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Martin Vasquez 
Personal information Full name Martin Vasquez Date of birth December 24, 1963 Place of birth Yahualica, Mexico Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Playing position Midfielder Youth career Leones Negros 1980–1983 Los Angeles Golden Eagles Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1984–1985 Los Angeles Lazers (indoor) 39 (5) 1986 Hollywood Kickers 1986–1987 Memphis Storm (indoor) 26 (17) 1987 California Kickers 1987–1990 Universidad Guadalajara 62 (2) 1990–1991 Puebla 36 (2) 1991–1992 Veracruz 25 (0) 1992–1996 Atlas 119 (1) 1996–1997 Tampa Bay Mutiny 59 (9) 1998 San Jose Clash 28 (0) 1999 Orange County Zodiac Total 352 (31) National team 1991–1992 Mexico 3 (0) 1996–1997 United States 7 (0) Teams managed 1999–2000 Cal Poly Pomona (assistant) 2001–2002 San Diego Spirit (assistant) 2004 Los Angeles Galaxy (assistant) 2005–2008 Chivas USA (assistant) 2008–2009 Bayern Munich (assistant) 2010 Chivas USA * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).- Not to be confused with Rafael Martín Vázquez.
Martin Vasquez (born December 24, 1963 in Yahualica) is a Mexican-born American former professional soccer player. He was most recently the head coach of C.D. Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.
As a player, Vasquez enjoyed a long career in both the Mexican and American leagues, playing in the early years of Major League Soccer. He also played for the national teams of both the United States and Mexico, the first player to do so, although he only appeared "unofficially" for the latter, in friendly games not fully recognized by FIFA, which allowed him to make the nationality switch later.
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Playing career
Youth and college
Vasquez and his family moved to Los Angeles at the age of 12. He attended Alhambra High School in Alhambra, California, where he was a high school All-American soccer player. After high school, he returned to Mexico to briefly play for the B side of the Leones Negros de Guadalajara.
In 1980, Vasquez entered the California State University, Los Angeles, playing on the men's soccer team from 1980 to 1983. During his first two years, he spent the college off-season with Cojumatlan in the San Gabriel Valley Soccer League, in El Monte, California.
Club
In the fall of 1984, Vasquez signed with the Los Angeles Lazers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He then played for the Hollywood Kickers of the Western Soccer Alliance. That fall, he joined the Memphis Storm in the American Indoor Soccer Association, where he scored seventeen goals and added nineteen assists in twenty-three games, ranking second on the league's points list.[1]
In 1987, Vasquez returned to the Kickers, now renamed the California Kickers.[2] In 1987, Cachorros de la Universidad de Guadalajara signed the player, based on the recommendation of Hugo Salcedo, president on the Kickers.[3] In 1990–91, he represented Puebla FC, moving to CD Veracruz in the following campaign.
In 1992, Vasquez joined F.C. Atlas, leaving four years later to return to the United States, with the establishment of Major League Soccer. That year, he was allocated to the Tampa Bay Mutiny, and played for the (soon-to-be defunct) team for a period of two years, rounding off his career with the San Jose Clash in 1998. The next year, he played for the Orange County Zodiac in the USL A-League.[4]
International
Vasquez played three games with the Mexican national team. Two of those came against Russia, during César Luis Menotti's spell as coach. However, none of the matches he played for his birth nation were FIFA-recognised.
Vasquez received U.S. citizenship in 1996. Subsequently, he was called-up to the national team by Steve Sampson, going on to earn seven caps in a two-year span. His debut came on December 21, 1996 against Guatemala (2–2 away draw), in a 1998 World Cup qualifier, and he last appeared in the home 4–2 victory over El Salvador, for the same competition, on November 16, 1997. He started the game, then came off in the 63rd minute for Mike Sorber.[5]
Coaching career
After retiring from his playing career, Vasquez worked as assistant coach with Cal Poly Pomona and the women's team San Diego Spirit,[6] which folded soon after. He also coached the Damien High School boy's team for two seasons. After one season as assistant with the Los Angeles Galaxy,[7] he joined newly-created MLS team C.D. Chivas USA in the same capacity, on January 2, 2005.[8]
Between July 2008 and April 2009, Vasquez worked as the assistant to Jürgen Klinsmann at German club FC Bayern Munich.[9][10] He left when Klinsmann was dismissed due to bad results.[11] Vasquez was hired to his first head coaching job on December 2, 2009, at former club Chivas.[12]
Vasquez was released from his duties following a season which saw the Goats miss the playoffs for the first time since its 2005 expansion campaign.[13]
Vasquez was recalled by Klinsmann after the latter was named head coach of the United States men's national team as an assistant coach for a friendly against Mexico on August 11, 2011. [14]
Managerial statistics
Team Nat From To Record G W D L Win % Chivas USA 
December 2, 2009 October 27, 2010 30 8 4 18 26.67 See also
References
- ^ The Year in American Soccer - 1988
- ^ 1987 Western Soccer Alliance
- ^ Backline: Martin Vasquez's great adventure
- ^ Cypress’ Larkin, Corona Win Conference Baseball Honors
- ^ USA - Details of International Matches 1995-1999
- ^ Martin Vasquez named as assistant coach at San Diego Spirit
- ^ Vasquez previously coached in WUSA, college
- ^ Ex-Münchner Vasquez neuer Trainer bei Chivas USA (Ex-Bayern's Vasquez new coach at Chivas USA) (German)
- ^ Chivas USA Coach Vasquez Joins Klinnsmann & More
- ^ The Klinsmann way
- ^ Bayern Munich fire Klinsmann as coach
- ^ Martin Vasquez to be named Chivas USA's next coach
- ^ Vasquez ousted as Chivas USA head coach after one season
- ^ http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/6833641/jurgen-klinsmann-sets-us-roster-friendly-vs-mexico
External links
Categories:- 1963 births
- American Indoor Soccer Association players
- American soccer coaches
- American soccer players
- F.C. Atlas players
- California Kickers players
- California State University, Los Angeles alumni
- CD Veracruz players
- Chivas USA coaches
- Dual internationalists (football)
- FC Bayern Munich non-playing staff
- Association football midfielders
- Living people
- Los Angeles Lazers players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- Memphis Storm players
- American soccer players of Mexican descent
- Mexican footballers
- Mexico international footballers
- Orange County Zodiac players
- People from Yahualica, Jalisco
- Puebla F.C. players
- San Jose Clash players
- Tampa Bay Mutiny players
- Western Soccer Alliance players
- United States men's international soccer players
- USL A-League players
- Hispanic and Latino American people
- Mexican expatriates in the United States
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