Frank Yallop
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| Frank Yallop | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Frank Walter Yallop | |
| Date of birth | April 4, 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Watford, England | |
| Playing position | Defender (Retired) | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | San Jose Earthquakes (Head Coach) | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1982-1983 | Ipswich Town | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1983-1996 1995 1996-1998 |
Ipswich Town → Blackpool (loan) Tampa Bay Mutiny Total |
316 (7) 3 (0) 88 (0) 407 (7) |
| National team | ||
| Canada | 51 (0) | |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2001-2003 2004-2006 2006-2007 2008- |
San Jose Earthquakes Canada Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes |
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Frank Walter Yallop (born April 4, 1964 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is a former English-Canadian professional footballer, and the current head coach of the San Jose Earthquakes.
Although he grew up in Vancouver, Yallop played professional football for nearly 20 years in England and the United States. In 1983, at age 19, Frank signed a professional contract with Ipswich Town, for whom he would play 385 games, scoring 8 goals. After a lengthy career in England, Yallop returned to North America in 1996, when he signed with Major League Soccer and was drafted 57th overall by the Tampa Bay Mutiny in the MLS Inaugural Player Draft. After three seasons with the Mutiny, in which he started practically every game, Yallop retired from professional football at the end of the 1998 season.
He began his coaching career in 1998 with the US Project-40 team, taking the team on a 5 game tour of England. Following the tour, Frank became assistant coach for the Tampa Bay Mutiny. In 2000 he became chief assistant coach for D.C. United under Thomas Rongen.
In 2001, Yallop was named head coach for the San Jose Earthquakes, just two days before the MLS SuperDraft. During the pre-season, Yallop acquired Jeff Agoos, Landon Donovan, Dwayne DeRosario, Manny Lagos, Ramiro Corrales, and Ronnie Ekelund, as well as assistant coach Dominic Kinnear. In his first year, Yallop proceeded to lead the San Jose Earthquakes to their first MLS Championship.
In 2003, the Earthquakes, under Yallop, were able to win their second MLS title. In 2004, despite still having a year left on his contract, Yallop left the Earthquakes to become head coach of the Canadian National Team. In 2005 he was inducted to the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.
Yallop was named the 2001 MLS Coach of the Year and was named the Mutiny's Defender of the Year in both 1997 and 1998. He also earned 52 caps for the Canadian National Team during his playing career. In 2005 he was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.
On June 7, 2006, Yallop resigned as coach of the Canadian men's national soccer team, as he was announced as the new head coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy of MLS.
On November 4, 2007 it was revealed that Yallop was being bought out of his contract with the Galaxy to become the head coach of the San Jose Earthquakes once again for the 2008 season[1][2], with Dutch legend Ruud Gullit taking his place.
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[edit] External links
- Frank Yallop career stats at Soccerbase
- CanadaSoccer.com with a profile of the national team's head coach
| Preceded by Lothar Osiander |
San Jose Earthquakes Head Coach 2001-2003 |
Succeeded by Dominic Kinnear |
| Preceded by Colin Miller (interim) |
Canada Head Coach 2004-2006 |
Succeeded by Stephen Hart (Interim) |
| Preceded by Steve Sampson |
Los Angeles Galaxy Head Coach 2006-2007 |
Succeeded by Ruud Gullit |
| Preceded by Dominic Kinnear |
San Jose Earthquakes Head Coach 2008-Present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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