Tom Soehn

Infobox Football biography
playername= Tom Soehn
fullname = Tom Soehn
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1966|4|15
cityofbirth = Chicago, Illinois
countryofbirth = United States
height = height|ft=5|in=10
currentclub = D.C. United
clubnumber =
position =
youthyears = 1984-1987
youthclubs = Western Illinois University
years = 1988-1992
1989
1992-1993
1992-1994
1993-1996
1995
1996-1998
1998-2000
clubs = Wichita Wings (indoor)
Ottawa Intrepid
Denver Thunder (indoor)
Colorado Foxes
Wichita Wings (indoor)
Las Vegas Dustdevils (indoor)
Dallas Burn
Chicago Fire
caps(goals) =
035 (20)
101 (68)
043 0(0)
060 0(2)
manageryears = 2001-2003
2003-2007
2007-
managerclubs = Chicago Fire (assistant)
D.C. United (assistant)
D.C. United

Tom “Pops” Soehn (born April 15, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois) is a current American soccer coach and former defender. He is the head coach at D.C. United in Major League Soccer.

Playing

Youth and college

Soehn was born to immigrant parents. His parents moved to the United States from Germany, but his father was originally Romanian. Soehn began playing soccer with the Chicago Kickers when he was four. He attended Forest View High School. He attended Western Illinois University from 1984 to 1987. ^{[http://www.topix.net/content/wapo/0839752142323929926518844243121927686215]} In 2003, Western Illinois inducted Soehn into its Athletics Hall of Fame.

Indoor soccer

Soehn signed with the Wichita Wings of Major Indoor Soccer League from 1988 to 1992. He moved to the Denver Thunder of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) for the 1992-1993 season before returning to the Wings in 1993 which were now playing in the NPSL. He remained with the Wings until 1996. In 1995, he played the summer indoor season with the Las Vegas Dustdevils of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL).

CSL

In 1989, Soehn played a single season with the Ottawa Intrepid of the Canadian Soccer League (CSL).

APSL

In addition to playing indoor soccer, Soehn played with the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL) in 1992 ^{[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1992/stats92.htm#Colorado]} , 1993 ^{[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1993/stats93.htm#Colorado]} and 1994. ^{[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1994/results94.htm]} The Foxes went to three consecutive APSL championship games those three seasons. They won the 1992 and 1993 titles, but lost to the Montreal Impact in 1994.

MLS

Soehn played four years in MLS after being drafted by the Dallas Burn in the second round of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He missed the 1996 season with the injury, but played for the Burn in 1997. In 1998, he began the season with the Burn, but was traded to the Chicago Fire after fourteen games. He remained with the Fire until he retired from playing in 2000. During his time with Chicago, he was a member of the Fire's three championship teams (MLS Cup 1998, U.S. Open Cup 1998 and 2000).

Coaching

After retiring as a player, he became an assistant coach to Bob Bradley at the Fire and then moved to DC United to become Peter Nowak's top assistant in 2003. On December 21, 2006, Soehn replaced Nowak as the head coach at United.

In addition to his professional coaching, Soehn serves as the director of his boyhood club, the Chicago Kickers.

External links

* [http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/soccer/misd.htm NPSL stats]
* [http://web.mlsnet.com/history/register.jsp?content=players_s MLS stats]
* [http://web.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t103&player=soehn_tom D.C. United profile]