Ian Russell (soccer)

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Ian Russell
Ian Russell holding MLS Cup trophy.jpg
Russell carrying the MLS Cup trophy in 2002
Personal information
Full name Ian Russell
Date of birth (1975-08-30) August 30, 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Seattle, Washington, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 San Jose Earthquakes (assistant coach)
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1997 Washington Huskies
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–1999 Seattle Sounders 38 (16)
2000 Lech Poznań 10 (0)
2000–2005 San Jose Earthquakes 131 (9)
2007 Los Angeles Galaxy 3 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2016 San Jose Earthquakes (assistant)
2014 San Jose Earthquakes (interim)
2017–2020 Reno 1868
2021–2022 Toronto FC (assistant)
2023– San Jose Earthquakes (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Russell (born August 30, 1975) is an American soccer coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach of MLS club San Jose Earthquakes.

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Career

Russell attended the University of Washington on a soccer scholarship and was a three-time (1994, 1996–97) All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation first team selection. [1] He then played for the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division in 1998 and 1999. He won the offensive MVP award in 1999.[ citation needed ]

Professional playing

After being drafted by the Seattle Sounders in 1998, Russell played for two seasons in the USL First Division. In 2000, Russell moved to Polish side Lech Poznań along with compatriots Jimmy Conrad and Wojtek Krakowiak. [2] He then moved back to the United States to play for Major League Soccer, and he joined the San Jose Earthquakes; Russell appeared in 131 games. A pacy midfielder, he scored five goals and 20 assists, helping the Quakes win two MLS Cups, in 2001 and 2003. He is tied for first in club history in playoff appearances with 14. His best season with San Jose came in 2001, when he scored three goals and nine assists, while starting all 26 regular season games and all six playoffs games. Russell was selected to the 2001 MLS All Star Game, but was later replaced due to injury.

Russell also played three games in 2007 with the Los Angeles Galaxy, under the management of Frank Yallop. [3]

Coaching

Russell began coaching while playing for the Seattle Sounders and continued coaching while playing for the San Jose Earthquakes.[ citation needed ]

Russell returned to the San Jose Earthquakes in 2008, as assistant coach. [4] During his first year with the club, Russell helped the team make a very successful return to MLS. This included the team's posting the best record for any expansion team since 1998 with eight wins, 33 points and 32 goals scored. The Quakes also posted a nine-game unbeaten streak from July 12 – Sep 27, which was the longest unbeaten streak in the league in 2008 and the second longest ever by an expansion team.

In the offseason, Russell successfully completed the U.S. Soccer Federation "A" coaching license course.[ citation needed ]

For the last two games of the 2014 regular season, Russell became interim head coach. [5] Dominic Kinnear eventually took over after the season. [6]

On November 22, 2016, Russell was named the first Head Coach of 2017 USL Expansion Team: Reno 1868 FC. [7]

In his first year under the helm; Russell has guided Reno 1868 FC to a playoff berth, as well as setting some new Records in the USL: Single Season Goals (69*), largest margin of victory in USL history (9). [8] Russell's Reno 1868 team scored more goals over a 4-year period than any team in USL. Russell guided Reno 1868 to the playoffs all 4 years and was named Coach Of The Year in 2020 and Coach Of The Year Finalist in 2017 and 2019

On February 17, 2021, Toronto FC announced that Russell would be joining the team as an assistant coach. [9]

On January 3, 2023, San Jose announced that Russell would return as an assistant coach under the new technical staff of head coach Luchi Gonzalez. [10]

Record

Player

Coaching

As of 25 September 2017
TeamFromToRecord
GWLTGFGAGDWin %Ref.
San Jose Earthquakes October 15, 2014 [5] October 26, 2014100100+0000.00 [11]
Reno 1868 FC 20172020116642527242145+97055.17 [12]

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References

  1. ↑ 2018 Washington Men's Soccer Record Book p. 10
  2. ↑ "Jimmy - nasz kowboj z Kalifornii" [Jimmy - our cowboy from California] (in Polish). Lech Poznań. October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Galaxy trades 2 youngsters for Klein". Orange County Register. June 22, 2007. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Quakes hire Russell as assistant" . Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "MLS: Earthquakes sack Canadian coach Mark Watson". CBC Sports. The Associated Press. October 15, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  6. ↑ Carlisle, Jeff (October 15, 2014). "Dominic Kinnear to coach San Jose Earthquakes". ESPN FC. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ian Russell named Reno 1868 FC coach". Reno Gazette-Journal. November 22, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Reno Sets Record in Rout of Galaxy II". United Soccer League. July 4, 2017.
  9. ↑ Sigal, Jonathan (February 17, 2021). "Toronto FC announce Chris Armas' coaching staff in 2021 MLS season buildup". MLS Official Website. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  10. ↑ sjearthquakes. "NEWS: Earthquakes Announce Full Technical Staff for 2023 MLS Season | San Jose Earthquakes". sjearthquakes. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  11. ↑ "San José Earthquakes » Fixtures & Results 2013/2014". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  12. ↑ "USL Standings".
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