Homer Screws Explained

Homer Screws
Birth Date:31 August 1966
Birth Place:Tacoma Washington, United States
Position:Defender
College1:Warner Pacific Knights
Years1:1987–1988
Clubs1:F.C. Portland
Years2:1987–1989
Clubs2:Tacoma Stars (indoor)
Caps2:44
Goals2:1
Years3:1989–1990
Clubs3:Atlanta Attack (indoor)
Manageryears1:1993–1998
Managerclubs1:Coe College (men)
Manageryears2:2007–
Managerclubs2:Coe College (men)
Manageryears3:2007–
Managerclubs3:Coe College (women)

Homer Screws is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, Western Soccer Alliance and American Indoor Soccer Association. He coached the Coe College men's and women's soccer teams.

Player

After graduating from high school, Screws spent a year playing lower division soccer in Germany. He returned to the United States and played at least one season of collegiate soccer at Warner Pacific College. In 1987 and 1988, Screws played for F.C. Portland in the Western Soccer Alliance.[1] [2] In the fall of 1987, Screws signed with the Tacoma Stars of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He spent two seasons with the Stars, but lost most of his second season with injuries. In 1989, he moved to the Atlanta Attack of the American Indoor Soccer Association. In January 1990, the Attack placed Screws on the disabled list.[3] He retired at the end of the season and moved back to Tacoma with his family.

Coach

In 1991, Screws and his wife decided to leave Tacoma due to a rising crime rate and move to Iowa where he became a youth soccer coach. This brought him to the attention of Coe College of Cedar Rapids, Iowa which Screws in 1993 as head coach of its men's soccer team. In 2007, Screws returned to Coe College as both the men's and women's soccer coach.

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Notes and References

  1. http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1987/stats87.htm 1987 F.C. Portland
  2. http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1988/statswsa88.htm#Portland 1988 F.C. Portland
  3. News: Deals . . January 24, 1990.