartwick College
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1977-1979 Dallas tornado 66 (2)
1980-1982 Portland Timbers 60 (0)
1983-1984 Tampa Bay rowdies 47 (0)
Indoor
Years station Games (goals) 1
1979-1980 Wichita Wings 15 (1)
1980-1982 Portland Timbers 28 (0)
1983-1984 Tampa Bay rowdies 28 (5)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1977-1979 United States 10 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1985 University of Tampa (Co-Tr.)
1986-1989 Hartwick College (Co-Tr.)
1989-1993 USA U-20 (Co-Tr.)
1993-1995 USA U-17
1995-1996 USA U-23 (Co-Tr.)
1997-2000 Colorado Rapids
2002-2006 USA (Co-Tr.)
2003-2004 USA U-23
1 Only league games are given.

Glenn Myernick (born December 29, 1954 in Trenton , New Jersey , † October 9, 2006 in Thornton , Colorado ) was an American football player and football coach. He won the Hermann Trophy in 1976 for his fairness to his opponents. During his time as an active soccer player, he played a total of eight years in the North American Soccer League and one year in the Major Indoor Soccer League . For the US national team, he ran 10 times. After retiring as a player, he worked as a coach for over 20 years.

Player career

Youth and college

Myernick played soccer at Lawrence High School in New Jersey. In 1974 he moved to Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York . Before that, he attended a local college. During this time he won the Hermann Trophy, which is given annually to the best college athletes in the country.

NASL

In 1976 the then coach of the Dallas Tornados , Al Miller , brought Myernick. In the tornadoes, he made it into the starting eleven straight away. 1980 Glenn Myernick was given to the Portland Timbers . In his first season there he was the team captain. After the Timbers stopped playing in 1982, Myernick moved to the Tampa Bay Rowdies . In 1984 the NASL was set and the rowdies continued to play as an independent team. In 1985 he announced the end of his career.

MISL

After Myernick left the Dallas Tornadoes, he briefly played for the Wichita Wings in Major Indoor Soccer League .

National team

He made a total of ten international matches and was even captain of the team in 1978 .

Coaching career

From 1986 to 1989, Myernick was an assistant coach at Hartwick College. In 1989 he became assistant coach of the U-20 national team. He then headed the U-17 national team.

In 1996 he became assistant coach of the US Olympic soccer team and was appointed assistant coach of the US national team at the 2002 World Cup . After the World Cup, he trained the U-23s in order to be allowed to act as assistant coach again at the 2006 World Cup . From 1997 to 2000 he was also the coach of the Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer .

On October 9, 2006, Glenn Myernick succumbed to a heart attack that he suffered four days earlier.

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personal data
SURNAME Myernick, Glenn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American soccer player and soccer coach
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Trenton , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 2006
Place of death Thornton , Colorado