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2010 NSHOF Veteran Ballot Announced
Posted 02 Nov 2009 at 02:46 PM by AndyMead
National Soccer Hall of Fame Press Release:
ONEONTA, NY (November 2, 2009) – Two FIFA Women’s World Cup champions, two men from the 1990 FIFA World Cup squad, five North American Soccer League alumni, and a 7-time winner of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in the 1920s and 1930s are featured on the Election 2010 Veteran Player Ballot the National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum announced today. The eleven finalists are:
Desmond Armstrong – 81 caps with the U.S. National Team, including the 1990 FIFA World Cup
George Best – A Northern Ireland international, who played for the San Jose Earthquakes, Los Angeles Galaxy, and Ft. Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League (NASL)
Teofilo ‘Nene’ Cubillas – A Peruvian international, who played 5 years for the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers in the NASL
Linda Hamilton – 71 caps for the U.S. National Team, World Champion in 1991
Lori Henry – 39 caps for the U.S. National Team, including the team’s first ever match, 1991 World Champion
Bill McPherson – 7-time Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup champion, 5-time American Soccer League champion, 370 matches played, most in ASL history
Shep Messing – Seven NASL seasons, 1977 NASL Champion with the New York Cosmos
Bruce Murray – 86 caps and 21 goals for the U.S., leader in both categories on retirement in 1993
Glenn Myernick – Eight NASL seasons, 10 caps between 1977 and 1979, U.S. National Team captain
Kyle Rote, Jr. – Six NASL seasons, 1973 scoring leader and Rookie of the Year, Five caps for the U.S., 1973 – 1975
More detailed information about each veteran player candidate is available on the Hall of Fame’s website here.
“These players were among the finest of their respective eras,” Hall of Fame Historian Emeritus Colin Jose said. Hall of Fame Historian Roger Allaway added, "I'm pleased to see that the finalists fall across a broad spectrum of American soccer history, from the 1920s to the 1990s. They make a fine group of candidates."
Veteran player candidates are selected for the Final Ballot by the votes of the Veteran Player Screening Committee, composed of 16 Hall of Famers. Ballots identify ten individuals for the Final Ballot from the list of 338 eligible players. Thirty-five candidates received votes in the Screening Committee process. In a policy change from Election 2009, the Hall of Fame Board of Directors mandated that the Builder and Veteran Player Final Ballots list ten candidates. Full details on the election procedure are available here
The final ballot will be distributed later in the month to all Hall of Famers. To be elected to the Hall of Fame, the leading candidate must appear on at least 50% of ballots cast. Announcement of results is planned for early next year..
Election 2009 saw no Veteran Player elected to the Hall of Fame. The results from the Election 2009 Veteran Player election are below:
Kyle Rote, Jr. 25 votes 44.64%
Glenn Myernick 23 votes 41.07%
George Best 21 votes 37.50%
Teofilo ‘Nene’ Cubillas 20 votes 36.71%
Shep Messing 19 votes 33.93%
Desmond Armstrong 18 votes 32.14%
Bruce Murray 17 votes 30.36%
Linda Hamilton 16 votes 28.57%
Lori Henry 5 votes 8.93%
Bill McPherson 3 votes 5.36%
ONEONTA, NY (November 2, 2009) – Two FIFA Women’s World Cup champions, two men from the 1990 FIFA World Cup squad, five North American Soccer League alumni, and a 7-time winner of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in the 1920s and 1930s are featured on the Election 2010 Veteran Player Ballot the National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum announced today. The eleven finalists are:
Desmond Armstrong – 81 caps with the U.S. National Team, including the 1990 FIFA World Cup
George Best – A Northern Ireland international, who played for the San Jose Earthquakes, Los Angeles Galaxy, and Ft. Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League (NASL)
Teofilo ‘Nene’ Cubillas – A Peruvian international, who played 5 years for the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers in the NASL
Linda Hamilton – 71 caps for the U.S. National Team, World Champion in 1991
Lori Henry – 39 caps for the U.S. National Team, including the team’s first ever match, 1991 World Champion
Bill McPherson – 7-time Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup champion, 5-time American Soccer League champion, 370 matches played, most in ASL history
Shep Messing – Seven NASL seasons, 1977 NASL Champion with the New York Cosmos
Bruce Murray – 86 caps and 21 goals for the U.S., leader in both categories on retirement in 1993
Glenn Myernick – Eight NASL seasons, 10 caps between 1977 and 1979, U.S. National Team captain
Kyle Rote, Jr. – Six NASL seasons, 1973 scoring leader and Rookie of the Year, Five caps for the U.S., 1973 – 1975
More detailed information about each veteran player candidate is available on the Hall of Fame’s website here.
“These players were among the finest of their respective eras,” Hall of Fame Historian Emeritus Colin Jose said. Hall of Fame Historian Roger Allaway added, "I'm pleased to see that the finalists fall across a broad spectrum of American soccer history, from the 1920s to the 1990s. They make a fine group of candidates."
Veteran player candidates are selected for the Final Ballot by the votes of the Veteran Player Screening Committee, composed of 16 Hall of Famers. Ballots identify ten individuals for the Final Ballot from the list of 338 eligible players. Thirty-five candidates received votes in the Screening Committee process. In a policy change from Election 2009, the Hall of Fame Board of Directors mandated that the Builder and Veteran Player Final Ballots list ten candidates. Full details on the election procedure are available here
The final ballot will be distributed later in the month to all Hall of Famers. To be elected to the Hall of Fame, the leading candidate must appear on at least 50% of ballots cast. Announcement of results is planned for early next year..
Election 2009 saw no Veteran Player elected to the Hall of Fame. The results from the Election 2009 Veteran Player election are below:
Kyle Rote, Jr. 25 votes 44.64%
Glenn Myernick 23 votes 41.07%
George Best 21 votes 37.50%
Teofilo ‘Nene’ Cubillas 20 votes 36.71%
Shep Messing 19 votes 33.93%
Desmond Armstrong 18 votes 32.14%
Bruce Murray 17 votes 30.36%
Linda Hamilton 16 votes 28.57%
Lori Henry 5 votes 8.93%
Bill McPherson 3 votes 5.36%
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Murray for the Hall.
Perhaps Des Armstrong on the basis of his combined work with Soccer in the Streets, etc., and national team duty.
Kyle Rote, Jr. and Mooch Myernick should be considered for their contributions as founders, but their playing resumes just don't cut it.Posted 02 Nov 2009 at 03:38 PM by Martininho 
Updated 02 Nov 2009 at 03:45 PM by Martininho (spelink and grammerish) -
I still find the voting on the veteran's ballot a little funny.
When you look at what Kyle Rote actually did.........it was not much. People remember the Superstars show..........but how many caps did he have for the USMNT (I know nobody did in that era). And he essentially had only one good season in the NASL if I remember correctly.
For me, this should be Bruce Murray all the way............but I know that the NASLers are the ones voting.Posted 02 Nov 2009 at 03:41 PM by Clint Eastwood
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The Builders Ballot has also been announced, and that is actually a more impressive collection to me:Quote:Originally Posted by Martininho
Murray for the Hall.
Perhaps Des Armstrong on the basis of his combined work with Soccer in the Streets, etc., and national team duty.
Kyle Rote, Jr., Mooch Myernick, and should be considered for their contributions as founders, but their playing resume just don't cut it.
http://national.soccerhall.org/Elect...s_Release.html
Bruce Arena, current coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy
Chuck Blazer, FIFA Executive Committee Member General Secretary of CONCACAF
Dr. Bob Contiguglia, past president of U.S. Soccer and U.S. Youth Soccer
Tony DiCicco, current coach of the Boston Breakers
Bob Gansler, retired U.S. National Team and Kansas City Wizards coach
Don Garber, commissioner of Major League Soccer
Francisco Marcos, president emeritus, SeniorDirector of International Development of the United Soccer Leagues
Fritz Marth, past administrator of U.S. Adult Soccer Association
Kevin Payne, president and chief executive officer of D.C. United
Sigi Schmid, current coach of the Seattle Sounders FC
I mean, how did Tony DiCicco not get voted in last year? The man...........won a World Cup for christ's sake. Were voting in every woman on that team with a pulse, and the architect can't get elected? And whatever people might think about Dr. Bob......he's had quite a significant impact on the game in this country.Posted 02 Nov 2009 at 03:45 PM by Clint Eastwood
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For me, the person who offs Blazer is first ballot. God, how it turns my stomach to see that fat bastard's name on the list.
If they can take out Jack Warner's family as well, I'm thinking a knighthood is in order.Posted 02 Nov 2009 at 03:48 PM by Martininho
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Bruce Murray really should be in. He represents a generation of players who had no domestic professional league to speak of.
Posted 02 Nov 2009 at 03:51 PM by Claymore
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No kidding. What has this guy done, other than being Warner's toady?Quote:Originally Posted by Martininho
For me, the person who offs Blazer is first ballot. God, how it turns my stomach to see that fat bastard's name on the list.
Posted 02 Nov 2009 at 03:54 PM by Claymore
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I have to concur on DiCicco. There's just no excuse, and I don't even like the guy, but he belongs, no question.
Arena, Blazer and Garber someday but not yet.
(Blazer got the MLS Commissioners Award last year for the same reason; his ass must be kissed)
Marcos will get in but it'll be an outrage
Conitguglia, Marth, Payne very shaky
Gansler - I will lead the torch and pitchfork mob that burns the place down
Let me say a word about Rote:
No, he wasn't much as a player particularly, and depending on the coach he wasn't even always a starter.
But because people remembered his Father the football player, he was a story and for a long time was the American face of a very very foreign heavy league. A lot of people found NASL acceptable because Kyle Rote, American, and son of football star, was in it.Posted 02 Nov 2009 at 03:58 PM by Futsal Fred
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Messing should be in. Let us continue to meditate the gap between "should" and "will" while we wait for Earnie Stewart's acceptance speech.Posted 02 Nov 2009 at 04:07 PM by Dan Loney
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*Linda Hamilton should be in for taking down the Terminator. Winning the World Cup, too.
*Bruce Murray should be in because he scored in a World Cup and finished his career as the US' leading all-time scorer. And despite coming out of Clemson - where he was one of the best college players ever - with no league to play, he carved a career for himself in England and the APSL.
He should be in.
*Kyle Rote should be in to as much because it's the Hall of FAME and Rote had fame in the 70s and did so much to promote the game because of that fame. Yes, his playing career was modest, especially with the national team (something like 5 caps) but what he did in the Superstars gave youth soccer players in the 70s an American idol that had never existed before.
*Anyone that doubts Bob Gansler should be in doesn't know the first thing about the history of soccer in this game.
We take qualification for granted now but when Gansler got the US to Italia 90 it was a HUGE milestone and has served as the springboard for much of what American soccer has accomplished the past 20 years.
The magnitude of that achievment can not be understated. For that alone, Gansler should get in. But in addition to all that he led the 89 U20 team to the semis of that age-group's world championship and as a pro coach won both first (MLS Cup) and second (A-League) championships and won the Supporters' Shield and US Open Cup.
Gansler should be a no-brainer.
*So too should Bruce Arena and eventually Sigi Schmid. Garber will get in eventually and Marcos, for all his corruption, has done a lot of good in keeping USL afloat and that will get him in eventually.Posted 02 Nov 2009 at 04:20 PM by Sandon Mibut
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Does Des garner any votes from his sideline reporter performance?
Murray gets my nod.Posted 02 Nov 2009 at 04:42 PM by cpwilson80
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