twin58
11-05-2007, 03:15 PM
(Edited to alter the blatantly deceptive title)
It's Bruce Arena. He's no longer the coach of the Red Bulls.
Arena Is Out as Red Bulls Coach (http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/arena-is-out/?hp)
But that's soccer. Where's the lacrosse? Keep reading.
Wikipedia entry for Bruce Arena (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Arena)
After [high school] graduation, he began his collegiate athletic career playing both lacrosse and soccer at Nassau Community College, a two year college near his home, where he earned All-America honors. While at Nassau, he played for head coach Bill Stevenson and goalkeeper coach Shep Messing, a future New York Cosmos goalkeeper. At the end of his two years with Nassau, Arena transferred to Cornell University in upstate New York where he earned second team All-America honors, this time in only lacrosse. However, injuries to the school's first and second string goalkeepers led to the men's soccer coach, Dan Wood, recruiting Arena into the team as its goalkeeper.
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Professional athletic career
After graduating from Cornell, Arena was drafted (but then cut) by the NASL Cosmos. However, he did play professional lacrosse for the Montreal Quebecois, spending a single season with the team in 1975. The National Lacrosse League folded at the end of the 1975 season, freeing Arena.
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College coaching
In 1977, Arena moved back to teach at Cornell and act as the school’s assistant lacrosse coach. While he was there, the University of Virginia (U.Va.) advertised for two open coaching positions – head soccer coach and assistant lacrosse coach beginning the 1978 season. Arena took that opportunity and would go on to coach the U.Va. lacrosse team for seven years, before becoming the school’s dedicated soccer coach in 1985.
And now you know ... the rest of the story.
It's Bruce Arena. He's no longer the coach of the Red Bulls.
Arena Is Out as Red Bulls Coach (http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/arena-is-out/?hp)
But that's soccer. Where's the lacrosse? Keep reading.
Wikipedia entry for Bruce Arena (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Arena)
After [high school] graduation, he began his collegiate athletic career playing both lacrosse and soccer at Nassau Community College, a two year college near his home, where he earned All-America honors. While at Nassau, he played for head coach Bill Stevenson and goalkeeper coach Shep Messing, a future New York Cosmos goalkeeper. At the end of his two years with Nassau, Arena transferred to Cornell University in upstate New York where he earned second team All-America honors, this time in only lacrosse. However, injuries to the school's first and second string goalkeepers led to the men's soccer coach, Dan Wood, recruiting Arena into the team as its goalkeeper.
....
Professional athletic career
After graduating from Cornell, Arena was drafted (but then cut) by the NASL Cosmos. However, he did play professional lacrosse for the Montreal Quebecois, spending a single season with the team in 1975. The National Lacrosse League folded at the end of the 1975 season, freeing Arena.
....
College coaching
In 1977, Arena moved back to teach at Cornell and act as the school’s assistant lacrosse coach. While he was there, the University of Virginia (U.Va.) advertised for two open coaching positions – head soccer coach and assistant lacrosse coach beginning the 1978 season. Arena took that opportunity and would go on to coach the U.Va. lacrosse team for seven years, before becoming the school’s dedicated soccer coach in 1985.
And now you know ... the rest of the story.