Tim Wittman Explained

Tim Wittman
Birth Date:6 July 1963
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Position:Defender
Youthyears1:1979–1980
Youthclubs1:Calvert Hall Cardinals
Years1:1981–1991
Clubs1:Baltimore Blast (indoor)
Caps1:332
Goals1:168
Years2:1991–1992
Clubs2:San Diego Sockers (indoor)
Caps2:40
Goals2:25
Years3:1992–1995
Clubs3:Baltimore Spirit (indoor)
Caps3:76
Goals3:75
Years4:1995
Clubs4:Pittsburgh Stingers (indoor)
Caps4:23
Goals4:9
Years5:1996
Clubs5:Detroit Neon (indoor)
Caps5:24
Goals5:12
Years6:2004–2005
Clubs6:Baltimore Blast (indoor)
Caps6:4
Goals6:0
Totalcaps:1000
Totalgoals:289
Manageryears1:2002–2003
Manageryears2:2003–2006
Manageryears3:2008–
Managerclubs1:Baltimore Blast (assistant)
Managerclubs3:Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (assistant)

Tim Wittman is a retired American soccer player who is currently the assistant coach with the Johns Hopkins University women's soccer team. He spent his entire professional career playing indoor soccer in the first and second Major Indoor Soccer League, National Professional Soccer League and Continental Indoor Soccer League. He also coached in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Player

Wittman attended Calvert Hall College High School where he was a 1980 All American high school soccer player.[1] In December 1980 the Tampa Bay Rowdies drafted him in the third round of the NASL draft,[2] but he never played for them. In 1981, the Baltimore Blast of the Major Indoor Soccer League drafted Wittman. He would spend ten seasons with the Blast before moving to the San Diego Sockers in 1991. He returned to Baltimore in 1992 to play for the Baltimore Spirit of the National Professional Soccer League.[3] [4] [5] The Spirit released him in May 1995. On June 17, 1995, the Seattle SeaDogs selected Wittman with their second pick of the Continental Indoor Soccer League draft.[6] On June 21, 1995, the SeaDogs traded Wittman to the Pittsburgh Stingers in exchange for Troy Fabiano and several 1995 and 1996 draft choices.[7] In August 1995, he was suspended by the league after a physical altercation with a referee.[8] He returned to the CISL in 1996, this time with the Detroit Neon. Wittman was inducted into the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame in 2004.[9]

Coach

On December 22, 2002, the Blast hired Wittman as an assistant coach. He became the head coach a year later. On March 18, 2006, Wittman assaulted a referee during a game against the California Cougars. He was arrested and charged with battery.[10] On April 24, 2006, MISL suspended Wittman from the league for two years.[11] In 2008, he joined the Johns Hopkins University women's soccer team as an assistant coach.

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Notes and References

  1. http://nscaa.com/alltime-detail-hs.php?it=II&yr=1980 1980 High School All Americans
  2. http://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/12/15/Selections-in-Mondays-North-American-Soccer-League-draft-First/9009345704400/ 1980–81 NASL draft
  3. http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/misl93.txt NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS -- 1992-1993
  4. http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/misl94.txt NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL REPORT -- 1993-1994
  5. http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/misl95.txt NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS -- 1994-1995
  6. 49ERS, TAYLOR ARE CLOSE ON CONTRACT REVISIONS SACRAMENTO BEE – Saturday, June 17, 1995
  7. TRANSACTIONS Times, The (Trenton, New Jersey) – Thursday, June 22, 1995
  8. STINGERS CUT 2 POLES, HOPE TO SIGN DRAGO Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) – Wednesday, August 30, 1995
  9. http://www.oldtimerssoccer.net/halloffame.php Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20060529215259/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=365908&cc=5901 Stockton police charge Baltimore coach with battery
  11. News: U.S. soccer notes: MISL coach suspended for two years. Associated Press. USA Today. 2 June 2011. April 25, 2006.