Kevin Smith (soccer)

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Kevin Smith
Personal information
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1992 UC Irvine
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993 East Los Angeles Cobras
1993–1994 Bournemouth
1994 Los Angeles Salsa
International career
1993 United States 1 (0)
Managerial career
2006– Orange Coast College
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Smith was a U.S. soccer player who earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1993. He played professionally for two years then entered coaching. He is currently the head coach of the Orange Coast College women's soccer team.

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Club career

Smith attended UC Irvine where he played on the men's soccer team from 1989 to 1992. He ranks third on the school's career points list with 68. [1] In 1993, Smith signed with the East Los Angeles Cobras of the USISL. In 1993, he moved to Bournemouth F.C. of the Wessex League. He was back in the United States in 1994 playing for the Los Angeles Salsa in the American Professional Soccer League.

National team

Smith earned his one cap with the U.S. national team in an 8–1 win over the Cayman Islands on November 14, 1993. He came on for Mike Sorber at halftime. [2]

Coaching

Smith has spent most of his life as a teacher. Even while in college, he worked as a substitute teacher at Fountain Valley High School, a position he held until 1997. In 1991, he became the head coach of the boys’ soccer team. From 1992 to 1993, he worked as a coach in the Olympic Development Program. In 1993, he was an assistant at UC Irvine. In 1998, Smith moved from Fountain Valley to Cypress High School where he held a position as a full-time teacher and head coach of the boys soccer team. In 2006, he became the head coach of the Orange Coast College women's soccer team.

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References

  1. "UC Irvine Soccer Records". Archived from the original on 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
  2. RSSSF International Game Statistics Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine