Ed Radwanski

Infobox Football biography
playername = Ed Radwanski


fullname = Edward Radwanski
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1963|5|5
cityofbirth = Neptune, New Jersey
countryofbirth = United States
height = Height|feet=5|inches=9
position = Midfielder
currentclub =
clubnumber =
youthyears = 1981-1984
youthclubs = UNC-Greensboro
years = 1985-1988
1990-1991
1990-1992
1993-1997
1995
clubs = Dallas Sidekicks "(indoor)"
Dallas Rockets
Tacoma Stars "(indoor)"
Greensboro Dynamo
Washington Warthogs "(indoor)"
caps(goals) = 157 (39)
117 (18)
nationalyears = 1985
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 005 0(0)
manageryears = 1998
1999
2001-
managerclubs = UNC-Greensboro "(assistant)"
Piedmont Spark
UNC-Greensboro
pcupdate = 16 March 2007
ntupdate = 9 June 2007

Edward “Ed or Eddie” Radwanski (born May 5, 1963 in Neptune, New Jersey) is a former U.S. soccer midfielder. He spent the five seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League, on in the Continental Indoor Soccer League and seven seasons in the USISL and its predecessor, the SISL. He also earned five caps with the U.S. national team in 1985.

Youth and college

Radwanski grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Neptune High School in 1980. In 1999, he was named by "The Star-Ledger" as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1980s. [Jandoli, Ron. [http://web.archive.org/web/20030110132039/http://nj.com/hssports/ledger/index.ssf?/hssports/century/stories/bsoccerdecades.html "The Century's Best -- Boys Soccer: Top 10 Players of each decade"] , "The Star-Ledger", November 7, 1999, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 10, 2003. Accessed September 11, 2008.] In addition to playing with his school teams, he was a member of the Wall Atoms youth club. After graduating from high school, Radwanski attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) where he played on the school’s Division III NCAA soccer team from 1981 to 1984. In both 1982 and 1983, UNCG won the Division III soccer championship. In 1983 and 1984, Radwanski was named a first team Division III All American and finished his career at UNCG with thirty-eight goals and fifty-six assists. [ [http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/soccer/soccer_records_book/2002/07MensAwards.pdf NCAA Soccer Awards] ] While he finished his collegiate playing career in 1984, he did not earn his UNCG bachelor’s degree in business and economics until 1997, while playing for the Greensboro Dynamo

Indoor soccer

In 1985, the expansion Dallas Sidekicks of Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) made Radwanski the first player drafted by the team when they selected him with the number one pick in the 1985 MISL draft. He spent three seasons with the Sidekicks, winning the 1986-1987 MISL title with them. Dallas released Radwanski on June 15, 1988.

In 1990, he signed with the Tacoma Stars of MISL. He spent two season with the Stars until the folded at the end of the 1991-1992 season. He then moved to outdoor soccer with the Carolina Dynamo, but returned to the indoor game in 1995 with the Washington Warthogs of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL).

Outdoor soccer

Radwanski played two seasons with Dallas Rockets of the Southwest Independent Soccer League (the forerunner of the USISL). In 1991, he was a member of the team when it won the league championship. In 1993, he moved east to the Greensboro Dynamo of the USISL. He would remain with the Dynamo until 1997. During that time, the team would rename itself the Carolina Dynamo in 1996. In both 1993 and 1994, the Dynamo won the USISL outdoor championship. In 1993, he was both the League and Championship MVPs.

National team

Radwanski earned five caps with the U.S. national team in 1985. His first cap came in a February 8, 1985 tie with Switzerland. On May 26, 1985, he played in a 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification match, a 1-1 tie with Costa Rica in Costa Rica. However, he did not enter the return game in Torrance, California in which Costa Rica defeated the U.S. and knocked them out of contention for the finals. His last cap came in a 5-0 loss to England on June 16, 1985.

In 1992, he earned one cap with the U.S. National Futsal Team. [ [http://www.ussoccer.com/common/stContent.jsp_88-TFAR.html USSF Futsal Records] ]

Coaching

Following his retirement from playing professionally, Radwanski assisted his alma mater’s soccer program as an assistant coach in 1998 while also working in the Carolina Dynamo’s front office. In 1998 and 1999, he served as the Director of Coaching for the Greensboro Twisters youth club. He moved to the ranks of professional coaching in 1999, he coached the Piedmont Spark of the second division women’s W-2 League. That year, Radwanski coached the club to the best record in the W-2 before falling to the Hampton Roads Piranhas in the first round of the playoffs. On February 15, 2001, he replaced Jack Poland as the head coach of the UNCG women’s soccer head coach. In 2006, he was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year in 2006. Radwanski has continued his involvement in youth soccer with the Twisters and the Jamestown Soccer Club in addition to his duties as a college soccer coach.

Honors

Championships
*Dallas Sidekicks: 1987
*Dallas Rockets: 1991
*Greensboro Dynamo: 1993, 1994

USISL MPV: 1993

USISL Championship MVP: 1993

Southern Conference Coach of the Year: 2006

Inducted into the UNC-Greensboro Athletics Hall of Fame: 2000

New Jersey first team high school All Decade (1980s)

References

External links

* [http://www.kicksfan.com/players/radwanski/index.htm Sidekicks profile]
* [http://supery.uslsoccer.com/home/151838.html Radwanski interview]
* [http://www.uncgspartans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5300&ATCLID=182682 UNC-G profile]