Brian Quinn (soccer)

Brian Quinn (born May 24, 1960 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former professional soccer player and coach.

Quinn earned 48 caps for the U.S. national team between 1991 and 1994 upon becoming an American citizen. A midfielder, he was a final cut for the 1994 World Cup squad. He scored his only international goal in a 3-0 win over Guatemala. He made his debut against the Republic of Ireland in a friendly played at Foxboro Stadium.

Brian played nine seasons of indoor soccer with the original San Diego Sockers who in eight of those seasons won the league championship.

Quinn started his playing career in 1978 in his native Northern Ireland with Larne F.C. and went on to play two seasons with Everton between 1979 and 1981.

Quinn began in the States playing four NASL seasons, playing 1981 with the Los Angeles Aztecs, the '82 and '83 with the Montreal Manic and 1984 with the San Diego Sockers. He also played a season in the Canadian Soccer League in the late '80s with the Hamilton Steelers.

From 1997 through 1999, Quinn was the head coach of the San Jose Clash of MLS. As the youngest coach in league history, he compiled a 35-41 W-L record.

He later took the head coaching job with a new incarnation of the San Diego Sockers, the team he had played with both outdoors and indoors in the 1980s. He remained with them until the team ceased operations at the end of 2004.

He is currently a broadcaster with "Inside Soccer" on SD Talk Radio in San Diego, and has launched the Brian Quinn School of Soccer. He also wrote the forward to the book, "A History of the World Cup: 1930-2006," that was released in August 2007.

External links

* [http://www.ussoccerplayers.com/players/brian%5Fquinn/ Brian Quinn bio with "U.S. National Soccer Players"]
* [http://www.sockers.com San Diego Sockers team site]
* [http://www.brianquinnsoccer.com Brian Quinn School of Soccer]
* [http://www.sdtalk.com/category.asp?cid=468 "SDTALKRADIO" Inside Soccer]