Klaas de Boer

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youthclubs = Michigan State
years = 1973
1974
clubs = Cleveland Stars
→ Cleveland Cobras
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manageryears = 1972-1977
1979-1980
1984-1986
managerclubs = Cleveland State
Los Angeles Aztecs (assistant)
Detroit Express (assistant)
Detroit Lightning (assistant)
Canton Invaders
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Klaas de Boer is a retired U.S. soccer player and coach. He played professionally in the American Soccer League and was the 1977 NSCAA Coach of the Year and 1985 American Indoor Soccer Association Coach of the Year. He coached his teams to two league titles, the 1985 and 1986 AISA championships.

Player

DeBoer attended Holland Christian High School in Holland, Michigan before entering Michigan State University. He played soccer in both high school and college. In 1973, he signed with the Cleveland Stars in the American Soccer League. At the end of the season, the Cobras came under new ownership who changed the team name to the Cleveland Cobras. He played one more season in Cleveland.

Coach

Even while playing professionally, DeBoer was coaching at the collegiate level. He was hired by Cleveland State University in 1972 as head soccer coach. Over six season, he compiled a 55-25-3 record and was named the 1977 NSCAA Coach of the Year.y [ [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1977.html The Year in American Soccer – 1977] ] He then served as an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Aztecs and Detroit Express of the North American Soccer League. In 1979, he was hired as an assistant coach by the expansion Detroit Lightning of the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1984, he became a head coach with the Canton Invaders of the newly established American Indoor Soccer Association. He took the Invaders to the league championship, winning Coach of the Year honors. [ [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1985.html The Year in American Soccer – 1985] ] In his two season in Canton, he compiled a 50-32-18 (.640) record and won two championships. His win percentage is the highest in U.S. indoor soccer history. Today he runs the Dutch Masters soccer school in his hometown of Holland, Michigan [ [http://www.hollandsoccerstop.us/DutchMasters/coachingstaff.asp Dutch Masters] ]

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