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Frank Yallop (born April 4, 1964 in Watford) is an English-born Canadian former professional soccer player. He is
currently the head
coach of San Jose Earthquakes in Major
League Soccer.
Yallop spent the majority of his playing career in England,
spending 13 years and making over 300 appearances for Ipswich
Town, including playing in the first three seasons of the Premier League.
He also played in Major League Soccer for the Tampa Bay
Mutiny, and earned 52 caps for the Canada
national football team.
Playing
career
Club
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, Yallop signed a professional contract with Ipswich
Town, for whom he would play 385 games (in all competitions),
scoring 8 goals. For most of his Ipswich career, he played
alongside fellow Canadian Craig Forrest.
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.
International
Missing out on Canada's only World Cup participation in 1986,
Yallop only made his debut for Canada at 26 years of
age in a May 1990 North American Championship match against the United States.
Since this game strangely was not official his real debut came a
few days later in the same tournament against Mexico. He earned 52
caps, scoring no goals. He has represented Canada in 27 FIFA World Cup
qualification matches[1]. His
final international was a November 1997 World Cup qualification
match against Costa Rica.
Coaching
career
Yallop 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, he 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.
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
Los
Angeles Galaxy. 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[2][3], with
Dutch legend Ruud Gullit taking his
place.
Honours
As a
player
-
- 1992
As a
manager
-
- 2001, 2003
-
- 2001
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