Lyle Yorks

Football player infobox
playername= Lyle Yorks
fullname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|1|30
cityofbirth = Mansfield, Connecticut
countryofbirth = United States
height = height|ft=5|in=11
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1988-1991
youthclubs = University of Virginia
years = 1992-1993
1993-1994
1995
1998
clubs = Milwaukee Wave (indoor)
Naerstad
New York Fever
D.C. United
caps(goals) = 5 (2)
1 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = U.S. U-16
U.S. U-20
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 1995-1997
managerclubs = University of California at Berkeley
Stanford University.

Lyle Yorks (born January 30, 1970 in Mansfield, Connecticut) is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, USISL and Major League Soccer. He was the 1987 Gatorade National Player of the Year and was a member of the U.S. soccer teams at both the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship and 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Youth

Club

Yorks attended E. O. Smith High School where he was part of a two time state championship soccer team. Yorks was a two time Parade Magazine and NSCAA High School All American and in 1987, he was the Gatorade National Player of the Year. In 1988, he entered the University of Virginia where he played on the 1989 and 1991 NCAA Championship soccer team. He graduated with a bachelor degree in sports management from Virginia and later earned a masters degree in the same subject from the University of San Francisco.

National teams

In 1985, Yorks was a member of the U.S. U-16 national team which went 1-2 in the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship. Yorks played all three games. In 1989, he played two games for the U.S. U-20 national team which took fourth place at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship. [ [http://img.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=193377/index.html FIFA Player Profile] ]

Professional

On November 21, 1992, Yorks signed with the Milwaukee Wave of the National Professional Soccer League. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2DE1530F932A15752C1A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all November 21, 1992 Transactions] ] He played only five games before being waived on January 7, 1993. [ [http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/misl93.txt NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS -- 1992-1993] [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEEDB1739F934A35752C0A965958260 January 7, 1993 Transactions] ] Yorks then moved to Denmark where he signed with Næstved BK for the 1993-1994 Danish 1st Division season. In 1995, he played for the New York Fever of the USISL. On March 10, 1998, D.C. United of Major League Soccer signed Yorks. He played one game, then was waived on May 11, 1998. [ [http://web.mlsnet.com/t103/load.jsp?section=about&content=transactions D.C. United Transactions] ]

Coach

Following his playing career, Lyle was an assistant coach at at the University of California at Berkeley from 1995 to 1997 as well as one season at Stanford University.

He was inducted into the Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame in 2008. [ [http://www.ctsoccer.org/HOF_2008_v01.html 2008 Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame] ]

He is currently a sports agent with Proactive Sports Management USA. [ [http://www.proactivesportsusa.com/about/ManagementTeam/index_E.html Proactive Management Team] ]

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