Ian Russell (soccer player)

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Ian Russell
Ian Russell holding MLS Cup trophy.jpg
Ian Russel with the Alan Rothenberg Trophy
after winning the MLS Cup in 2002
Personnel
birthday August 30, 1975
place of birth Seattle , Washington ,  USA
size 178 cm
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
1993-1997 University of Washington
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1998-1999 Seattle Sounders 38 (16)
2000-2005 San Jose Earthquakes 131 0(5)
2007 Los Angeles Galaxy 3 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2008-2016 San José Earthquakes (Co-Tr.)
2014 San José Earthquakes (interim)
2017– Reno 1868 FC
1 Only league games are given.

Ian Russell (born August 30, 1975 in Seattle , Washington ) is a retired American football player in the position of midfielder . After an early career in his home state, he came to California in the early 2000s , where he worked for the major league soccer franchises San José Earthquakes and Los Angeles Galaxy before retiring from active football and taking up his job focused as a trainer and soccer coach.

Club career

Career start and college football

Ian Russell was born on August 30, 1975 in Seattle, the largest city in the state of Washington and the largest city in the Pacific Northwest . After he grew up here and attended high school, he subsequently came to the University of Washington in 1993 , where he took part in the game of the men's soccer team of the Washington Huskies , the university sports department , in the same game . Since he could not play for five years in the team, he had a red shirt season in the course of his career there, in which he stayed away from the game and suspended for the 1995 game year.

With the Huskies he was used under the coach Dean Wurzberger as a core force and was mostly used by him in the right midfield, but occasionally also as a striker . During his time there, he stood out as a constant assistant and ranks ninth in the all-time top list of the Washington Huskies men's soccer team with the most assists in the course of his college career with 22 assists. With 28 goals, he barely made it into the top 10 of the Washington Huskies. As early as 1994, he led his team as the team's top scorer with nine goals and also led the team's best list with the most scorer points in this game year, with 22 scorer points (9 goals and 4 assists).

In the team he was used next to numerous later professional players, including goalkeeper Bill May , defender Craig Waibel , striker Jason Boyce , the national players Joe Franchino and Chad McCarty , defender Brandon Prideaux and various others. Russell, who came to the University of Washington on a sports scholarship, made it into the All Mountain Pacific Sports Federation First Team Selection twice in his college career (1994 as a striker and 1997 as a midfielder) . In 1996, he did not make it into any of the All-MPSF selections , but received an Honorable Mention . In addition, he was elected to the NSCAA -All-Far-West-Region-Third-Team in 1994, when he was still used as a striker , and in his senior year he was in the Soccer-America -Team- in calendar week 44 of 1997 of the week . He was also a four-time letterman (1993, 1994, 1996 and 1997) and made it to the second round of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship with the team in 1996 and 1997 .

Switch to the Seattle Sounders

After completing his studies, he joined the Seattle Sounders in 1998 with play in the A-League organized by the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues , also known as the USISL-A-League due to the organization, and became a strong offensive force in the Sounders in the late 1990s. In the regular season of the 1998 game year, the Sounders ranked in the final classification of the Pacific Division , one of four parallel seasons, in second place behind San Diego Flash . In the subsequent Conference Quaterfinals , the team won 2-1 over Orange County Zodiac , but lost 2-1 to the Minnesota Thunder franchise in the two -way round of the Conference Semifinals and was eliminated from the current play-offs . After the organizing association United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues renamed itself again in 1999 and appeared under the name United Soccer Leagues, which is still in use today, Ian Russell continued to work as a regular for the Seattle Sounders in the now USL-A-League. In this he ranked with the Seattle Sounders with 81 points scored behind the Vancouver 86ers (84 points) and the division winner San Diego Flash (90 points) in third place in the table. In the subsequent play-offs, the team made it after a clear 6-3 win over Orange County Zodiac in the conference semifinals , in which the team lost again. This time clearly with 0: 6 in the first leg and 0: 1 in the second leg against San Diego Flash. Together with his teammate Mark Baena , he formed a congenial attacking duo, which provided the most scorer points in the team. For his achievements he was elected to the All League Second Team at the end of the game year .

Jump into Major League Soccer

In the MLS SuperDraft 2000 , Ian Russell made it to the top North American soccer league, Major League Soccer , or MLS for short, as the 52nd pick in the fifth round . He was drafted to the San José Earthquakes franchise and subsequently got a contract with the Californians . Under the then coach Lothar Osiander , who emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1958 , he was already used as a regular player, making 28 league appearances, three goals and two assists. In his 28 appearances in the regular season, he was on the field in 20 from the start. Since the team only occupied the last place in the Western Division in the regular time played at that time in three parallel divisions and only last place in the summarized table at the end of the regular season, the team had no opportunity to participate in the season-closing play- offs to participate. In the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2000 , the Earthquakes made it to the quarterfinals, where they lost 2-0 to Los Angeles Galaxy . Due to his constant performance, Russell was subsequently given the opportunity to take part in trial training sessions at European clubs and completed units at Stockport County FC , which at that time was still represented in the second-rate English Football League Championship , and at the Polish first division club Lech Posen . With the Poles he even came on September 23, 2000 in the third round match of the Polish Football Cup 2000/01 against Odra Wodzisław Śląski , a 0-1 defeat, and played the full 90 minutes.

First championship title

After the adventure in Europe, he returned to the United States and started the 2001 game year under a new coach, Frank Yallop . This was also one of his most successful years in his career, where he himself was used in all 26 league games of the regular season from the start and contributed three goals and nine assists. With a second place in the Western Division and two points behind LA Galaxy, Russell took part in the final play-offs with the Earthquakes. There he was used again in all games of his team, where he brought it to six missions, one goal and one assist. After victories in the two Conference Semifinals , he lost with San José the first game of the Conference Finals against Miami Fusion , but was able to convince in the two following games against Miami Fusion. The final game of the season, the MLS Cup 2001, which was played in front of around 22,000 spectators at Columbus Crew Stadium , won the San José Earthquakes 2-1 in overtime after a golden goal from Dwayne De Rosario . In the 2001 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup , the team made it to the quarterfinals and only lost to Los Angeles Galaxy on penalties with 9:10. At the end of the year, the Earthquakes won the MLS Fair Play Award in the team competition .

With the first title in the history of the franchise, he started the 2002 game year with the Quakes , in which he only appeared in 15 of his 24 league appearances from the start, also remained goalless and only contributed two assists. At the 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup , for which the team had qualified based on the previous year's title, he made it to the quarter-finals with the Earthquakes. There the franchise was defeated, after a 3-0 defeat in the first leg and a 1-0 win in the second leg due to the overall result with 1: 3 and had to be eliminated from the current tournament. With the team, which again had the lowest number of spectators in the entire league, he made it to second place in the final ranking of the regular time of the Western Conference , one of now only two conferences. In the play-offs, the team dropped out early after two defeats in the conference semifinals and again only reached the quarter-finals at the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2002 . Since LA Galaxy won the MLS Supporters' Shield in addition to the MLS Cup this year , the San José Earthquakes qualified as runner-up to receive the MLS Supporters' Shield for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2003 .

Second championship title

Ian Russell started the 2003 game year with his team by participating in the 2003 La Manga Cup , where the team faced Rosenborg Trondheim , Rubin Kazan and Viking Stavanger in the group stage and against Lyn Oslo in the game for seventh place . He then played with the team in the two first round matches of the 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup against the Guatemalan club CSD Municipal and was eliminated after a 2: 4 defeat in the first leg and a 2: 1 victory in the second leg with a total score of 4: 5 from ongoing competition. Subsequently, the team started successfully a few weeks later in the MLS game year 2003 , with the team leading the Western Conference over the entire regular season . In the final standings, the Earthquakes were nine points ahead of the second-placed Kansas City Wizards in first place in the table, although they could not achieve a single victory in the last four championship rounds. After a first defeat in the semifinal first leg of the conference play-offs, San José won the second leg in extra time and was able to prevail in the subsequent final game in extra time against the Kansas City Wizards. In the MLS Cup that followed a few days later , the team around Ian Russell prevailed 4-2 against Chicago Fire and became North American football champions for the second time in the history of the franchise. As a result, the team qualified again for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Ian Russell himself was used in 18 regular-time games that year, of which he was used in 16 from the start. He also played four play-off games in which he prepared two goals for his teammates. In the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2003, however, things did not go optimally for the team; Already in the first game, the four-round game against the Seattle Sounders, the Earthquakes lost 0-1.

Slow decline among the Earthquakes

After the previous assistant coach Dominic Kinnear had taken over the coaching position from Yallop, the slow but steady decline of the 1.78 m tall midfielder, who made 22 appearances in the 2004 MLS game year , of which he was only twelve in the starting line-up was. Here he remained goalless and could only contribute a single assist. After a mixed season, the San José Earthquakes ranked penultimate place in the Western Conference and barely made it into the play-offs at the end of the season, in which, however, after a 2-0 win in the first leg, the team still scored 0: 3 lost in the second leg of the Conference Semifinals against the Kansas City Wizards. Coming in both games, Russell could not contribute a goal or an assist. In the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2004, the Earthquakes were also subject to the Wizards, who subsequently emerged as cup winners. The team was eliminated after wins in round 4 and the quarterfinals only in the semifinals with 0: 1 against the Kansas City Wizards. At the beginning of the year Russell played with the Quakes in the La Manga Cup of 2004, where they played against teams like GIF Sundsvall , Stabæk Fotball and Viking Stavanger in the group stage and the game for 3rd place with 6-5 on penalties Dynamo Kiev won.

His last year at the San José Earthquakes was nowhere near as much as previous seasons. In the game year 2005 he completed only 13 championship appearances, of which he started only two games as part of the regular formation. There were no goals or assists and the total minutes played in regular time were only 234 minutes. In the final classification of the regular season, the Earthquakes took first place in the Western Conference with 16 points ahead of second-placed FC Dallas and won the MLS Supporters' Shield as clear first (also in the summarized overall table). In the play-offs, the team fell out early on after losing to LA Galaxy with a total score of 2: 4 on the two legs. In the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2005 was again in the quarterfinals; here too one was subject to the Los Angeles franchise . After he was fired from his regular franchise, which stopped playing in San José at short notice, at the end of the year, he was without a club for a year before he was accepted by league rivals Los Angeles Galaxy for the 2007 game year . His former trainer Frank Yallop had brought him here. Under the former Canadian international , he was used in three league games from the start, before he completely withdrew from active football and devoted himself fully to his years of sideline activity as an instructor and coach. With his 131 championship appearances for the San José Earthquakes, he was among the five Earthquakes players with the most appearances for years, but has been surpassed by numerous other players over the years and is no longer even in the top 10. With his 20 assists he was for some time the Earthquakes player with the ninth most assists, but has now also been pushed out of the top 10 in this ranking. Furthermore, for a while he was one of the Earthquakes players with the most play-off appearances, but has already been surpassed several times in this rating.

Coaching career

Started as a junior coach and assistant coach

During his time with the Seattle Sounders, he began to work as a football coach and, after moving to California, especially in the Bay Area , worked as an instructor and coach for various organizations and clubs. When his former coach at the San José Earthquakes and Los Angeles Galaxy, Frank Yallop, was introduced as the re-coach of the Earthquakes, Russell was signed as assistant coach for the franchise the following year. Thus, he worked for the first time in the 2008 game as an assistant coach at the side of the native Englishman and later Canadian national player. The first game year after the two-year absence was not made to measure for the franchise. At the end of regular time, the Quakes ranked seventh and thus last place in the Western Conference and also only finished last in the overall table. The team failed early in qualifying for participation in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2008 when it lost 4-0 to league rivals Real Salt Lake in the first qualifying round . The Earthquakes had a similarly bad season in 2009 when they again only finished last in the Western Conference , but in the overall table with the New York Red Bulls they had a worse team from the Eastern Conference behind them. The franchise also failed to qualify for the 2009 soccer cup and failed in the first qualifying game against the New York Red Bulls.

More weak years in San José

Thanks to a balanced offensive and defensive department, the team's performance increased in 2010 . The franchise had the top scorer in the league in Chris Wondolowski and also had reliable assistants in Bobby Convey and Ryan Johnson . With 46 points in the final classification of the regular season, it was enough for the team without problems for sixth place in the table in the Western Conference ; In the summarized overall table, it even came in eighth. As one of the four best teams in the MLS that did not qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League 2011/12 , the Earthquakes managed to qualify for the North American SuperLiga , which, however, was dissolved in March 2011 and therefore no longer played. In 2010 , the San José Earthquakes failed to qualify for the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup and failed this time after a 3-3 draw in regular time on penalties in the first qualifying round against Real Salt Lake. At the end of the year, the team received the MLS Fair Play Award in the team competition. As in previous years, the team from San José was also at the bottom of the table in the 2011 MLS game year . In the league, which has been expanded again, the team was ranked 7th out of 9 in the Western Conference and 14th in the overall table. Still, the franchise had one of the league's most striking strikers in Chris Wondolowski. Like DC United's top scorer Dwayne De Rosario , Wondolowski scored 16 goals in regular time. It was not enough to qualify for the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup this year , although it was already closer than in previous years and they were only defeated on penalties in the play-off.

Title with the Earthquakes

Thanks to the outstanding performance of the Earthquakes, above all the 27-time goalscorer this year , Chris Wondolowski, the franchise made it to first place in the Western Conference at the end of the regular season with 66 points and by far the best goal difference . In addition, the team also ranked first in the overall table and thus won the MLS Supporters' Shield for this achievement. In the play-offs at the end of the season, the team was eliminated early in the conference semifinals in the fight for the championship title . For the first time since 2005, the team was represented at the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2012 and made it to the quarterfinals, where they lost 1-0 to the eventual finalists Seattle Sounders FC . After the Earthquakes terminated Frank Yallop's contract on June 7, 2013 by mutual agreement, the 78-time Canadian international Mark Watson acted as early interim trainer of the franchise from that point on. Watson was one of the assistant coaches at Yallop's side from 2010, alongside Ian Russell. Watson also kept Russell in his expanded coaching staff and brought it to eleven wins, five losses and three draws in his 19 league appearances during his time as interim coach until the end of the season. Due to a worse goal difference, the team barely reached a starting place in the final play-offs. From August 2013, the team also took part in the CONCACAF Champions League 2013/14 , for which the team had qualified as the winner of the MLS Supporters' Shields, and achieved first place in Group E after the group matches played between August and October 2013 This resulted from the better goal difference of all three teams in this group, whereby the other two teams also scored six points. After that, the team coached by Watson was eliminated in March 2014 on penalties in the quarter-final game against Deportivo Toluca from the current tournament. In the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2013 , the team failed in the third round against Charleston Battery from the United Soccer League, which is considered to be second class .

Short-term interim trainer for the Quakes

After Mark Watson received a permanent contract due to the consistently positive performance of the Earthquakes at the end of the 2013 season, Russell continued to be part of the Earthquakes coaching staff and was still part of the training team at the franchise's youth academy, to which he had been a member for several years. As early as 2010, he was a member of the team on a Generation Adidas trip to London , during which Major League Soccer sent the currently most talented young players to England to play against the offspring of Chelsea , West Ham United and Reading to be completed. At the academy he appeared, among other things, as Director of Coaching and coordinated all youth teams in the franchise. In 2014 Major League Soccer , Mark Watson continued to appear as head coach for much of the season, but was fired two rounds before the end of the season and replaced by Russell, who acted as interim coach in the last two games of the season, before for the following season Dominic Kinnear was hired as head coach. Before that, Ian Russell had acquired the USSF-National-A-License , the highest coaching license in US football, during the game-free time . In the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2014, the Earthquakes were eliminated, as in 2012, again in the quarter-finals against Seattle Sounders FC; this time it was 1: 4 on penalties.

Even after Dominic Kinnear took over as coach, who once coached Russell when he was still an active player in Major League Soccer, Ian Russell remained in the coaching staff of the San José Earthquakes. In the final classification of the regular season, the team took seventh place in the Western Conference and came in 13th place in the sometimes quite densely staggered overall table of the Major League Soccer 2015 . In the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2015 , the team was eliminated in the fifth round against league rivals LA Galaxy after stumbling against second division Sacramento Republic in the previous round and only progressed on penalties. The game year was similar to most of the previous years; the Quakes finished the year in 9th place in the regular season and 17th in the overall table. The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2016 also brought an abrupt end, as they failed 2-0 in their first game, the four-round game against league rivals Portland Timbers , and were eliminated from the current competition early. When the previous general manager John Doyle , who like Russell had been with the San José Earthquakes since 2008, stepped down from the franchise, Russell also left the team and signed a contract as head coach at Reno 1868 FC , the started his first season in the second-rate United Soccer League in the 2017 game year .

In addition to his time at the San José Earthquakes, he was still involved in youth football in the Bay Area and was among other things Director of Coaching at the youth training club CV San Jose FC .

successes

As a player

with or with the Washington Huskies
with or at the Seattle Sounders
  • Elected to the All League Second Team : 1999
with the San José Earthquakes

As a trainer

with the San José Earthquakes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Washington Official Athletic Site - Men's Soccer - 1997 Outlook - Huskies have high hopes for 1997. (English), accessed February 26, 2017
  2. ^ A-League Awards 1999 ( Memento from March 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English), accessed on February 26, 2017
  3. ↑ Lech Poznań - Odra Wodzisław Śląski (0: 1) (Polish), accessed on February 26, 2017
  4. ↑ a b c Earthquakes and Frank Yallop mutually agree to part ways , accessed February 27, 2017
  5. ↑ Batty's Generation adidas journal, Part 2 , accessed on February 27, 2017
  6. ^ San Jose Earthquakes interim head coach Ian Russell "excited for the opportunity" , accessed February 27, 2017
  7. ↑ NEWS: Ian Russell Named Head Coach of Reno 1868 FC (English), accessed on February 27, 2017
  8. ↑ IAN RUSSELL ANNOUNCED AS HEAD COACH FOR RENO 1868 FC (English), accessed on February 27, 2017
  9. ↑ Soccer: Ian Russell named Reno 1868 FC coach , accessed February 27, 2017
  10. ↑ CV San Jose FC Director of Coaching - Ian Russell ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed February 27, 2017  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cvysl.org
personal data
SURNAME Russell, Ian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Seattle , Washington , United States