- Frank Yallop
Football player infobox
playername = Frank Yallop
fullname = Frank Walter Yallop
height =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|4|4
cityofbirth =Watford
countryofbirth =England
currentclub =San Jose Earthquakes (Head Coach)
position = Defender (Retired)
youthyears = 1982-1983
youthclubs = Ipswich Town
years = 1983-1996
1995
1996-1998
clubs = Ipswich Town
→ Blackpool (loan)Tampa Bay Mutiny
Total
caps(goals) = 316 (7)
003 (0)
088 (0)
407 (7)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Canada
nationalcaps(goals) = 051 (0)
manageryears = 2001-2003
2004-2006
2006-2007
2008-
managerclubs =San Jose Earthquakes
CanadaLos Angeles Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Frank Walter Yallop (born
April 4 ,1964 inWatford ,Hertfordshire ) is a former English-Canadian professional footballer, and the currenthead coach of theSan Jose Earthquakes .Although he grew up in
Vancouver , Yallop played professional football for nearly 20 years in England and theUnited 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 withMajor League Soccer and was drafted 57th overall by theTampa Bay Mutiny in theMLS 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 theTampa Bay Mutiny . In 2000 he became chief assistant coach forD.C. United underThomas 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 acquiredJeff Agoos ,Landon Donovan ,Dwayne DeRosario ,Manny Lagos ,Ramiro Corrales , andRonnie Ekelund , as well as assistant coachDominic 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 theCanadian 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 theSan Jose Earthquakes once again for the 2008 season [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/soccer/11/04/earthquakes.yallop/index.html SI.com - Soccer - Jonah Freedman: Earthquakes steal Yallop back from Galaxy - Monday November 5, 2007 10:14AM ] ] [ [http://web.mlsnet.com/t110/news/article.jsp?content_id=11052007 The Official Site of Earthquakes Soccer, LLC - News ] ] , with Dutch legendRuud Gullit taking his place.Notes
External links
*soccerbase|id=8740|name=Frank Yallop
* [http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/nationals/m_wc/coach.asp?sub=2 "CanadaSoccer.com" with a profile of the national team's head coach]
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