Steve Newman (soccer) explained

Steve Newman
Birth Date:29 December 1953
Death Place:United States
Years1:1977–1978
Years2:1978
Years3:1978–1979
Years4:1979
Years5:1980
Clubs3:Cleveland Force (indoor)
Clubs4:Seattle Sounders
Clubs5:Columbus Magic
Caps1:0
Caps2:19
Caps3:7
Caps4:1
Goals1:0
Goals2:14
Goals3:0
Goals4:0

Steve Newman (December 29, 1953 – October 12, 2012) was an American soccer forward who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and American Soccer League.

He spent two seasons with the Dallas Tornado in the North American Soccer League, but never cracked the first team. In 1978, he played for the Indianapolis Daredevils of the American Soccer League.[1] In 1979, he played one game for the Seattle Sounders. He was the head coach of the Mercer Island High School boys' soccer team where he was the 2005 and 2009 King County 3A/2A Coach of the Year.[2]

Newman died of a heart attack on October 12, 2012.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1978.html#ASL The Year in American Soccer - 1978
  2. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/highschoolsports/2009239187_websoccallleague20.html All-league boys' soccer
  3. http://www.mi-reporter.com/sports/174210681.html Long time Mercer Island boys' soccer coach dies